The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

And Aberrant Medical Practices

Fall/Winter 2000 Volume 4 ~ Number 2

Statement by the Council for Scientific Medicine

Editorial:

An Irreplaceable Person:
In Memory of Thomas Jukes, PhD (1906-1999)

Analysis:

Medical Claims for Intercessory Prayer Remain Elusive
KEVIN COURCEY

Are Systemic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Sufficient As Well
As Necessary for Assessing the Medical Effectiveness of Prayer?
WALLACE SAMPSON

SPECIAL SECTION: HERBAL MEDICINE

Product Definition Deficiencies in Clinical Studies of Herbal Medicines
VARRO E. TYLER

Herbal Crisis in Europe:
A Review of the Epidemic of Renotoxicity from Chinese Herbal Remedies
WILLEM BETZ

Chinese Herbs: Some Things to Remember
BILL BURLEY

Phytopharmaceuticals: Problems, Limitations, and Solutions
SUSAN J. MURCH, SANKARAN KRISHNARAJ, and PRAVEEN K. SAXENA

Phytopharmaceuticals: Mass Production, Standardization, and Conservation
SUSAN J. MURCH, SANKARAN KRISHNARAJ, and PRAVEEN K. SAXENA

Original Research:

Identification of Cytotoxic Agent in Kombucha Herbal Medicine
SUSAN DiGEORGIO and JERRY L. McLAUGHLIN

Commentary:

The Irrational Reformation
ROCHELLE BARNES

Book Reviews:

Invasion of the "Gland Grafters"
CATHERINE ARNOTT SMITH

The Case against Chiropractic
WILLIAM T. JARVIS

Boosterism without Reason
WALLACE SAMPSON


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