NCCAM: bad science is expensive
• Miracle Cures, Health Quackery
Goofy taxpayer funded science at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
Much of the rest of the research agenda of the NCCAM, such as "cranial osteopathy" for otitis media, "In Vitro Investigation of Distant Qi Gong," "Gonzalez Therapy" for cancer of the pancreas (coffee enemas, pancreatic enzymes, hundreds of daily "dietary supplement" pills, and hair analyses), magnets for various purposes, acupuncture for diarrhea in HIV patients, and oral shark cartilage for cancer, is either so implausible as to not warrant spending public monies or has already been disproved in other settings.
Kimball C. Atwood IV, Skeptical Inquirer: The Ongoing Problem with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine