One big risk is overdiagnosis: the more you test, the more you’ll find. Much of this may be clinically irrelevant, meaning unnecessary follow-ups, costs and anxiety.
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Four people have been charged over the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber at an ‘alternative medicine clinic’ in the United States.
The self-help category is one of the largest non-fiction book categories. However, not all self-help books are evidence-based.
Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Scammers often use psychology and widely-held beliefs to exploit vulnerable people.
The Netflix series follows the rise and fall of Gibson, as Aussie blogger who claimed natural methods had helped her overcome ‘malignant brain cancer’.
A medical anthropologist explores claims about the health benefits of sound baths and how to choose the one to attend.
The 1859 book ‘Self-Help’ by Scottish journalist and physician Samuel Smiles was written in bite-sized pieces reminiscent of today’s wellness and lifestyle New Year tips.
With the right preparation, specialist destinations can benefit from an expected increase in demand.
The Goop Lab obscures the distinction between entertainment and evidence.
Alternative therapies have a lot to offer consumers. The Goop Lab only serves to set back the wellness cause.
Lifestyle gurus define themselves in opposition to experts — but can we really trust what they tell us?
Into the emotional wilderness of 21st-century society, a marketplace has sprung up with places where people can safely vent.
What can be done to prevent employers from rejecting individuals based on concern about future illnesses? Currently, nothing.
Why are we so shocked when we, or someone we know, becomes ill? It’s time to reclaim sickness as a normal part of life.
The pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and woo spreading across the world wreaks havoc on those that buy into it.
More and more workplaces are turning to the wellness industry to try and solve the problem of overwork.
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