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How prevalent is pseudo-medicine?

Earlier this morning I heard a radio talk show where a woman was seriously recommending people drink turpentine to get rid of parasites (which she claimed everyone alive has, yet are undetectable to a doctor...), later I saw an article promoting coffee enemas for similar reasons. I knew there was junk science about medicine out there, but I always thought it was something only a minority really believed, and discussed primarily on out of the way forums. It kind of worries me that this might be spreading...

How often do you see/hear promotions of junk medicine?