Contents

Volume 5 No. 1 - Winter 2000-2001

In Memory of John Renner, MD (1932-2000)
White House Commission Stacked against Science by Timothy N. Gorski, MD, and E. Patrick Curry
Psychic Healing of a Case of Glioblastoma Multiforme in a Three-Month-Old Infant by Barbara G. Koopman
Alternativism and Public Health by William T. Jarvis, PhD
Opposition to Immunization: A Pattern of Deception by Edward R. Friedlander, MD
Opposition to Community Water Fluoridation and Connections to the "Alternative Medicine" Movement by Michael W. Easley, DDS, MPH
Dental Silver-Amalgam Fillings: Are Dentists Poisoning Their Patierits? by John E. Dodes, DDS
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: An latrogenically Perpetuated Disorder and Example of the Nocebo Effect by Ronald E. Gots, MD, PhD, and D. V. Hamilton
Is the Chiropractic Subluxation Theory a Threat to Public Health? by Samuel Homola, DC
Book Review:
        Eat, Drink, and Be Merry (Dean Edell, MD) by Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP

Volume 4 No. 2 - fall 2000

An Irreplaceable Person: In Memory of Thomas Jukes PhD (1906-1999)
Medical Claims for Intercessory Prayer Remain Elusive by Kevin Courcey, RN
Are Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Sufficient As Well As Necessary for Assessing the Medical Effectiveness of Prayer? by Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP
Product Definition Deficiencies in Clinical Studies of Herbal Medicines by Varro E. Tyler, PhD
Herbal Crisis in Europe: A Review of the Epidemic of Renotoxicity from Chinese Herbal Remedies by Willem Betz, MD
Chinese Herbs: Some Things to Remember by Bill Burley
Phytopharmaceuticals: Problems, Limitations, and Solutions by Susan J. Murch, Sankaran KrishnaRaj, and Praveen K. Saxena
Phytopharmaccuticals: Mass-Production, Standardization, and Conservation by Susan J. Murch, Sankaran KrishnaRaj, and Praveen K. Saxena
Identification of Cytotoxic Agent in Kombucha Herbal Medicine by Susan DiGeorgio, PhD, RPh, and Jerry L. McLaughlin, PhD, RPh
The Irrational Reformation by Rochelle Barnes
Book Review:
        The Monkey Gland Affair (David Hamilton) by Catherine Arnott Smith, MA, MLS, MSIS
        Chiropractic: The Greatest Hoax of the Century? (L.A. Chotkowski, MD), by William T. Jarvis, PhD
        Alternative Health Care: Medicine, Miracle, or Mirage? (Michael Goldstein, PhD) by Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP

Volume 4 No. 1 - spring/summer 2000

Can Alternative Treatments Induce Immune Surveillance over Cancer in Humans? by Saul Green, PhD
A Historical Approach to U.S. Trends Peter Barglow and in Alternative Medicine Use by Alison Klairmont
Another Controversial Effort to Establish the Medical Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer by Gary P. Posner, MD
Postmodern Medicine by Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP
Postmodern Promotion of Alternative Medicine by Dónal P. O'Mathúna, PhD
Living on Borrowed Authority: Postmodernism and Methods of Presentation by David F. Mercer
Postmodernism, Science, and the Sublime by Gerald Weissmann, MD
Healing Is Believing: Postmodernism Impacts Nursing by Susan Anthony Salladay, RN, PhD
Science and Postmodern Criticism by Jim Leffel

Volume 3 No. 2 - fall/winter 1999-2000

A Special Issue by Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP
Traditional Chinese Medicine
How I Learned Not to Believe Carlos Castaneda by Richard de Mille
Chinese Acupuncture for Heart Surgery Anesthesia by Gary P. Posner, MD and Wallace I. Sampson, MD, FACP
Social and Judgmental Biases That Make Inert Treatments Seem to Work by Barry L. Beyerstein, PhD
The Mischief-Making of Ideomotor Action by Ray Hyman, PhD
Alternative Medicine and the Psychology of Belief by James E. Alcock, PhD
Perception of Conventional Sensory Cues, as an Alternative to the Postulated 'Human Energy Field' of Therapeutic Touch by Rebecca Long, Paul Bernhardt, PhD, and William Evans, PhD
Do the Eisenberg Data Hold Up? by Timothy Gorski, MD
Religiosity and Health by Keven Courcey, RN
The Making of a Complementary Medicine Man by E. Patrick Curry

