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 ...

Quack doctors -- the so-called snake oil salesmen often depicted with derision today -- not only plied their trade effectively, they left an indelible mark on marketing, reports Charles Osgood on CBS ...

April 4 -- The following excerpt comes from Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, the new book from author Bob McCoy. Buy your copy of Bob McCoy's new book ...

In his majority decision today upholding Obamacare, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts enumerates the ways in which the individual health care mandate---which he upheld as a tax—quacks like a ...

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RORY Kinnear and Rupert Everett star in a new BBC sitcom that aims to have you in stitches – without anaesthetic. Imagine having a medical complaint needing surgery and discovering that the “theatre” ...

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad division Commissioner Muhammad Abbass Baloch has asked health authorities to launch a decisive action against quacks, unregistered blood banks, pharmacies and dental clinics. "If ...

Quacks or jhola chaps are usually known to operate in rural areas or outskirts of towns. That an Unlicensed Medical Practitioner (UMP) could practise as a cardiologist in a large, reputed hospital is ...

QUACKS ARE the lifeline of health services in Uttar Pradesh. If this has shocked you, here?s why. The Health Department record states that the number of unqualified and unregistered medical ...

Over the past few days there have been noisy, threatening demonstrations at various statehouses demanding an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. The demonstrations haven’t been very big, with at most a few ...

Covid-19 highlights the conservative reliance on fake experts. By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Over the past few days there have been noisy, threatening demonstrations at various statehouses ...