Miracles in the Dark
Channel: C0nc0rdance
Date: 2009-09-17

Behold the miracle that only works in the dark.  Miracle cures are popping up on the Internet and in unlicensed clinics.  They have the veneer of respectable medicine, but they violate the most powerful principle in our medical arsenal:  Evidence based medicine.

What I will believe and not believe is determined by one simple test:  Does it stand up to scrutiny by a third party?  Can an outside agency get the same result with objective testing?

If you interested in learning more, I recommend the following sites:

Quackwatch:
http://www.quackwatch.com/

Skeptic Magazine:
http://www.skeptic.com/

The anti-quackery internet resource page:
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/fraud.html