The widely touted benefits of homeopathic drugs are merely placebo effects, a new study suggests. Clinical trials almost always show that patients given inactive sugar pills — placebos — do better ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun endorsing alternative medicines — some widely discredited by medical authorities. WHO began encouraging the public to explore these treatment options via ...

More moms than ever before are paying closer attention to organic, non-GMO foods, chemical-free baby products and green cleaning tips. And the remedies they give their babies when they’re sick are no ...

It really makes our job more challenging when otherwise reasonable medical journals publish pseudoscientific nonsense. The ...

Homeopathic remedies are a popular type of alternative treatment based on the concept that a tiny amount of illness-causing substances can be diluted and transformed into natural medicines to cure any ...

"Complementary and alternative medicine" is big business, accounting for almost $34 billion annually in out-of-pocket spending in the U.S., according to a report from the National Institutes of Health ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The new British minister of health has recently become the target of ...

When is a sugar pill deadly? When it is substituted for real medicine, the Japanese public has come to understand. The Japanese government is investigating numerous deaths that occurred over the past ...

Homeopathic treatments will be blacklisted by the NHS after it emerged GPs are issuing thousands of prescriptions a year – despite being told to stop. NHS experts say the alternative ‘medicines’ have ...

Most cases of hemorrhoids have good prognosis, especially if treated in time. One can diagnose hemorrhoids on clinical findings alone. However, if the hemorrhoids are associated with one or more ...