"Another controversial effort to establish the medical efficacy of
intercessory prayer" (a critique of the
Harris group's
Archives of Internal Medicine study), The Scientific
Review of Alternative Medicine, Spring/Summer 2000
(Listen to my 35-minute presentation on prayer and healing at a national conference in 2001, in which this study was one of my principal topics)
"Point/Counterpoint:
Is Prescribing Placebos Ethical? No" (written at the request of the
American Council on Science and Health),
Priorities for
Health, 1998 (Vol. 10 No. 4)
"Millennium:
Healthcare: Alternative Medicine" (a brief essay on the dumbing down of American
medicine, written at the request of the American Council on Science and Health),
Priorities for Health, 1998 (Vol. 10 No. 2-3)
"Has science
proven the 'divine' health benefits of religion?" (a critique, written at the request of
the Secular Web, of a USA Today article,
Aug. 1998)
"Lexicon of Unnaturalistic Alternatives"
(book review of The Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare
by Jack Raso), Skeptical Briefs, December 1996 (also
posted here)
"Would you like fries with your penicillin?" (an essay on the sorry
state of primary care medicine), The Real American Home Journal (a newsletter based in
Tarpon Springs, Florida), Mar/Apr 1996
"Examining an Unsolved Mysteries Report of a 'Miraculous'
Cure" (of a Florida woman who claimed to have been diagnosed with breast cancer),
Skeptical Inquirer, Sept/Oct 1995
"NBC's Cynically Skewed Reporting on the Power of
Prayer," Free Inquiry,
Summer 1994
(Listen to my 35-minute presentation on prayer and healing at a national conference in 2001 -- my discussion of this TV program begins at 00:25 of Part 2)
"God in the CCU?" (critique of
Dr. Randolph Byrd's 1988 study
on intercessory prayer), Free Inquiry,
Spring 1990 (also posted here)
(Listen to my 35-minute presentation on prayer and healing at a national conference in 2001, in which this study was one of my principal topics)
"A Case of Immaculate Abortion?" (evaluation of a gynecologist's miraculous medical claim), Free Inquiry, Summer 1988
(also posted here)
"Nonhealing a Nonexistent Tumor" (investigation of TV faith-healer
Peter Popoff's claimed cure of a Tampa girl), Free Inquiry, Winter 1986-87
(also posted here)
Medical Consultant for 
The Faith Healers
by
James Randi
(Prometheus Books, 1987 -- see these pages from the book)
