Are ginkgo enthusiasts being conned?Ginkgo leaves and seeds have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine. But recent tests suggest some ginkgo products in Australia have been adulterated and unsuspecting consumers are being conned. Dr Ken Harvey investigates.
Alternative medicine
Scepticism can limit your options when it comes to medicine
Even a bullshit detector crusade can reach such a fever pitch that it becomes a religion itself, writes Julian Zytnik.
Quacks, charlatans and witch doctors
Loretta Marron reports on the dangers of unregulated cancer treatment.
Study: alternative medicine doesn’t work
After spending $2.5 billion, US government-funded studies into herbal and alternative medicines have found they just don’t work.
