‘Gaba is the off switch of the brain’: Is it also the answer to better sleep, sobriety and less anxiety?

Products that enhance the uptake of this neurotransmitter are burgeoning - including drinks that mimic the effects of alcohol, without the hangover. Here’s what happened when I tried them

Multivitamins promise glowing skin, better sleep and a longer life. But who do supplements really benefit?

For healthy people, pills, patches and gummies just create ‘expensive urine’. But for those with nutrient deficiencies, vitamin supplements have clear benefits

If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson

Like other celebrity wellness entrepreneurs, the former model seems to peddle nonsense

Elle Macpherson refused to have chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis

Supermodel says she is in remission after being diagnosed seven years ago and rejecting some aspects of conventional medicine

‘Slapping therapist’ found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter

Danielle Carr-Gomm fell fatally ill when she stopped taking insulin during Wiltshire workshop run by Hongchi Xiao

Hongchi Xiao, the ‘slapping therapy’ healer convicted over two deaths

Paida lajin practitioner is critical of pharmaceutical industry and ‘western’ medicine with ‘toxic’ side-effects

Are mushroom gummies part of the ‘healthy high’ industry and how is it regulated?

The recall of the gummies this week sparked concern about the spread of natural stimulants such as herbs and fungi in everyday products

New witnesses offer fresh information into ‘kambo’ death at northern NSW spiritual retreat

Coroner pauses inquest into death of Jarrad Antonovich, who died after drinking ayahuasca and partaking in a ‘kambo’ ritual

Doctors complain to BBC over Dragons’ Den contestant’s claim ‘to have cured ME’

Entrepreneurs on TV show’s panel all offered to invest in business selling ear seeds as part of treatment for chronic illness

King Charles has appointed a homeopath. Why do the elite put their faith in snake oil?

The aristocracy and celebrities are in thrall to medical quackery that while useless can be far from harmless