What are some Alternative medicine horror stories?

And while we Americans may be suspicious that some brands of healing are nothing but quackery, unless the healer interferes with standard bio-medical treatment (for example, by telling patients they must stop receiving cancer chemotherapy) we tend to see holistic healing as benign. read more

Got this story from a friend who was a junior Doctor doing their internship at the time. She had a patient come in with abdominal pain. Examination revealed severe bruising all around the abdomen, damaged kidneys and a chicken egg in her vagina. read more

9 Plain Truths About Alternative Medicine Doctors Desperately Want You to Know Michelle Crouch Jun 21 Before you try a supplement or untested treatment, read this eye-opening advice—some of it from docs who wholeheartedly endorse certain alternative medicine treatments. read more

To be clear, ‘alternative’ usually implies a treatment is used instead of conventional medicine, while ‘complementary’ therapies are used alongside regular medical treatments. Unfortunately, media and online coverage of alternative therapies often doesn’t tell the whole story or include professional medical advice, and can be very misleading. read more