For those who are interested in the book they are discussion I put a link to it into the sidebar.
Via: WBUR and NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Millions of Americans are turning to acupuncture, homeopathy and herbal remedies to treat everything from headaches to constipation to cancer. Alternative medicine is a multi-billion dollar global business — offering the promise of natural healing and a comforting antidote to the cold bed-side manner of those white smocked MDs.
But a new book by a pair of skeptics is fueling a raging debate about its value. They say most treatments are unproven and untested — no better than a placebo at best, and potentially crippling at worst.This hour, On Point: “Trick or Treatment” — the facts about alternative medicine.
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