The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed
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Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.
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The first medicine to treat the disease fibromyalgia has been approved, but some doctors dispute the very existence of the condition.
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Scientists are casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled manias of bipolar disorder, and some approaches they're testing seem pretty surprising.
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If you're looking for evidence that diet and exercise can match the effectiveness of drugs in staving off osteoporosis in middle age, you're going to be disappointed.
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Fools can draw too many conclusions from too little data.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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Many medical beliefs, like the claim that we only use 10% of our brains, are untrue, say experts.
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Â·  Remedy 'promoted like a religion' by charityÂ·  Patients paying Â£19,000 a year for unproven product
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Patients should beware of so-called stem cell wonder cures as most have not been properly tested, experts say.
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Why didn&#39;t Bush outright prohibit the research, if he truly believed destroying embryos is killing? BY RAMESH PONNURU. Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor at the National Review.
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If Social Security is as sick as President Bush claims, it&#39;s a mystery why he&#39;s proposing a cure that&#39;s no cure at all.
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Sorry, diet devotees calorie counters and carb cutters: Scientists say there&#39;s no proof that popular weight-loss programs help keep the pounds off.
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More research is needed to show that  alternative therapies such as acupuncture and herbal  supplements work and this may mean changing laws that protect  the industry, a committee of experts said on Wednesday.
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The medical profession has a costly, little-known secret: Many treatments don&#39;t work all that well for many -- even most -- people.
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One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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Doctors seeking to reduce the dangerous side effects of long-term HIV therapy have discovered that taking a breather is not better.