Alternative Medicine

Placebo is not a dirty word Why "placebo" is not a dirty word

Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments.
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    He did good work at first ... but I don't want the hands of a crazy man around my neck.
  • Letters to the editor

    Does the debunker need debunking? Plus: Up with the Sponge! "Mission to Mars" doesn't get off the ground.
  • Green medicine

    How Cuba is integrating natural remedies into its public health care.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Microsoft's not the only Web host that wants your content; George W. is a puppet and a paper tiger.
  • Generation R.I.P.

    The Village Voice pronounces Generation X as dead as Kurt Cobain and as irrelevant as a Cheesy Poof. Plus: Alternative health stories that don't suck.
  • Alternative juju

    Unconventional remedies are ripe for journalistic inquiry, but are weeklies up to the job? Plus: The secrets of mosquitoes, Osama bin Laden's hiding place and Internet IPOs revealed!

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