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» American Council of Science and Health - Press releases and articles related to health care fraud and quackery, activists and hype.

» Anti-Quackery Webring - Nearly 100 listings.

» Canadian Quackery Watch - Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links.

» Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health - Devoted to the scientific examination of unproven alternative medicine and mental health therapies, which have become increasingly popular in the United States and the world.

» How to Spot Health Fraud - The FDA Backgrounder lists the most common kinds of health fraud. Provides advice on how to spot a quack and where to file a complaint.

» National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. - The NCAHF is a USA voluntary health agency that focuses its attention upon health fraud, misinformation and quackery as public health problems.

» "Operation Cure-all" Targets Internet Health Fraud - FTC law enforcement and consumer education campaign focuses on stopping the quacks.

» The Quack-Files - Critical reviews, specially of alternative medicine. Provides resources and links on quackery, alternative medicine and health fraud.

» Quackwatch - Covers unproven and scientifically questionable claims of alternative health therapies, vitamin peddlers, and other health frauds.

» The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice - Peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to distinguishing scientifically-supported claims from scientifically-unsupported claims in clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and allied disciplines.

» U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Easy-to-read FDA publication about phony medicines and unproven treatments.

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