List of questionable diagnostic tests
This is a list of medical diagnostic tests that are considered questionable, unverified or refuted.[1]
- Applied kinesiology,[2] including the Bi-Digital O Ring Test[3]
- Barnes Basal Temperature Test
- Breast thermography[4]
- Genetic tests for "reward deficiency syndrome"[5]
- Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX)[6]
- Hair analysis[7][8]
- Live blood analysis[9]
- Pendulum dowsing
- Provoked urine testing for heavy metal toxicity[10]
- Radionics
See also
References
- ^ Barrett, Stephen (6 May 2018). "Dubious diagnostic tests". QuackWatch. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Bernstein IL, Li JT, Bernstein DI, Hamilton R, Spector SL, Tan R, et al. (2008). "Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 100 (3 Suppl 3): S1-148. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5. PMID 18431959.
- ^ Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test
- ^ "ASA Adjudication on Medical Thermal Imaging Ltd". Advertising Standards Authority. 2013-01-09. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ Barrett, Stephen; Hall, Harriet (24 November 2008). "Dubious Genetic Testing". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Barrett, Stephen (12 July 2009). "Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Seidel, S. (2001). "Assessment of Commercial Laboratories Performing Hair Mineral Analysis". JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 285: 67–72. doi:10.1001/jama.285.1.67.
- ^ "Hair Analysis: What Can Your Hair Tell About You?".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "CLIA regulation of unestablished laboratory tests" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. July 2001. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
- ^ Barrett, Stephen (10 June 2017). "How the "Urine Toxic Metals" Test Is Used to Defraud Patients". QuackWatch. Retrieved 5 July 2018.