Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-saving cures

Re:Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-sav... by selimthegrim on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:15PM (#11240017)

Yes, go ahead and down vote me for flagging links to a quack's website.

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Re:Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-sav... by dang on Monday March 07, 2016 @02:36PM (#11241000)

Please don't post comments about getting downvoted: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

The comment was unsubstantive and dismissive. If there's something wrong with a source, it would be better to explain what that is instead of just snarking, which (a) undermines civility and (b) teaches us nothing.

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Re:Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-sav... by selimthegrim on Monday March 07, 2016 @03:24PM (#11241344)

Very well. Joseph Mercola[1] to put it politely, is not burdened by objective reproduction of claimed results when hawking his alternative remedies.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mercola

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Re:Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-sav... by crdoconnor on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:10PM (#11241709)

If you're going to disagree with the source, disagree with the source, not the website that cited the source:

"Researchers from the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City examined four journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. They found drugs were favored in roughly:"

Is Beth Israel full of quacks?

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Re:Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-sav... by selimthegrim on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:53PM (#11242048)

I doubt it, but since Mercola didn't link me to their meta-study I can't find the reference directly. It's not the JAMA link that was in the OP.

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