Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It

Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by nickserv on Sunday August 19, 2018 @03:55AM (#17793124)

There's the principle of neutrality and objectivity which is extremely important in science, especially when lives are at stake.

1000 a month may indeed not be a huge sum for a doctor, but it is not nothing, and one has to wonder what exactly is being bought here.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by DanielGee on Sunday August 19, 2018 @09:51AM (#17794302)

Especially considering medicine has a long history of being co-opted by money.

There was a time when doctors were paid to push cigarettes by cigarette companies.

And of course in recent times, pharma was able to convince doctors to push addictive painkillers to patients.

A healthy skepticism is a good thing in science.

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