Quackery
61Confidence trick — Con games redirects here. For the film, see Con Games (film). Scam redirects here. For other uses, see Scam (disambiguation). For the short story by John Wyndham, see Jizzle. A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by… …
62Radiation poisoning — Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness or a creeping dose , is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of… …
63Heroic medicine — is a term for aggressive medical practices or methods of treatment, and usually refers to those which were later superseded by scientific advances.It is not known who first used the pejorative term “heroic medicine”; but it is most likely that it …
64Thorotrast — is a suspension containing particles of the radioactive compound thorium dioxide, ThO2, used as a contrast medium in X ray diagnostics in the 1930s and 40s (use in some countries, such as the U.S., continued into the 1950s [… …
65Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company — Infobox Court Case name = Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company court = Court of Appeal (Civil Division) date filed = date decided = 7 December 1892 full name = Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company citations = [1893] 1 QB 256 judges = Lindley… …
66Mucoid plaque — or mucoid rope is a term used by some alternative medicine advocates to describe a combination of allegedly harmful mucus like material and food residue that they say coats the gastrointestinal tract of most people. The term was coined by Richard …
67Penta Water — (sometimes called AquaRx Water ) is a commercially sold brand of bottled water that is claimed by its manufacturer to be structurally different from normal water. It is advertised as the ultimate bottled water on Penta s official website. [ [http …
68Hadacol — was a patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement. Its principal attraction, however, was that it contained 12 percent alcohol (listed on the tonic bottle s label as a preservative ), which made it quite popular in the dry counties of the… …
69Megavitamin therapy — is the use of large doses of vitamins, often many times greater than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) in the attempt to prevent or treat diseases. It is typically used in complementary and alternative medicine by practitioners who call… …
70Evidence-based practice — The term evidence based practice (EBP) refers to preferential use of mental and behavioral health interventions for which systematic empirical research has provided evidence of statistically significant effectiveness as treatments for specific… …
