Wondering about “Alternative Medicine” ?

One website with useful information is Quackwatch (https://quackwatch.org), which provides an indispensable resource for those researching alternative medicine’s claims.
Quackwatch, which is operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D., is a network of Web sites and mailing lists maintained by the Center for Inquiry (CFI). The sites focus on health frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Their main goal is to provide quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. To help visitors with special areas of interest, there are sites that cover autism, chiropractic, dentistry, multilevel marketing, and many other problematic areas. The Internet Health Pilot site provides links to hundreds of reliable health sites. Casewatch contains a large library of legal cases, licensing board actions, government sanctions, and regulatory actions against questionable medical products. All of these can be accessed through the “Visit Our Affiliated Sites” drop-down menu above. Their contents can be searched all at once through our search page. We also offer a Health Fraud Discussion List with more than 550 members and Consumer Health Digest, a free weekly e-mail newsletter that summarizes scientific reports, legislative developments, enforcement actions, and other information relevant to consumer protection and consumer decision-making. Its primary focus is on health, but occasionally it includes non-health scams.

Sorry, I just couldn't let this one go. The post was copied and pasted from the "Quack" website. I went there and selected a subject that I am knowledgeable in and in which I have years of first hand experience. The information provided ranged from misleading to outright false. I only selected this one subject but if it was any indication of the rest of the information provided I think this website may be engaged in a bit of "quackerie" themselves. One of the questions you can select is 'Who funds Quack?, which he doesn't answer. He only says it is "maintained by the Center for Inquiry (CFI) which is a 501 (c) (3) non profit that gets donations." Donations from who? Unfortunately in these days of disinformation articles and studies are designed to move your thinking to a desired result, which is usually for someone's financial gain. If you want to get to the truth, FOLLOW THE MONEY. In this case it would probably not be possible for the average person to do that. "Buyer beware."

This is what the Quackwatch website:

Who Funds Quackwatch?
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
February 1, 2021

Quackwatch is now maintained by the Center for Inquiry, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strives to foster a secular society based on reason, science, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.

Some people wonder whether Quackwatch or my other activities are a “front” for the American Medical Association, the pharmaceutical industry, the “medical establishment,” food companies, or whomever else they might not like. Nearly every week I get e-mails accusing me of this—and worse. Quite frankly, the idea is preposterous.

Neither I nor any authors of articles on this site have any conflicts of interest.
I have no financial tie to any commercial or industrial organization.
My viewpoints are not for hire. Even if they were, none of my imaginary funders would actually have a reason to hire me.
Standard medicine and “alternative medicine” do not actually compete for patient dollars. Well-designed studies have shown that most “alternative” methods are used in addition to—rather than instead of—standard methods.
The cost of operating Quackwatch and its affiliated sites from 1997 through 2019 was only a few thousand dollars a year. If donations and other income fell below what was needed, the rest came out of my pocket. Since 2020, the sites have been hosted by the Center for Inquiry. I still have modest research expenses that are covered either by donations or by me.

As to the financing of the Center for Inquiry you can download their Annual Report from here: https://centerforinquiry.org/about/annual-reports/