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Pseudoscience rejects empirical methodology. [1] Other conditions may be rejected or contested by orthodox medicine, but are not necessarily associated with pseudoscience. Diagnostic criteria for some of these conditions may be vague, over-inclusive, or otherwise ill-defined.
In contrast, modern medicine is (or seeks to be) evidence-based. Access Consciousness is an alternative medicine technique similar to a combination of phrenology, reiki, energy therepies and theraputic touch, where health and wellness can be improved by touching the 32 "Energy Bars" on a person's head. [69]
Chromotherapy is regarded by health experts and historians as pseudoscience and quackery. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to a book published by the American Cancer Society , "available scientific evidence does not support claims that alternative uses of light or color therapy are effective in treating cancer or other illnesses". [ 5 ]
Pseudoscience is a broad group of theories or assertions about the natural world that claim or appear to be scientific, but that are not accepted as scientific by the scientific community. Pseudoscience does not include most obsolete scientific or medical theories (see Category:Obsolete scientific theories ), nor does it include every idea that ...
Germ theory denialism is the pseudoscientific belief that germs do not cause infectious disease, and that the germ theory of disease is wrong. [1] It usually involves arguing that Louis Pasteur's model of infectious disease was wrong, and that Antoine Béchamp's was right.
Today considered pseudoscience, [1] [better source needed] the practice has historically led to many deaths and severe illnesses. For instance, birthwort (so-called because of its resemblance to the uterus) was once used widely for pregnancies, but is carcinogenic and very damaging to the kidneys, owing to its aristolochic acid content. [ 2 ]
Phrenology contributed to development of physical anthropology, forensic medicine, knowledge of the nervous system and brain anatomy as well as contributing to applied psychology. [ 40 ] John Elliotson was a brilliant but erratic heart specialist who became a phrenologist in the 1840s.
Homeopathy – Pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine; Journal of Scientific Exploration – American body to study fringe science; Junk science – Scientific data considered to be spurious or fraudulent; List of fringe science organizations; List of topics characterized as pseudoscience