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by skygazer 4152 days ago
I worked at Earthlink in the mid nineties, and happened to sit next to the girl that approved all the ad placements on the site's (yahoo-like) start page. She would casually lean over and ask me if this or that medical claim seemed plausible. I typically said no. The claims were often so snake oily even the most modest biology background, or just common sense would refute them. Thankfully she had the sense to ask.