Medical quackery is a form of healthcare fraud that sells false hope. It preys on people suffering from diseases that may not be amenable to cure. Quacks promote unsubstantiated interventions that ...

Officials have urged villagers to immediately visit health camps or nearby government hospitals if they experience any symptoms so that timely diagnosis and treatment can be provided.

Quack doctors -- the so-called snake oil salesmen often depicted with derision today -- not only plied their trade effectively, they left an indelible mark on marketing, reports Charles Osgood on CBS ...

In his majority decision today upholding Obamacare, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts enumerates the ways in which the individual health care mandate---which he upheld as a tax—quacks like a ...

Alannah Tomkins receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, but not in connection with the research promoted in this article. The Victorian doctors portrayed in new BBC series, ...