Dr. Novella has found another nice resource, a web site in Britain called Sense About Science.
Today they announced the publication of a guide for patients called I’ve got nothing to lose by trying it. The guide is a response to the increasing number of websites selling dubious treatments to desperate patients. For various reasons, the internet itself being one of them, the flood gates have opened in recent years, and patients facing a terrible illness are now bombarded with recommendations and advertisements for all sorts of worthless, expensive, and at times harmful treatments – at a time when they are most vulnerable.
