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Ah yes, thousands of people benefiting from cheap and effective drugs that can’t be patented because they naturally occur. Of course it doesn’t work. /sarcasm

The medical field has a terrible problem in terms of literature reproducibility and ethics. The beta blocker scandal is a great example.

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Sadly, that seems to be the gist of the article. I was really hoping for something a little more, but the whole tone struck me as "millions of people are putting uncontrolled amounts of sugar, honey, and who knows what other sweeteners in their tea without a single double blind study to prove it improves the flavor, and without regard to the potential side effects!" pearl clutching.

I'm all in favor of well designed studies. Not so fond of gatekeeping.

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