The rise of complementary and alternative therapies
A brief history of placebos
Natural impediments to making valid inferences
Impediments that prevent our physicians and therapists from making valid inferences
Impediments that prevent poorly trained scientists from making valid inferences
Why randomized placebo control groups are necessary in CAM research
Judging the credibility and plausibility of scientific evidence
How we know that the placebo effect exists
A bio-chemical explanation for the placebo effect
Do CAM therapies work or are they placebo effects?
Evidence from high quality randomized placebo controlled trials
Do CAM therapies work or are they placebo effects? Evidence from high quality systematic reviews
How CAM therapies are hypothesized to work
Tying Up a few loose ends.
