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Why You Trust the Internet More Than Your Doctor

I GET IT

Doctors were once the most trusted members of the community, but now it’s the opposite. Why are we so desperate for our doctors to be wrong?

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I don’t get it.

I wish I could get paid for every time I’ve said that phrase when discussing complementary and alternative medicine…or women. With even a small stipend for each utterance I could have retired to a warm, sandy island by now.

Doctors used to be among the highest-trusted professionals in...

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