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That is not an accurate TL;DR. The DIY crowd report highly subjective improvements but the scientists are still in the early days of research (with one even ripping to shreds his own work when he discovered fundamental flaws). Some scientists are worried that the DIYers might push this into 'kook' territory and thus give a negative impression to the real research, which many believe has promise.



Bloodletters reported high subjective improvements back when it was the fancy new magic treatment.


And yet, after modern medicine took over, researchers found there are cases when bloodletting is the appropriate treatment. (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemochromatosis/training/treatment...)




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