This question was sent in by Roope Kasvi and has been selected for this month’s Q & A.

Hi,

I’m an openminded sceptic from Finland. One of my friends (also Finnish) is an Ayurvedic consult and spreads all kinds of crazy stuff in Facebook.

Recently in the comments section of one of his rants he said that there are many diseases that Ayurveda can cure or treat better than modern medical science. Needless to say, I am sceptical about this claim and wondered if you guys knew of any studies that could point me to any direction at all. Read the full story

Share on Facebook

As the accompanying blurb (the text-box below) containing the image of the ad from Care Plus (a non-invasive medical center) says that cancer is the third leading cause of death worldwide. Care Plus has listed the causes for it! I am particularly interested in cures for cancer because two people who have influenced me the most in my life have had cancer. My mother died from it about 15 years back, while Premanand whom I consider as my ideological guru is suffering from it. Since the disease is dreaded and its occurrence is wide-spread, there are many lines of treatment for it which are recognized and approved. But, a number of unscrupulous elements have tried to exploit this and have lined their pockets with the hard-earned money of the patients and their relatives. The treatments may vary from anything to specially consecrated water to secret remedies unknown to modern science but are the result of “research” and also supernatural powers! Read the full story

Share on Facebook

One may be surprised to note that a new life is beginning for the citizens of Mangalore, in a small stall at the Karavali Utsav. It is in two fronts- one the program for the improvement of health and the other for the improvement of mileage- both available in the same stall. The “latest technology” in each has the same basic intention- improvement of energy level- one in the human body and the other in the internal combustion engine.

The body first: This is the quantum science bio tech optimum energy program for you. As the blurb promises, energy medicine is the future of medicine. The nanotechnology revolution as promised by Fusion Excel international and promoted by Surana Enterprises India and their website being fusionexcel.com. The introduction starts with what is energy and then goes on to promote the quantum science scalar energy pendant created from a mixture of “more than 70 kinds of energy releasing mineral materials selected from Volcanic rock”. It also promises of scalar energy which can do miracles like increasing oxygen supply to blood stream, cleansing of blood of unwanted dirt like fats and cholesterol, pain relief, fighting cancer cells etc. Besides that it also balances both sides of the brain, promises better sleep, freedom from fatigue etc. In short it is the panacea that mankind has been waiting for from a long, long time.

Read the full story

Share on Facebook

Phrenological Measuring Device

pic by: A.M Kuchling

The efficacy of the scientific method and the hierarchical character of human social organization have ushered in a widespread acceptance of the authority of science in the public sphere

Read the full story

Share on Facebook