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Volume 3, Number 2: Fall/Winter 1999Volume 3, Number 1: Spring/Summer 1999
Volume 2, Number 2: Fall/Winter 1998
Volume 2, Number 1: Spring/Summer 1998
Volume 1, Number 1: Fall/Winter 1997
FALL/WINTER 1999
EDITORIAL
A Special Issue
by Wallace Sampson
CORRESPONDENCE
Traditional Chinese Medicine and more
CASES
How I Learned Not to Believe Carlos Castaneda
by Richard de Mille
ANALYSIS
Chinese Acupuncture for Heart Surgery Anesthesia
by Gary P. Posner, Wallace Sampson
SPECIAL SECTION: PSYCHOLOGY AND "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE"
Social and Judgmental Biases That Make Inert Treatments Seem to Work
by Barry BeyersteinThe Mischief-Making of Ideomotor Action
by Ray HymanAlternative Medicine and the Psychology of Belief
by James E. Alcock
REPORT
Perception of Conventional Sensory Cues as an Alternative to the Postulated "Human Energy Field" of Therapeutic Touch
by Rebecca Long, Paul Bernhardt, William Evans
ARTICLE REVIEW
Does the Eisenberg Data Hold Up_
by Tim Gorski
COMMENTARY
Religiosity and Health
by Kevin CourceyThe Making of a Complimentary Medicine Man
by E. Patrick Curry
SPRING/SUMMER 1999
EDITORIAL
On Deciding When Something is Real
by Wallace SampsonIn Defense of Science over Pseudoscience
by The Editors
CORRESPONDENCE
Promoting the Unproven, and more
ANALYSIS
Bioenergetic Fields
by Victor StengerThe Fear of Weak Electromagnetic Fields
by Robert K. AdairMagnet Therapy
by Leonard Finegold
ARTICLE REVIEW
Does Accupuncture Affect Labor and Delivery_
by Timothy Gorski
COMMENTARY
AM Comes to Shadyside Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
by E. Patrick CurryExploring Links Between Religion/Spirituality and Health,
by Harold Koenig
BOOK REVIEWS
A Review of Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl-Madrona,
Reviewed by E. Patrick CurryBack to Scientific Thinking, A Review of The Logic of Medicine Vol 2 by Edmond A. Murphy,
by Wallace Sampson
FALL/WINTER 1998
EDITORIAL
The Braid of the 'Alternative Medicine' Movement
by Wallace Sampson
CORRESPONDENCE
Epidemic of Renal Failure Due to Herbals
Trying to Prove Homeopathy
Investigating Therapeutic Touch
Conference Report: Alternative Medicine Meets Mainstream
Identifying Affiliations
Earthsave Revisited
ANALYSIS
Nicholas Gonzalez Treatment for Cancer: Gland Extracts, Coffee Enemas, Vitamin Megadoses, and Diets,
by Saul GreenA Review of the Journal Alternative Therapies,
by Peter BarglowAn Examination of the Media Coverage of a Prayer Study-in-Progress,
by Gary P. PosnerEvaluation of a Study on Homeopathy and Its Accompanying Publicity,
by Wallace Sampson
COMMENTARY
The Di Bella Controversy: The Universality of Popular Delusion,
by The EditorsThe Continuing Case of Nicholas Gonzales,
by Victor HerbertA Critique of an Official UK View of Complementary Medicine,
by Wayne SpencerChiropractic Goes to University,
by Michael M. De RobertisEvaluation of a Study on the Possible Validity of Acupoints,
by Wallace Sampson
CASES
The Allure of Quackpot Theories,
by Jami Bernard
BOOK REVIEWS
An Upside-Down View of Health, A Review of Healing With Homeopathy by Wayne B. Jonas,
by Robert L. ParkBack to Scientific Thinking, A Review of The Logic of Medicine Vol 2 by Edmond A. Murphy,
by Wallace Sampson
SPRING/SUMMER 1998
EDITORIAL
On Being a Critic,
by Wallace Sampson
ANALYSIS
Oxygenation Therapy: Unproven Treatments for Cancer and AIDS,
by Saul GreenCancer and AIDS Magnetic and Electromagnetic Therapy,
by David W. RameyNaturopathy,
by Barry L. Beyerstein and Susan DownieThe Pharmacology of St. John's Wort,
by Camilla CracchioloEarthSaves's Brochures for School Children: An Assessment,
by Nancy C. Tullis
REPORT
Therapeutic Touch: Investigation of a Practitioner,
by Robert Glickman and Ed J. Gracely
COMMENTARY
On the National Institute of Drug Abuse Consensus Conference on Acupuncture,
by Wallace SampsonTherapeutic Touch: What Could Be the Harm_,
by Donal P. O'MathunaMedical Ethics and Alternative Medicine,
by Lawrence J. Schneiderman
CASES
Encounter With a Tijuana Cancer Doctor,
by Suzanne Henig
FALL/WINTER 1997
A STATEMENT BY THE
COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE
In Defense of Scientific Medicine
EDITORIAL
ANALYSIS
Is Homeopathy 'New Science' or 'New Age'_
by Mahlon WagnerTherapeutic Touch: Evaluating the 'Growing Body of Evidence' Claim
by Bela ScheiberTherapeutic Touch: Tracing Back to Mesmer
by George Ulett
COMMENTARY
Quantum Metaphysics
by Victor StengerCriteria of Good Research
by Saul Green
BOOK REVIEWS
8 Weeks' to Optimum Health by Andrew Weil
(Reviewed by John Renner)
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