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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

LeftishBrit

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5. To be honest...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 05:14 AM

May 2014

if standard medicine has no more to offer a person, I see no harm, and the possibility of good, in their trying nonstandard approaches, so long as they are made fully aware of the risks of doing so.

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"Right To Try Woo" laws being advocated for... [View all] Archae May 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author xocet May 2014 #1

We used medications that hadn't been through the whole song and dance Warpy May 2014 #2

Speaking as someone TZ May 2014 #3

Exactly, you're not going to get any deader if it doesn't work Warpy May 2014 #4

To be honest... LeftishBrit May 2014 #5

But... Archae May 2014 #6

I think that 'truth in advertising' laws must be enforced for any medical treatments. LeftishBrit May 2014 #7