The classic definition of a "quack" -- dating as far back as the 1500s -- is a medical charlatan, a "fraudulent pretender to medical skills." Derived from the old Dutch kwakzalver, or hawker of salves ...

Although U.S. doctors have long known about the damage done by quack cancer cures, they often lack specific clinical evidence to back them up. At a meeting of the International College of Surgeons in ...

The late Porter, whose Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine and The Greatest Benefit to Mankind were wide-ranging collections of medical practices through the ages, turned his attention to the ...

Hyderabad: Over the past few months, the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has been using a simple but effective method to identify quacks, by checking how they write prescriptions. Instead of waiting ...