Alternative medicine does more harm than good

Health news, debates, and claims covering public health, mental health, nutrition, medical care, and health policy.

Population-level health initiatives, disease prevention, and health promotion.

Ethical issues in medicine and biomedical research: gene editing, reproductive technology, end-of-life care, organ markets, performance enhancement, and dual-use research.

Whistleblowing, proximity to power, government cover-ups, research funding conflicts, and race-corrected medical algorithms.

Measure tracking potentially preventable adverse events, harms, and errors that occur during care delivery.

Placebo ethics, patient consent, bodily autonomy, clinical decision-making, alternative medicine, and medical professionals' duty of honesty.