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Warning over untested web 'cures'
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Webpage includes video and audio content. 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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