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Health freaks on trial: Duct tape, bull semen and the call of television
Author(s) -
Bland Martin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00738.x
Subject(s) - medicine , art
Bull semen cures baldness? Tree bark treats Crohn's disease? Use toothpaste for love‐bites and make love to cure a migraine? Prop yourself upside down to avert hair loss, and stick duct tape on verrucas? Martin Bland heard the call of TV to statistically test outlandish home remedies and found 10 minutes of fame and an astonishing clinical result.