Editor’s note : Kausik Datta, Ph.D. is postdoctoral research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He works in immunology, specifically as related to two major mycoses (Aspergillosis and Cryptococcosis). Rationality and skepticism have been his long-standing interests, which led him into science- and evidence-based medicine. This is his first contribution to this blog. Quackademic ‘Medicine’* is a collective of pseudoscientific, data-free, evidence-less, nonsensical therapeutic [...]
Herbology is one of the oldest healthcare sciences known to mankind. In fact, hebology is the utilization of herbs for various therapies, remedies, spices, aromas or medicinal purposes. Derived from plants, herbs are used for their medicine, aroma and spice in herbology. Herb plants produce and comprise a mariyad of chemical substances that interact with our bodies. Herbology allows natural plants and herbs to act as nutrients to empower our organs and tissues to regain normal [...]
by George Carmichael Websites are now available that provide alternative and holistic healing solutions for your pet. These sites specialize in herbal health medicine and other alternative solutions such as healing stones in the form of beautiful dog and cat necklaces. It was believed by the ancient Chinese and Egyptians that certain semi-precious stones and crystals offered special health and healing properties. Semi-precious stones and crystals were forged by the earth’s natural energies [...]
by George Carmichael Websites are now available that provide alternative and holistic healing solutions for your pet. These sites specialize in herbal health medicine and other alternative solutions such as healing stones in the form of beautiful dog and cat necklaces. The ancient Egyptians and Chinese believed that certain semi-precious stones and crystals held mystical health and healing benefits and that those healing properties could be transferred onto those who wore them. Wearers of [...]
by Richard Ealom Alternative and complementary medicine are of such interest to the medical community that the National Institutes of Health has an entire agency dedicated to technical research into non-mainstream treatments. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative medicine (NCCAM) uses technical research to explore complementary and alternative treatments, including natural remedies and other practices mentioned below. The term alternative medicine refers to health [...]