On Aug 8, 2006, at 7:50 AM, ravi wrote:
>> Both studies failed to show clinical efficacy. All this
>> should mark a sea change in how the public views such treatments.
>>
>
> Why? The real comparison should be to the efficacy of "mainstream"
> medicine (henceforth referred to as professional-racket-medicine),
> especially as a ratio of public and individual dollars spent.
But that's what the article reported - a comparison of hippie arthritis treatments to orthodox ones (and a placebo). The NIH isn't staffed by idiots.
Doug