Medicine:List of questionable diagnostic tests
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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]
- Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX)[5]
- Electrodermal diagnostic devices[6][7] (e.g. Vega machines, E-meters)
- Genetic tests for "reward deficiency syndrome"[8]
- Hair analysis[9][10]
- IgG antibody testing for food intolerances and food allergies[7][11]
- Live blood analysis[12]
- Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Pendulum dowsing
- Proove Opioid Risk test (POR)
- Provoked urine testing for heavy metal toxicity[13]
- Radionics
- SPECT scans for diagnosing psychological disorders
- Unvalidated Lyme disease testing, often used to diagnose so-called chronic Lyme disease[14]
- Unvalidated mycotoxin tests[15]
See also
- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
- Quackery
- List of diagnoses characterized as pseudoscience
References
- ↑ Barrett, Stephen (6 May 2018). "Dubious diagnostic tests". http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/tests.html.
- ↑ "Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter.". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100 (3 Suppl 3): S1-148. 2008. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5. PMID 18431959. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/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. http://asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2013/1/Medical-Thermal-Imaging-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_210670.aspx.
- ↑ Barrett, Stephen (12 July 2009). "Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson". Quackwatch. http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/xrroid.html.
- ↑ Barrett, Stephen (14 February 2018). "Quack "Electrodiagnostic" Devices". https://quackwatch.org/related/electro/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Alternative Food Allergy Tests to Avoid". Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. https://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/unproven-methods-food-allergy-tests.aspx.
- ↑ Barrett, Stephen; Hall, Harriet (24 November 2008). "Dubious Genetic Testing". http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/genomics.html.
- ↑ Seidel, S. (2001). "Assessment of Commercial Laboratories Performing Hair Mineral Analysis". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 285 (1): 67–72. doi:10.1001/jama.285.1.67. PMID 11150111.
- ↑ "Hair Analysis: What Can Your Hair Tell About You?". https://www.grivamax.com/hair-analysis-can-hair-tell/.
- ↑ "The Myth of IgG Food Panel Testing". https://www.aaaai.org/tools-for-the-public/conditions-library/allergies/igg-food-test.
- ↑ "CLIA regulation of unestablished laboratory tests". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. July 2001. http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-00-00250.pdf.
- ↑ Barrett, Stephen (10 June 2017). "How the "Urine Toxic Metals" Test Is Used to Defraud Patients". http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/urine_toxic.html.
- ↑ Daley, Beth (17 June 2014). "Can you trust Lyme Disease tests?" (in en). WGBH. https://www.wgbh.org/news/2014/06/17/can-you-trust-lyme-disease-tests.
- ↑ Kawamoto, M; Page, E (20 February 2015). "Notes from the field: Use of unvalidated urine mycotoxin tests for the clinical diagnosis of illness--United States, 2014.". MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 64 (6): 157–8. PMID 25695323. PMC 4584707. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a7.htm.
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