In spite of the fact that traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) are all the rage in the alternative medicine marketplace these days, a new study has found that so many of these concoctions contain illegal and toxic ingredients that experts say they should be avoided entirely.
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Repressed memory therapy, or RMT, was back in the news last week when a second woman filed a malpractice lawsuit against a Missouri treatment center for allegedly hypnotizing her and leading her to believe her eating disorder was due to "repressed memories" of Satanic ritual abuse.
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A naturopathic "doctor" from Montreal is facing criminal charges in connection with the death of an 84 year-old man who died after she injected him with magnesium.
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A 59 year-old breast cancer survivor was doing a Pilates maneuver which caused her body to "swallow" her breast implant - which forced her to have it surgically retrieved and reinserted.
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HM writes: "
I have a question about the organization by Kevin Trudeau called the Global Information Network. I have friends that have been trying to get us involved for a while, and I always just thought of it as a scam. But now, all signs are telling me to stay far away.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to stay away from "homeopathic" human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) weight loss products that are sold in the form of oral drops, pellets and sprays. They can be purchased online or in retail stores.
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In what should serve as a warning to many who follow after the mostly non-credentialed gurus who populate the New Age self-help industry, the once popular James Arthur Ray, a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, was sentenced to two years in prison for the grisly deaths of three people during a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony near Sedona, Arizona in October, 2009.
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n a new book that goes on sale today, author Walter Isaacson reveals more details about the late Apple founder Steve Jobs' decision to try to cure his pancreatic cancer with alternatives rather than receive the surgery that could have saved his life.
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MC asks:
"Do you know anything about Paula D’Arcy and the Gift of the Red Bird book.She is doing a retreat in my diocese and I just wanted to know if this is New Age."
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Don Lapre, best known for his infomercials selling "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and facing a fraud trial that could land him in jail for 60 years, committed suicide two weeks ago in an Arizona jail cell.
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