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Hall discusses alternative medicine. There is really no such thing as alternative medicine. There can be alternatives in medicine (penicillin v. erythromycin) but there is no valid alternative to medicine.
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IN CASE YOU HADNT NOTICED, SNAKE OIL IS ALIVE AND thriving under the shield of alternative medicine. As the Baby Boomers approach retirement age and develop health problems, we can expect an even greater boom of quackery, pseudoscience, and misinformation. Even the most critical thinking scientist may think less critically when he's sick. This column will examine questionable health claims using rigorous science and reason.
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