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The Onion on "alternative methods of payment"

Category: Alternative medicine • Humor
Posted on: March 29, 2006 1:03 PM, by Orac

Leave it to The Onion:

Alternative-Medicine Practitioner Refuses Alternative Method Of Payment.

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Yes ... this one made my day today! How about paying with a glass of water that once contained money ... the more you dillute the water ... the more it's worth!

Posted by: Ivan Fischer | March 29, 2006 4:00 PM

"Dr." MAS tried that with his million dollar prize to prove that the Randi million dollar prize exists.

Posted by: BronzeDog | March 29, 2006 4:38 PM

Sometime tonight, your local PBS station will air a program Called The New Medicine documenting "integrative medicine" as it is being practiced in US academic medical centers. Apparently, the late Dana Reeve was taped as the host three months before her death from lung cancer.

After you recover from the incredible high of the FT coverage (very hearty congratulations on well-deserved recognition!), I wonder if you'd care to comment on the virtues and risks of CAM practices being offered in academic medical centers and NCI comprehensive cancer centers. I can argue both sides, but it seems that a lot of centers are getting into it simply to boost revenues since CAM services are paid primarily out-of-pocket and these patients are represented by a well-heeled demographic.

Posted by: Abel PharmBoy | March 29, 2006 7:23 PM

Hey Orac, an off-topic comment: The URL for The Inoculated Mind on the Skeptics' Circle schedule page seems to be incorrect.

Posted by: Ebonmuse | March 29, 2006 9:27 PM

hilarious!!

Posted by: dr. charles | March 29, 2006 9:30 PM