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Other terms for such a person include medical clairvoyant, medical psychic, or intuitive counselor. [273] In 2009, Steven Novella, writing on Science Based Medicine, calls medical intuitive diagnosis as "purely magical thinking" and refers to a Huffington Post article about it as "a promotion of a dubious pseudoscientific medical claim". [274]
Traditional Chinese medicine diagnoses, such as imbalances in yin and yang and blockages in the flow of qi [43] "Vaccine overload", a non-medical term for the notion that giving many vaccines at once may overwhelm or weaken a child's immature immune system and lead to adverse effects, [44] [45] is strongly contradicted by scientific evidence. [46]
Iridologists claim this information demonstrates a patient's susceptibility towards certain illnesses, reflects past medical problems, or predicts later health problems. As opposed to evidence-based medicine, iridology is not supported by quality research studies [3] and is considered pseudoscience. [4]
It also includes pseudoscience, methods that claim to be scientific but reject the scientific method. Antiscience leads to belief in false conspiracy theories and alternative medicine. [2] Lack of trust in science has been linked to the promotion of political extremism and distrust in medical treatments. [3] [4]
The history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to be properly called such. [38] [39] Distinguishing between proper science and pseudoscience is sometimes difficult. [40]
These "ropeworms" are often discussed, with images shared and claimed as evidence of successful detoxing, on autism forums and altmed Facebook groups, wherein various toxic and/or ineffective products are falsely claimed to cure autism and a myriad of other conditions and ailments. [7]
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.
Promoters of pseudoscience have claimed that the passage of proteins through a "leaky" gut is the cause of autism. [7] Evidence for claims that a leaky gut causes autism is weak and conflicting. [ 8 ]