More than 400 “alternative’ medicines have been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) Sectarian risk practices in the field of health are often based on the idea that all public health is in the hands of the pharmaceutical industry. Evidence of their effectiveness: often tenuous, or even non-existent.

A recent survey shows that 7 out of 10 people have already tried one of these practices (osteopathy in the lead) Most of them are people suffering from cancer, according to Miviludes.