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Crank Doctors and Their Allies Are Ready for War With the Medical Establishment
As a growing number of doctors preaching fringe COVID theories face threats to their medical licenses, powerful allies are helping them in their fight.
Fake Degrees, School Dropouts, Unqualified Doctors: India Has a Problem of Quacks
A WHO report found that over 57 percent of doctors in India are not medically qualified. But the deplorable and inaccessible public health infrastructure explains why they continue to thrive.
The 'Doctor' Who Implanted Goat Balls on Men and Tried to Become Governor of Kansas
Penny Lane’s Sundance standout 'NUTS!' is a formally inventive documentary that pieces together the outrageous story of huckster surgeon John Romulus Brinkley.
Medicine in India: 'Qualified Quacks' and a Baffling Drug Landscape
Medical errors happen everywhere. But in the world's largest democracy, stories of doctors being drunk, using rusty instruments or bicycle pumps during surgery, or ordering unjustified procedures are increasingly common.
If You Think You Can Survive on 'Junk Food and Cigarettes,' You're an Idiot
The Daily Mail has been trailing a new book this week by "leading science writer" Tony Edwards. The first extract from the book gave the paper a valuable opportunity to address the important question of whether red wine causes or cures cancer.
