Celebrity Chinese medicine practitioner banned over ‘liquid herb diet’ treatment
A Chinese medical practitioner has been banned for three years over his treatment of a patient with cardiac issues who followed his liquid herb diet.…
Tag: Alternative medicine
Man died of perforated oesophagus after ingesting kambo frog poison, inquest hears
A 46-year-old man died of a perforated oesophagus after consuming the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca and frog-based poison kambo at a retreat in northern NSW two…
Gut-directed hypnotherapy in IBS
Irritable bowel syndrome is characterised by chronic functional gastrointestinal symptoms of abdominal pain and altered bowel habits.1 Other clinical features that are also frequently described…
‘Doctors are wrong — urine should be cloudy’: A day in the alternative world of alternative medicine
Who doesn’t enjoy a good trade fair? Whether it’s the booths outside a conference selling books and the latest equipment, or stalls selling food, tools…
GP sued for $1 million calls on MDOs to cover defamation lawsuits against doctors
Dr Adam Smith, who was sued for $1 million by a naturopath after he debunked her alternative therapy treatments for cancer, diabetes and a string…
Chinese medicine practitioner inflicts 2.5cm pneumothorax during woman’s treatment for back pain
A Chinese medicine practitioner who punctured a woman’s lung with an acupuncture needle was not registered to practise, a tribunal has heard. Gyu Hyuk Han…
Acupuncture, doxylamine-pyridoxine ease nausea, vomiting in pregnancy
For women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, both acupuncture and doxylamine-pyridoxine are efficacious, and the combination may yield a larger benefit than either treatment…
‘Huge win for me’: GP sued by naturopath buoyed after pre-trial judgement
A US-based naturopath’s defamation case against a Melbourne GP has been pared back after a pre-trial hearing concluded many of the allegedly defamatory imputations were…
Psychedelic clinics to offer $20,000 treatments for severe depression from July
Question: Is $20,000 a fair fee to charge those with severe depression for a treatment many regard as experimental? Does it exploit their desperation for…
Woolies is now offering $45 GP telehealth consults
Woolworths online customers are now being offered GP telehealth appointments for $25 to $45 after the supermarket giant partnered with a telehealth corporate. Since 2021,…
