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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]
  1. ^ Barrett, Stephen (6 May 2018). "Dubious diagnostic tests". QuackWatch. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ Bernstein IL, Li JT, Bernstein DI, Hamilton R, Spector SL, Tan R, et al. (2008). "Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 100 (3 Suppl 3): S1-148. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5. PMID 18431959.
  3. ^ Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test
  4. ^ "ASA Adjudication on Medical Thermal Imaging Ltd". Advertising Standards Authority. 2013-01-09. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  5. ^ Barrett, Stephen (12 July 2009). "Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  6. ^ Barrett, Stephen (14 February 2018). "Quack "Electrodiagnostic" Devices". Quackwatch. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Alternative Food Allergy Tests to Avoid". Kids with Food Allergies. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ^ Barrett, Stephen; Hall, Harriet (24 November 2008). "Dubious Genetic Testing". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ^ Seidel, S. (2001). "Assessment of Commercial Laboratories Performing Hair Mineral Analysis". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 285 (1): 67–72. doi:10.1001/jama.285.1.67. PMID 11150111.
  10. ^ "Hair Analysis: What Can Your Hair Tell About You?".
  11. ^ "The Myth of IgG Food Panel Testing". American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ "CLIA regulation of unestablished laboratory tests" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. July 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  13. ^ Barrett, Stephen (10 June 2017). "How the "Urine Toxic Metals" Test Is Used to Defraud Patients". QuackWatch. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  14. ^ Daley, Beth (17 June 2014). "Can you trust Lyme Disease tests?". WGBH. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  15. ^ Kawamoto, M; Page, E (20 February 2015). "Notes from the field: Use of unvalidated urine mycotoxin tests for the clinical diagnosis of illness--United States, 2014". MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 64 (6): 157–8. PMC 4584707. PMID 25695323.

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