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http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/06/opcureall.htm
"Operation Cure-all" Targets Internet Health Fraud Open in a new browser window
   FTC law enforcement and consumer education campaign focuses on stopping the quacks.
   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/06/opcureall.htm
http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/categoryID.2/category_detail.asp
American Council of Science and Health Open in a new browser window
   Press releases and articles related to health care fraud and quackery, activists and hype.
   http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/categoryID.2/category_detail.asp
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=antiquackerysite
Anti-Quackery Webring Open in a new browser window
   Nearly 100 listings.
   http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=antiquackerysite
http://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/
Canadian Quackery Watch Open in a new browser window
   Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links.
   http://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/
http://www.csmmh.org/
Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health Open in a new browser window
   Devoted to the scientific examination of unproven alternative medicine and mental health therapies, which have become increasingly popular in the United States and the world.
   http://www.csmmh.org/
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_fraud.html
How to Spot Health Fraud Open in a new browser window
   The FDA Backgrounder lists the most common kinds of health fraud. Provides advice on how to spot a quack and where to file a complaint.
   http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_fraud.html
http://www.ncahf.org/
National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. Open in a new browser window
   The NCAHF is a USA voluntary health agency that focuses its attention upon health fraud, misinformation and quackery as public health problems.
   http://www.ncahf.org/
http://www.quackwatch.org/
Quackwatch Open in a new browser window
   Covers unproven and scientifically questionable claims of alternative health therapies, vitamin peddlers, and other health frauds.
   http://www.quackwatch.org/
http://www.srmhp.org/
The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Open in a new browser window
   Peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to distinguishing scientifically-supported claims from scientifically-unsupported claims in clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and allied disciplines.
   http://www.srmhp.org/
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medfraud.html
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Open in a new browser window
   Easy-to-read FDA publication about phony medicines and unproven treatments.
   http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medfraud.html

Last Updated: 2007-05-23 17:51:57