HEADS UP!  Dear List-family.... With all the online "snake oil" salespersons
pitching their "universal cure all" products, I strongly urge you to take a
look-see at "QUACKWATCH," a rather unique Web site.  A small example
of the many "quackery-related" topics that are covered is provided below,
but please keep in mind that I just copied these subjects in a big chunk,
and they're out-of-context.   This is one extensive Web site so DO browse
the entire site 'cause it IS interesting AND valuable.

The URL (Web site address) is:  http://www.quackwatch.com

Sampling of Quackwatch follows - read on..

Barb Mallut
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Quackery:

•How Should It Be Defined? (posted 4/24/97)
•How It Harms (posted 5/29/97)
•How It Sells (posted 5/26/97)
-25 Ways to Spot It (updated 11/27/97)
•"Health Freedom" (updated 9/27/97)
•More Ploys That May Fool You (posted 4/10/97)
•Common Misconceptions (posted 1/31/97)
•Why It Persists (to be posted)
•Victim Case Reports (updated 10/23/97)
•Ten Ways to Avoid Being Quacked (posted 4/24/97)
•Signs of a "Quacky" Web Site (posted 6/24/97)
•Pro-Quackery Legislation (posted 9/27/97)
•Why Bogus Therapies Often Seem to Work (posted 9/2/97)
•Fifteen Ways to Spot an Internet Bandit (posted 12/29/96)
•Prudent Use of Health Information on the Internet (to be posted)

Questionable Products and Services

•Acupuncture (updated 11/7/97) [MAJOR UPDATE]
•AIDS-Related Quackery and Fraud (updated 12/10/97) [NEW]
•Algae Products: False Claims and Hype (posted 4/20/97)
•Allergies: Dubious Diagnosis and Treatment (to be posted)
•"Alternative" Methods:
•Be Wary of "Alternative" Health Methods (updated 11/26/97) [FEATURE ARTICLE]
•Common Approaches (posted 2/8/97)
•Science vs "Alternative" Methods (posted 8/22/97)
•Books: Recommended and Nonrecommended (to be posted)
•Definitions of 1,169 Methods (130-page dictionary posted 5/27/97)
•Journals and Newsletters: Recommended and Nonrecommended (to be posted)
•Arthritis: Questionable Approaches (to be posted)
•Aromatherapy: Making Dollars out of Scents updated 9/20/97)
•Ayurvedic Mumbo-Jumbo (updated 10/20/97)
•Cancer: Questionable Therapies (index to 10 articles, updated 11/30/97)
[FEATURE TOPIC]
•Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factors and Prevention (to be posted) •Chelation

Therapy (updated 11/25/97)
•Chinese Medicine (posted 4/11/97)
•Chiropractic:
•Don't Be Fooled (updated 9/2/97)
•Advertising Gimmicks (posted 5/20/97)
•Nutrition (posted 5/17/97)
•Pediatrics (to be posted)
•Subluxations: Chiropractic's Elusive Buzzword (posted 9/9/97)
•Undercover Investigations (posted 9/14/97)
•Practice-Building Techniques (to be posted)
•My Visit to a "Straight" Chiropractor (to be posted)
•Inside View of a Chiropractic Office (posted 7/14/97)