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In the words of Stan Johnson, Ph.D. (husband's PI): "Phat city! Science wins again!"
It's fine to practice alternative medicine. It's fine to use alternative medicines in conjunction with modern medicine. But, Sen. Harkin, when the institute you founded fails to prove that alternative medicine works the way you think it does, that's not the institute's fault. That's what "validation" means: that the process in question was statistically shown to be trustworthy and efficacious.
(Not that pharma companies don't do some shady things, too. This business of outsourcing clinical trials to China and India is bad, bad, bad news. The lack of regulatory oversight in those countries is appalling.)
It's fine to practice alternative medicine. It's fine to use alternative medicines in conjunction with modern medicine. But, Sen. Harkin, when the institute you founded fails to prove that alternative medicine works the way you think it does, that's not the institute's fault. That's what "validation" means: that the process in question was statistically shown to be trustworthy and efficacious.
(Not that pharma companies don't do some shady things, too. This business of outsourcing clinical trials to China and India is bad, bad, bad news. The lack of regulatory oversight in those countries is appalling.)
