Brittany Auerbach got an online degree in naturopathy and doles out dangerous health advice to her 106,000 YouTube followers https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/quackery/cancer-good-thing-says-montreals-own-food-babe
Author: Jonathan Jarry
Mike Adams Is Building an Alternate Reality Online
Anti-vaccination, HIV-AIDS denier and pro-quackery Mike Adams (AKA The Health Ranger) is the chief engineer of a self-contained world on the Internet. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/quackery/mike-adams-building-alternate-reality-online
Chamomile Tea, Will You Help Me Sleep Tonight?
Chamomile tea is widely believed to help with sleep problems, but the scientific evidence is sparse. And it’s only been compared to drinking hot water…
Who Created “CANCER IS A GOOD THING!!” MontrealHealthyGirl? (CS13)
When a self-proclaimed naturopath believes HIV and the Ebola virus can be permanently destroyed by ingesting silver, we may ask ourselves: who taught her these
Vision Loss and Vitamins (CS12)
There is more to vision loss than meets the eye. Take vitamins, for example. Certain vitamin combinations do slow down the progression of a particular
Winning Against Institutionalized Pseudoscience (CS11)
How can we fight back against the tsunami of quackery? There is one trick that has worked again and again and to learn it, we
