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Homeopaths are dangerous enough in developed countries. They could be a devastating malice in the third world.
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"Sure she's a public health menace, and sure she's an ignoramus. But isn't she so pretty and outspoken?"
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Cell phones might not give you cancer, but tanning beds absolutely can and we have proof.
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Swine flu may have disappeared from the news, but it's still out there and it's still a threat as it mutates further.
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Mitchell and Webb show us what a homeopathic ER would actually look like in practice.
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When we reject centuries of medical science and research, we're effectively going back and time to make ailments we tamed into life-threatening afflictions once again.
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Depression is a serious affliction, but we also need to prevent turning normal human emotions into pathologies.
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Woo and junk science are big business. And why wouldn't they be? They're free from the limits of what's real.
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Don't expect your insurance company to cover homeopathic remedies anytime soon.
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How far should we go to help people who refuse to help themselves? Or worse yet, whose parents refuse treatment we know will keep them alive?