List of questionable diagnostic tests
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Template:SHORTDESC: 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
[edit | edit source]- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
- Quackery
- List of diagnoses characterized as pseudoscience
References
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