Healthy Skepticism Library item: 14583

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Publication type: Journal Article

Singh S, Ernst E.
Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine 2008 Nov 6; 359:(19):2076-2077
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/19/2076?query=TOC

Full text:

The authors of this book state in their introduction: “Our mission is to reveal the truth about the potions, lotions, pills, needles, pummeling and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine.” Their goal is to answer the question of whether alternative therapies provide any benefits – or only a placebo effect.

Simon Singh is a physicist and science journalist, and his coauthor, Edzard Ernst, is a physician and professor of complementary medicine. Ernst is one of the best qualified people to summarize the evidence on this topic. After graduating from medical school, he practiced at a homeopathic hospital . . .