Science Schmience

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Mark Blumenthal, executive director of the American Botanical Council, an independent group that studies herbal supplements
and
Stephen Barrett, M.D., retired psychiatrist, runs the web site Quackwatch.org
and
Gina Kolata science and medical reporter for the New York Times and author, Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Exercise and Health (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003)

- whether people should take supplements when the studies show no difference
» American Botanical Council
» Quackwatch.org
» "Study Says Echinacea Has No Effect on Colds" (The New York Times)

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