I am the eternal wrote: > > It's hard not to scream when you see how many physicians, > pharmaceutical companies, medical-device makers and, lately, > hysterical conservatives seem to hate science, or at best ignore it. > These days the science that inspires fear and loathing is > "comparative-effectiveness research" (CER), which is receiving $1 > billion under the stimulus bill President Obama signed. CER means > studies to determine which treatments, including drugs, are more > medically and cost-effective for a given ailment than others. A study > in February in the journal Lancet, for instance, compared treatments > for severe ankle sprains, concluding that a below-the-knee cast is > superior to a tubular compression bandage. A 2006 study of > schizophrenia drugs found that old-line antipsychotics were as > effective as pricey new ones. > I wonder if anyone has ever tried giving schizophrenics licorice to calm them down? I swear that if you used vata reducing herbs to those people they would ground out and get off the streets. Some of those folks are a little toxed out though so probably need a few days of reduction therapy before giving them the tonification stuff. It's worth a try as you might get some of these people buying a box of licorice vines instead of a bottle of cheap wine.
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