Pal MD explains it to us using an example.
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"Alternative medicine" isn't just some cute stab at trying "other ways of healing"--it can kill. Does that sound like an exaggeration?
I wish it were.
This is from the link: I enjoy herbs and the like, but you have to be careful with everything. Doesn't hurt to talk to an MD once in a while either!
Dave Briggs :~)
Yep. Quakery hurts people.
Sometimes it's not just harmless woo.
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Very compelling testimony as to the dangers of "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing".