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Cryotherapy: A Layman’s Attempt to Understand the Science

Jul 11, 2015Harriet A. Hall, MDHealth Fraud, Medical devices, Science-based Medicine Blogcryotherapy, ice packs, icing for injuries, whole body cryotherapy

NOTE: I get a lot of emails asking me whether treatment X is evidence-based or a scam. This one was different. Zachary Hoffman had done his homework and had already answered the question for himself (at least, as well as it could be answered with the existing published evidence). I asked him to write up

Wishing Away Warts

Common warts (verruca vulgaris) are more of a nuisance than a serious health problem, but they are interesting. There is a whole mythology surrounding their cause (touching toads?) and treatment (everything from banana peels to vitamin C). Many people believe they can be made to vanish by suggestion or hypnosis. I used to believe that