Volume 3 No. 1 - Spring/summer 1999

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

EDITORIAL
On Deciding When Something is Real by Wallace Sampson
In Defence Of Science Over Pseudoscience In University Education by The Editors

CORRESPONDENCE
Promoting the Unproven, and more

ANALYSIS
Bioenergetic Fields by Victor J. Stenger
The Fear of Weak Electromagnetic Fields by Robert K. Adair
Magnet Therapy by Leonard Finegold
Acupuncture: A History by Stephen Basser

ARTICLE REVIEW
Does Acupuncture Affect Labour and Delivery? by Timothy Gorski

COMMENTARY
AM Comes to Shadyside Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre by E. Patrick Curry
Exploring the Links Between Religion/Spirituality and Health by Harold Koenig

BOOK REVIEWS
Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl-Madrona E. Patrick Curry

Volume 2 No. 2 - Fall/winter 1998

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

EDITORIAL
The Braid of the ‘Alternative Medicine’ Movement by Wallace Sampson

CORRESPONDENCE
Epidemic of Renal Failure Due to Herbals, and more

ANALYSIS
Nicholas Gonzalez Treatment for Cancer: Gland Extracts, Coffee Enemas, Vitamin Megadoses, and Diets by Saul Green
A Review of the Journal Alternative Therapies by Peter Barglow
An Examination of the Media Coverage of a Prayer Study-in-Progress by Gary P. Posner
Evaluation of a Study on Homeopathy and Its Accompanying Publicity by Wallace Sampson

COMMENTARY
The Di Bella Controversy: The Universality of Popular Delusion by The Editors
The Continuing Case of Nicholas Gonzalez by Victor Herbert
A Critique of an Official UK View of Complementary Medicine by Wayne Spencer
Chiropractic Goes to University by Michael M. De Robertis
Evaluation of a Study on the Possible Validity of Acupoints by Wallace Sampson

CASES
The Allure of Quackpot Theories by Jami Bernard

BOOK REVIEWS
Healing With Homeopathy by Wayne B. Jonas (Reviewed by Robert L. Park)
The Logic of Medicine by Edmond A. Murphy (Reviewed by Wallace Sampson

Volume 2 No. 1 - Spring/Summer 1998

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

EDITORIAL
On Being a Critic by Wallace Sampson

ANALYSIS
Oxygenation Therapy: Unproven Treatments for Cancer and AIDS by Saul Green
Magnetic and Electromagnetic by Therapy David W. Ramey
Naturopathy by Barry L. Beyerstein, Susan Downie
Pharmacology of St. John’s Wort by Camilla Cracchiolo
EarthSave’s Brochures for Schoolchildren: An Assessment by Nancy C. Tullis

REPORT
Therapeutic Touch: Investigation of a Practitioner by Robert Glickman, Ed. J. Gracely

CASES
Encounter with a Dubious Cancer Doctor by Suzanne Henig

COMMENTARY
On the National Institute of Drug Abuse Consensus Conference on Acupuncture by Wallace Sampson
Therapeutic Touch: What Could Be the Harm? by Dónal P. O’Mathúna
Medical Ethics and Alternative Medicine by Lawrence J. Schneiderman

 Volume 1 No. 1 - Fall/Winter 1997

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

EDITORIAL
Why a New Alternative Medicine Journal? by Wallace Sampson

ANALYSIS
Is Homeopathy 'New Science' or 'New Age'? by Mahlon Wagner
Therapeutic Touch: Evaluating the 'Growing Body of Evidence' Claim by Bela Scheiber
Therapeutic Touch: Tracing Back to Mesmer by George Ulett
Hydrazine Sulfate: Is It an Anticancer Agent? by Saul Green
The Pharmacology of Chelation Therapy by Wallace Sampson

COMMENTARY
Quantum Metaphysics by Victor Stenger
Criteria of Good Research by Saul Green

BOOK REVIEWS
8 Weeks' to Optimum Health by Andrew Weil (Reviewed by John Renner)

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