Episode Guide - Alternative Medicine
| 4/23/13 | Cupping for the Cure (Skeptoid #359) - Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Read | Listen (10:38) | Discuss |
| 2/19/13 | Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra (Skeptoid #350) - Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Read | Listen (6:18) | Discuss |
| 3/6/12 | The Secret of the Gypsy Queen (Skeptoid #300) - In which a little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day. Read | Listen (14:09) | Discuss |
| 11/8/11 | Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites (Skeptoid #283) - My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation. Read | Listen (14:50) | Discuss |
| 5/24/11 | Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine (Skeptoid #259) - Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to being duped by book publishers. Read | Listen (12:51) | Discuss |
| 3/22/11 | The History of Knowledge (Skeptoid #250) - A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music. Read | Listen (11:33) | Discuss |
| 10/12/10 | Boost Your Immune System (or Not) (Skeptoid #227) - Is "boosting your immune system" for real? Is that possible, and can you really buy it in a bottle? Read | Listen (11:58) | Discuss |
| 5/18/10 | Morgellons Disease (Skeptoid #206) - In this newly described condition, some patients report strange plastic fibers growing from their skin. Read | Listen (11:57) | Discuss |
| 4/27/10 | Therapeutic Touch (Skeptoid #203) - Therapeutic touch is a healing method that presumes the existence of a huge magnetic field around the human body. Is there really such a field? Read | Listen (12:57) | Discuss |
| 4/6/10 | Buy It! (Skeptoid #200) - Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something. Read | Listen (3:13) | Discuss |
| 11/17/09 | Vaccine Ingredients (Skeptoid #180) - Do vaccines really contain the horrifying poisons claimed by antivaccine activists? Read | Listen (12:50) | Discuss |
| 10/6/09 | More Medical Myths (Skeptoid #174) - More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe. Read | Listen (11:31) | Discuss |
| 4/28/09 | The Placebo Effect (Skeptoid #151) - We all know what placebos can't do; how about what they can do? Read | Listen (13:04) | Discuss |
| 3/31/09 | Binaural Beats: Digital Drugs (Skeptoid #147) - The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do. Read | Listen (12:02) | Discuss |
| 10/28/08 | Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #125) - A critical look at the antics of Oprah Winfrey, Jenny McCarthy, Prince Charles, Bill Maher, Larry King, Pamela Anderson, Ben Stein, Joe Rogan, Chuck Norris, and Montel Williams. Read | Listen (13:30) | Discuss |
| 8/8/08 | The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever (Skeptoid #113) - Does homeopathy contain any useful content, or is it just a lot of nothing? Read | Listen (10:06) | Discuss |
| 6/3/08 | Should You Take Your Vitamins? (Skeptoid #103) - Will daily doses of vitamin C really help prevent a cold? Read | Listen (10:12) | Discuss |
| 2/26/08 | Despicable Vulture Scumbags (Skeptoid #89) - My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim. Read | Listen (10:31) | Discuss |
| 1/22/08 | Magic Jewelry (Skeptoid #84) - All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet. Read | Listen (11:10) | Discuss |
| 1/15/08 | The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real? Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss |
| 11/20/07 | How to See Your Aura (Skeptoid #75) - Is aura photography actually possible, and does it tell us anything useful about the person? Read | Listen (10:33) | Discuss |
| 10/30/07 | Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined? (Skeptoid #72) - Are sufferers of electrosensitivity reacting to electromagnetism, or just to simple stress? Read | Listen (16:19) | Discuss |
| 10/23/07 | How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk (Skeptoid #71) - Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits. Read | Listen (9:08) | Discuss |
| 9/25/07 | Do Your Body Features Measure Up? (Skeptoid #67) - An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology. Read | Listen (11:39) | Discuss |
| 7/15/07 | Mercury, Autism, and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk (Skeptoid #55) - An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children. Read | Listen (10:36) | Discuss |
| 5/1/07 | Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting (Skeptoid #42) - Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations. Read | Listen (10:20) | Discuss |
| 3/22/07 | Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? (Skeptoid #34) - Most homeopathy users believe that it's some kind of herbal remedy. Is it? Read | Listen (12:28) | Discuss |
| 2/19/07 | Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) (Skeptoid #28) - Can Natural Hygiene really lead to a longer life? Read | Listen (5:40) | Discuss |
| 1/28/07 | Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It (Skeptoid #24) - Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage - so why might it be dangerous? Here's why. Read | Listen (10:22) | Discuss |
| 10/24/06 | Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #04) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal? Read | Listen (6:45) | Discuss |
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