"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Irony Watch: A lot of my patients who opt for over-the-counter herbal remedies do so because they're perceived as "natural" and less harmful to the environment than traditional drugs. (Even though the herbal medicines are produced in factories just like the ones that produce traditional medicines.) But the herbal medicine industry isn't a friend of nature. (hat tip to Iain Murray.) posted by Sydney on
1/10/2004 11:03:00 AM
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