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Haven’t there always been hucksters in medicine generally? Seems like any field that is hard for lay people to understand and has a lot of money in it naturally
by api 4y ago
Haven’t there always been hucksters in medicine generally? Seems like any field that is hard for lay people to understand and has a lot of money in it naturally attracts con artists for obvious reasons.
- inglor_cz 4y agoEven big pharma is sometimes guilty of huckstering, see aducanumab, the recently approved treatment for Alzheimer's that does not actually seem to treat symptoms of Alzheimer patients at all. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/11/04/nothing-is-right-about-the-approval-of-aducanumab-and-nothings-new/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/11/04/nothing-is-right-about-...