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quackery

[kwak-uh-ree] / ˈkwæk ə ri /


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Dr. Oz, no stranger to medical quackery, is in charge of overseeing Medicaid and Medicare services.

From Salon

Kennedy has no medical expertise and peddled a range of harmful quackery as a private citizen, including anti-vaccination rhetoric and the benefits of chugging raw milk.

From Salon

Though most of the action takes place a decade or more ago in another hemisphere, its themes of medical quackery, alternative facts and social-media echo chambers are more relevant than ever in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times

Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s just mythology. There was a time when that stuff was really popular. It was the major psychiatric quackery of our time.”

From Los Angeles Times