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Previous Volume 359:2076-2077 November 6, 2008 Number 19

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By Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst. 342 pp., illustrated. New York, W.W. Norton, 2008. $25.95. ISBN 978-0-393-06661-6.

The authors of this book state in their introduction: "Our mission is to reveal the truth about the potions, lotions, pills, needles, pummeling and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine." Their goal is to answer the question of whether alternative therapies provide any benefits — or only a placebo effect.

Simon Singh is a physicist and science journalist, and his coauthor, Edzard Ernst, is a physician and professor of complementary medicine. Ernst is one of the best qualified people to summarize the evidence on this topic. After graduating from medical school, he practiced at a homeopathic hospital . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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