Naturopaths using the Nobel Prize to promote their quackery

jh79

It seems the recent award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine is being piggybacked on by those involved in the quackery that is naturopathic medicine.

A rather cynical move as it couldn't be further from the truth.

https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/natural-product-nobel

http://www.realnatural.org/nobel-prize-awarded-for-natural-treatments-for-malaria-and-parasites/

Here is Science Based Medicine take on it

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/no-the-nobel-prize-does-not-validate-naturopathy-or-herbalism/

ancapailldorcha

I'll abstain from posting that Dara O'Briain video but he stated in it that known natural remedies were investigated and adopted while those which didn't work were discarded. I see another pathetic attempt at the alternative medicine lobby to pretend to be relevant.

weisses

jh79 wrote: »

It seems the recent award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine is being piggybacked on by those involved in the quackery that is naturopathic medicine.

A rather cynical move as it couldn't be further from the truth.

https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/natural-product-nobel

http://www.realnatural.org/nobel-prize-awarded-for-natural-treatments-for-malaria-and-parasites/

Here is Science Based Medicine take on it

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/no-the-nobel-prize-does-not-validate-naturopathy-or-herbalism/

Using a blog to soapbox ?

Can you go into detail what the conspiracy is here ?

I love to discuss things but at least present an angle

jh79

weisses wrote: »

Using a blog to soapbox ?

Can you go into detail what the conspiracy is here ?

I love to discuss things but at least present an angle

It promotes naturopathic medicine as something genuine rather than plain old quackery.

If you read the articles you'll see that this has nothing to do with naturopathic "medicine ". Their aim is to generate extra business by inventing an association with the noble prize.

weisses

jh79 wrote: »

It promotes naturopathic medicine as something genuine rather than plain old quackery.

If you read the articles you'll see that this has nothing to do with naturopathic "medicine ". Their aim is to generate extra business by inventing an association with the noble prize.

Yes and..........

they use it to create revenue/attention probably

Maybe call it a scam .. But a Conspiracy theory ?

jh79

weisses wrote: »

Yes and..........

they use it to create revenue/attention probably

Maybe call it a scam .. But a Conspiracy theory ?

A single naturopath then yeah its a scam, an association of naturopaths makes it a conspiracy in my eyes.