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The FDA Is Cracking Down on Bogus Autism ‘Cures’

BAD MEDICINE

The FDA’s attempts to eliminate bogus therapies are a knife passing through water.

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On April 13, 2017, officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did something that they should have done 20 years ago: try to put an end to the false promises and harmful therapies offered by unscrupulous “healers” for people suffering from untreatable disorders.

Without question, medicine has limits.

For example, despite...

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