therapeutic touch

Encouraged by the help everyone offered on our previous test, I decided to once again ask for advice and all kinds of suggestions from you guys. The story: An acquintance of mine is working as a healer in the biggest alternative healing center in my town. The claim: She claims to detect...

I have a friend who works pretty much as an all-around new age healer. She is also excited about testing her various "abilites", and even the MDC, but we agreed that it's better that we test her first in a homemade test before we contact the Finnish Skeptics, etc. This is what she wants to test...

My girlfriend pays for sessions with a Reiki Master. I am pretty open-minded about "alternative" healing treatments (I believe that acupuncture, hypnosis etc. can be beneficial) but this Reiki stuff seems like a crock to me. I am surprised at the lack of skeptical/critical information about...

…from Brian Brushwood's lecture, "Scams, Sasquatch, and the Supernatural". Brian reveals the completely nuts origins of homeopathic remedies, magnets and Therapeutic Touch, and explains why these remedies seem to work...

I work for a fairly well known and respected university hospital in the midwest. I went to work there expecting an environment dedicated to strict standards of research-based practice. I was surprised and very disappointed when I checked my e-mail the other day to find a message entitled...

Feline hypocentrosis is a condition common in housecats, characterized by excessive vocalization, obsessive rubbing, twitching, uncontrolled rolling or spasms, erratic movements of the head, and seeking contact with warm bodies or (for reasons poorly understood by veterinary science) a...

The authors originally posted this in "Forum Community"; I thought I'd do them a favor and set up a link in this more appropriate forum. http://host.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42511

I work in a large university-based hospital. I attended a meeting today where the topic was potential expansion of patient services. The question was basically "are our standards of care consistent with the latest evidence based medicine?" It was fascinating. The head of occupational...