[underseacables]

As I said in another comment, there is a belief in the natural health community that Tuneric/Curcumin can cure cancer. I'm not totally sold, but based on this article, I am optimistic. What bothers me about this is that natural health advocates latch onto them and use them as proof of efficacy.

Typically, it's followed by something along the lines of "if only big Pharma/government would get out the way, we could have this valuable cure."

If something actually has efficacy, then a drug company would've made it into a drug by now. Somehow it would have gotten to a point of treatment somewhere in the world. I'm just not seeing that, so until it actually is put through real-world testing with patients, I think everyone should look at these with some doubt.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38139611

[skmurphy]

Not true if it's not protectable (patentable). Real world testing--e.g. clinical trials--is very expensive and when others can immediately benefit the results pharma unlikely to pursue.

[Smoosh]

Also, if it was at least moderately effective at reasonable doses, then there would be a measurable, noticeable, statistical difference in cancer survival rates between countries and regions where it is consumed and those where it is not.