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Revision as of 18:22, 8 September 2005 by 80.228.155.166 (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 activities include:
- Investigating questionable health claims
- Answering inquiries about medical products and services
- Advising quackery victims
- Distributing reliable publications on medical informaton
- Reporting illegal marketing of medical methods and products
- Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
- Improving the quality of health information on the Internet
- Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet
External links
- Quackwatch website
- , criticisms of Stephen Barrett.
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