Edzard Ernst - Trick or Treatment. The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine [Electronic book text]

 as antidepressant, 198-201

 clinical trials, 199-200 ; meta• analysis, 200 ; Cochrane Collaboration systematic review, 200

 risks associated, 206-7, 217-18

Sampson, Dr Wallace: study of laetrile, 216

science

 antagonism of some alternative therapists to, 223-5

 contrasted with opinion, 1

 pseudo-science and unsound science used to promote alternative therapies, 220-1, 226-31

 scientific method, 4, 5, 18, 125, 228

 scientific approach to plant-based remedies, 194—7

 see also clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, meta-analysis, systematic reviews

Scientology, Church of, 164

scurvy, as subject of first controlled clinical trials, 14-20

Shang, Dr Aijing: meta-analysis of clinical trials of homeopathic treatments, 135-9, 140

shark cartilage, as food supplement, 26 3 -4, 31 2

Shiatsu, 326

Silverman, Bill: advocacy of clinical trials, 150-3, 272

Singh, Simon, 3

 investigation of homeopaths' medical advice, 187-8

Smallwood, Christopher: report for Prince of Wales, 241-2

snake oil remedies, 249

Snow, Dr John: work on cholera, 112-13

spiritual healing, 327

Steiner, Rudolf, 298

stroke risk of from chiropractic therapy, 174-8

 acupuncture treatment for, 70

succussion (shaking), 300

 in preparation of homeopathic remedies, 96

Sutherland, William G.: inventor of cranial osteopathy, 305

systematic reviews by the Cochrane Collaboration, 73-4, 76-9, 81

 need for, 73-4, 75-6

 of spinal manipulation trials, 154-5, 166-7

 shortcomings of WHO summaries of acupuncture research, 71-3, 278

 see also meta-analysis

tachyon therapy, 220

t'ai chi, 296

tea tree, 299

therapeutic touch, 220-2

 Emily Rosa's research on, 221-2

Thymus therapy, 302

tradition dangers of placing value on, 25, 223

Traditional Chinese Medicine, 46-7, 328

Trudeau, Kevin, 257-8

vaccination against MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), 185, 266

 against smallpox, 185, 277

 false analogy made with homeopathy, 119-20

 introduction of, 113

 negative attitude among alternative therapists, 184—6

vega-test, 294

Vickers, Dr Andrew, 125

Wales, Charles, Prince of, 236, 237-8, 240, 241, 242-3, 277, 295, 280

 Foundation for Integrated Health, 237-8, 275, 276

 Smallwood Report commissioned by, 241-2

Washington, George, final illness of, 9-12, 108

Weil, Dr Andrew, 256-7

Withering, William, research on digitalis, 194

World Health Organization (WHO), 237, 280

 attitude to alternative medicine, 277-9

 reports on acupuncture: (1979), 51, 70; (2003), 70-3, 278

X-rays risks of, 172

 used in chiropractic therapy, 153, 172-3, 182

 used in conventional medicine, 172

 used in homeopathy, 97

 used in osteopathy, 179

yoga, 219, 296