"Quackery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The fraudulent misrepresentation of the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D011781
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.735.728
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quackery" by people in Profiles.
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Application of unsupervised machine learning to identify and characterise hydroxychloroquine misinformation on Twitter. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 02; 3(2):e72-e75.
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Unicorn Poo and Blessed Waters: COVID-19 Quackery and FDA Warning Letters. Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2021 01; 55(1):239-244.
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COVID-19: Fear, quackery, false representations and the law. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2020 Sep - Oct; 72:101611.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Is a Battle Against Disease, Fear, and Misinformation. Am Fam Physician. 2020 07 01; 102(1):5.
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Medical Crowdfunding for Scientifically Unsupported or Potentially Dangerous Treatments. JAMA. 2018 10 23; 320(16):1705-1706.
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Former journal editor is found guilty of data fabrication. BMJ. 2017 04 10; 357:j1804.
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Fasting: starving cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2017 04; 18(4):431.