Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

Edzard Ernst · Simon Singh

Jul 2019 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Dennis Kleinman

About this audiobook

The truth about the potions, lotions, pills and needles, pummeling, and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine. Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, over thirty of the most popular treatments-acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines-are examined for their benefits and potential dangers. Questions answered include: What works and what doesn't? What are the secrets, and what are the lies? Who can you trust, and who is ripping you off? Can science decide what is best, or do the old wives' tales really tap into ancient, superior wisdom? In their scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, authors Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst also strive to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy.

Ratings and reviews

if acupuncture is a scam then why does it work on animals? Could animals be subjected to the placebo effect, too?

About the author

Edzard Ernst, based at the University of Exeter, is the U.K.'s first professor of complementary medicine. He is the coauthor, with Simon Singh, of Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine.

Bestselling author and science journalist Simon Singh lives in London. His books include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, and Big Bang.

Dennis Kleinman has been narrating audiobooks since 2013 and has at least forty titles to his credit. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, he currently lives in Los Angeles.