Functional medicine (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Functional medicine" in English language version.

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"Scientists dismiss detox schemes". BBC. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

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Trethewey, Samuel P.; Reynolds, Ella K. M.; Trethewey, Christopher S. (May 7, 2025). "Distinguishing 'lifestyle medicine' from pseudoscience". BJGP.
Ernst, Edzard (June 1, 2011). "Fatalities after CAM: an overview". British Journal of General Practice. 61 (587): 404–405. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X578070. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 3103684. PMID 21801529.

doi.org

Li, Ben; Forbes, Thomas L.; Byrne, John (October 2018). "Integrative medicine or infiltrative pseudoscience?". The Surgeon: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. 16 (5): 271–277. doi:10.1016/j.surge.2017.12.002. ISSN 1479-666X. PMID 29305045.
Ernst, Edzard (June 1, 2011). "Fatalities after CAM: an overview". British Journal of General Practice. 61 (587): 404–405. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X578070. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 3103684. PMID 21801529.
Gorski DH (2018). "Chapter 14: 'Integrative' Medicine: Integrating Quackery with Science-Based Medicine". Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science. MIT Press. pp. 309–330. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262037426.003.0014. ISBN 978-0-262-03742-6.
Dixon, Bernard (2005). ""Detox", a mass delusion". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 5 (5). Elsevier BV: 261. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70094-3. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 15854880.

hormone.org

"Adrenal Fatigue | Hormone Health Network". www.hormone.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

independent.ie

"Functional medicine: Is it the future of healthcare or just another wellness trend?". independent. October 23, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

jstor.org

Pal, SK (March 2002). "Complementary and alternative medicine: An overview". Current Science. 82 (5): 518–24. JSTOR 24105958.

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Li, Ben; Forbes, Thomas L.; Byrne, John (October 2018). "Integrative medicine or infiltrative pseudoscience?". The Surgeon: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. 16 (5): 271–277. doi:10.1016/j.surge.2017.12.002. ISSN 1479-666X. PMID 29305045.
Ernst, Edzard (June 1, 2011). "Fatalities after CAM: an overview". British Journal of General Practice. 61 (587): 404–405. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X578070. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 3103684. PMID 21801529.
Dixon, Bernard (2005). ""Detox", a mass delusion". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 5 (5). Elsevier BV: 261. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70094-3. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 15854880.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Ernst, Edzard (June 1, 2011). "Fatalities after CAM: an overview". British Journal of General Practice. 61 (587): 404–405. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X578070. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 3103684. PMID 21801529.

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Stea, Jonathan N. (2024). Mind the science: saving your mental health from the wellness industry. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0197748817.

patient.info

Knott L (February 6, 2015). "Therapies and Theories Outside Traditional Medicine". Patient. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

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"Institute for Functional Medicine 2001 tax forms". ProPublica. May 9, 2013.

quackwatch.org

Barrett, Stephen (September 11, 2013). "Some Notes on Jeffrey Bland and Metagenics". Quackwatch. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

respectfulinsolence.com

Orac (April 18, 2016). "Making it up as you go along: So-called "functional medicine" is pure quackery". RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. Retrieved May 9, 2025.

sciencebasedmedicine.org

Sampson, Wallace (October 30, 2008). "Functional Medicine – New Kid on the Block". Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
Sampson, Wallace (July 9, 2009). "Functional Medicine (FM) What Is It?". Science Based Medicine. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
Gorski, David (September 29, 2014). "Quackademia update: The Cleveland Clinic, George Washington University, and the continued infiltration of quackery into medical academia". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
Bellamy J (October 26, 2017). "AAFP: Functional Medicine lacks supporting evidence; includes 'harmful' and 'dangerous' treatments". 6 March 2024. Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
Bellamy J (October 27, 2018). "AAFP should publish research behind finding that functional medicine lacks evidence, contains harmful and dangerous practices". Science-Based-Medicine. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
Gorski, David (April 11, 2016). "Functional medicine: The ultimate misnomer in the world of integrative medicine". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
Gorski, David (December 17, 2018). "Functional medicine: Reams of useless tests in one hand, a huge invoice in the other". Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

skeptic.com

Hall, Harriet (2017). "Functional Medicine: Pseudoscientific Silliness". Skeptic. Vol. 22, no. 1. pp. 4–5.

web.archive.org

Sampson, Wallace (October 30, 2008). "Functional Medicine – New Kid on the Block". Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
Bellamy J (October 26, 2017). "AAFP: Functional Medicine lacks supporting evidence; includes 'harmful' and 'dangerous' treatments". 6 March 2024. Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
Bellamy J (October 27, 2018). "AAFP should publish research behind finding that functional medicine lacks evidence, contains harmful and dangerous practices". Science-Based-Medicine. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
Gorski, David (December 17, 2018). "Functional medicine: Reams of useless tests in one hand, a huge invoice in the other". Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
"Adrenal Fatigue | Hormone Health Network". www.hormone.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
"Scientists dismiss detox schemes". BBC. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

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Li, Ben; Forbes, Thomas L.; Byrne, John (October 2018). "Integrative medicine or infiltrative pseudoscience?". The Surgeon: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. 16 (5): 271–277. doi:10.1016/j.surge.2017.12.002. ISSN 1479-666X. PMID 29305045.
Ernst, Edzard (June 1, 2011). "Fatalities after CAM: an overview". British Journal of General Practice. 61 (587): 404–405. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X578070. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 3103684. PMID 21801529.
Dixon, Bernard (2005). ""Detox", a mass delusion". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 5 (5). Elsevier BV: 261. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70094-3. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 15854880.