Blinded by ‘science’: How patients are fooled by CAM ‘pathology’ tests
Review finds 11 tests commonly ordered by CAM practitioners lack clinical validity and utility
Patients are increasingly being exposed to direct-to-consumer lab tests and ‘dubious’ alternative medicine tests that are costly and can even be harmful, pathologists warn.
A group of Australian and British pathologists have reviewed the evidence for 11 tests commonly ordered by complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners and found they lack clinical validity and utility (see box, below).
