Directory of Quackery Resources

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Sites listed here relate to quackery and fraudulent treatment methods or health care products/services.

Resources in This Category

• "Operation Cure-all" Targets Internet Health Fraud

  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/06/opcureall.htm
  FTC law enforcement and consumer education campaign focuses on stopping the quacks.

• Anti-Quackery Webring

  http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=antiquackerysite
  Nearly 100 listings.

• How to Spot Health Fraud

  http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_fraud.html
  The FDA Backgrounder lists the most common kinds of health fraud. Provides advice on how to spot a quack and where to file a complaint.

• Medical Quackery

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/smm04
  Handbook of Texas entry on the history of quackery including definition and overview.

• National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc.

  http://www.ncahf.org/
  The NCAHF is a USA voluntary health agency that focuses its attention upon health fraud, misinformation and quackery as public health problems.

• Quackery - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quackery
  Overview of current and historical aspects of fraudulent health care.

• Quackwatch

  http://www.quackwatch.org/
  Covers unproven and scientifically questionable claims of alternative health therapies, vitamin peddlers, and other health frauds.

• The Quack-Files

  http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/
  Critical reviews, specially of alternative medicine. Provides resources and links on quackery, alternative medicine and health fraud.

• The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice

  http://www.srmhp.org/
  Peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to distinguishing scientifically-supported claims from scientifically-unsupported claims in clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and allied disciplines.

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medfraud.html
  Easy-to-read FDA publication about phony medicines and unproven treatments.

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