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269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

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The New Drug Improves Life Expectancy 33 % Longer

A new drug improves life span 33 % longer. And who doesn't want that? Especially when you're sitting there with your loved one in in a horrible situation, facing the end. The other thing i' point out is those two point one months, these clinical trials that are often conducted by the biaform peutical industry,. They really choose sort of the healthiest patients, i'm the people who are the fittest of the patients.

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