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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Shows promise.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2022, 10:29 AM

Jun 2022

So many drugs or therapies "show promise" and then turn out to be worthless. I wish these kinds of things wouldn't get reported until they were actually shown to work.

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Researchers say novel combined therapy shows promise in controlling breast cancer [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2022 OP

I'm headed home from there. I'm not surprised they are Phoenix61 Jun 2022 #1

Shows promise. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #2

I have mixed feelings about these announcements too. TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #3

I'm sorry, but there is ZERO evidence PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #4

I didn't say that had happened. TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #5

You are buying into serious PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #6

In this day when greed outweighs medical outcomes I'm not willing to ignore the possibility. TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #7

Actually, I did find an article about an effective treatment that is being suppressed, although it TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #8

A follow up of that drug PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #9

I've been insulin dependent for nearly twenty years TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #10