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Seth Robinson, a chiropractor who serves as Tesla BioHealing's medical director, explains energy readouts at the Tesla BioHealing & MedBed Center, in Milford, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Tesla’s claims about life force energy are also based, somewhat, on fact. Biophotons are real — a type of light emitted by living tissue that can’t be seen by the human eye. But their role in health is not well understood and use as a medical therapy is not proven, according to Bahman Anvari, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California-Riverside.

The internet has become a clearing house for unproven medical 'cures'

Associated Press

The untested and even potentially dangerous medical products range from supplements and remedies for aging to alternative treatments for COVID. Federal regulators have taken notice.

Health News Florida

Medical boards will meet Sept. 30 to consider 'standard of care' for transgender treatments

News Service of Florida

A joint committee of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine will discuss a draft rule that could restrict doctors from providing transgender treatments to people younger than 18.

NPR Health

Crowdfunding Drives Funds And Attention Toward Questionable Medical Treatments

Rachel D. Cohen

Many Americans turn to crowdfunding to pay for medical care. But sometimes the money covers unproven treatments. Should crowdfunding companies be held accountable for spreading false hopes?

Health News Florida

$275M Gift Goes to Research Center

Health News Florida

A medical research center with a campus near Orlando says it has received its largest gift ever, the Orlando Sentinel reports.Sanford-Burnham Medical…

Opinion

What Will We Think of Medical ‘Miracles’ Years From Now?

Health News Florida

Retired physician John Agnew takes readers through the history of medical treatments that we now know are ineffective or even harmful. In his column in…