While I'm sure that all the deaths from the tested medicines from the local pharmacy were covered, I think it is more interesting to consider the source Sense About Science. A few seconds with google shows them to be a bunch of right wing loonies led by two former PR flacks backed by big corporate donors to promote GM crops. One from the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/...reducation.uk2
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Originally Posted by Carolyn
Warning over untested web 'cures'
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7718997.stm
Arthritis sufferer Daniella Muallem's experience of using alternative remedies
Leading medical experts are warning patients against using untested remedies advertised on the internet which, they say, sell "false hope".
The group, backed by charity Sense About Science, says vulnerable people are being increasingly exploited by the online promotion of such treatments.
Many untested remedies are expensive and do not work, and are often based on "unreliable" evidence, the experts say.
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