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Revision as of 23:31, 29 October 2005 by 136.142.20.182 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Quackwatch is an Internet guide to quackery and health fraud operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D. Quackwatch, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose stated purpose is to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies" whose "primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere". Quackwatch advertises its activities to include:
- Investigating questionable health claims
- Answering inquiries about medical products and services
- Advising "quackery victims"
- Distributing publications on medical informaton
- Reporting illegal marketing of medical methods and products
- Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
- Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet
The site contains articles detailing a variety of purported therapies, alongside explanations of why they are unscientific, evidence that they don't work, and ways i which they may be (or have been) dangerous. It further contains information about specific people involved in the various health-fraud industries, and cases where they have been convicted of crimes, either for the quackery in question or for other things.
The site is part of a network of related sites, such as ChiroWatch (specifically devoted to criropractic fraud) and others
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