Max Gerson (October 18, 1881 – March 8, 1959) was a German-born American physician who developed the Gerson therapy, a pseudoscientific dietary-based alternative cancer treatment that he falsely claimed could cure cancer and most chronic,...
A coffee enema is the injection of coffee into the rectum and colon via the anus, i.e., as an enema. There is no scientific evidence to support any positive health claim for this practice, and medical authorities advise that the procedure may be...
Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill,...
Reptilians (also called archons, reptoids, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories. The idea of reptilians was...
William Donald Kelley (November 1, 1925 – January 30, 2005) was an American orthodontist who developed "non-specific metabolic therapy," an alternative cancer treatment, now known to be ineffective, which he based on his personal belief that "wrong...
Ryan Jerome McCartan (born June 14, 1993) is an American actor and singer. He is known for creating the role of Jason "J.D." Dean in the original off-Broadway cast of Heathers: The Musical. His Broadway credits include Fiyero Tigelaar in Wicked,...
Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɛʁsõ dʒoliˈvejɾɐ ˈnunis]; born 11 January 1941), generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the...
Palmistry is the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. Also known as palm reading, chiromancy, chirology or cheirology, the practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who...
Inedia (Latin for 'fasting') or breatharianism ( breth-AIR-ee-ən-iz-əm) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food. It is a pseudoscientific practice, and several adherents of these practices have died from starvation or...
