The promotion has gone high-tech; the results haven't.
Where the legendary charlatan used showmanship to sell his snake oil, today's promoter of unorthodox medicine uses science. Many are scientifically trained yet are reluctant to put their wares to a clinical trial--a gap that leaves physicians who specialize in ferreting out fraud saying it may be nothing but high-tech hokum.
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