Includes index.

"Here at long last is an unbiased look at alternative medicine by a distinguished and experienced clinician with an open mind. Ignoring the name-calling and turf wars among the various health care factions, Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, a professor of clinical medicine and author of several bestselling books (including Doctor, What Should I Eat? and The Best Treatment), turns his erudition to examining the field of alternative medicine. Based on in-depth research, and with his trademark wit and candor, Dr. Rosenfeld reviews the track records of dozens of the most widely used alternative therapies."--BOOK JACKET. "For each approach, Dr. Rosenfeld describes how it is used, the theories on which it is based, how much scientific evidence exists to support claims for it, and, most important for the health consumer, whether it actually works. Dr. Rosenfeld calls it as it is, and he includes a delicious description of how to tell a quack from a legitimate practitioner."--BOOK JACKET.