This place sure goes in "spurts"

[Ari Torhamo]

ti, 2009-07-21 kello 23:31 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard kirjoitti:
 
> Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic
> for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men
> mistake medicine for magic. 
> 	Thomas Szasz


I think the illusion of medicine as magic is fading. Adverse drug
effects from legally prescribed drugs were the third largest cause of
death in the USA in 2001:
http://www.pharmasurveyor.com/health/f?p=500:5010:0::NO::K:health%
2Cprescriptions%2Cmedicare

Ari