I’m well beyond it, but all the “where’s the harm!” in well-to-less well meaning alt-med peddlers definitely gets my goat.
I tried to warn the family against wasting money on such garbage, but the scam artists all promised false cures, and my poor mother was helpless to burn through tens of thousand dollars on stuff like http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/electro.html
Of course, the “proof” of any of the treatments working was anecdotes from people who were likely fabricated, coincidental, or for persons who were never gravely ill to begin with.
I wish I could say that it’s getting better, but… The 21st Century Cures Act: The (Somewhat) Good, The (Mostly) Bad, and The (Very) Ugly | Science-Based Medicine
