你相信魔法吗？
Do You Believe in Magic?
Paul A. Offit · 初版 2013 年
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医学专家 Paul A. Offit, M.D. 对替代医学行业进行了尖锐的揭露，指出尽管某些流行疗法因安慰剂效应而显得颇有疗效，但其中许多方法实际上既无效又昂贵，甚至致命。
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Paul A. Offit · 初版 2013 年
医学专家 Paul A. Offit, M.D. 对替代医学行业进行了尖锐的揭露，指出尽管某些流行疗法因安慰剂效应而显得颇有疗效，但其中许多方法实际上既无效又昂贵，甚至致命。
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关于这个话题的推荐读物包括 Paul Offit 博士写的《Do You Believe in Magic》，他是费城儿童医院（绝对是全球最好的儿童医院之一）疫苗教育中心主任兼儿科教授。
Recommended reading on this includes "Do You Believe in Magic" by Dr. Paul Offit, the Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (certainly one of the best children's hospitals in the world).
……在那种情况下，它可能更像是投机性致病，而不是对健康免疫系统无害。Paul Offit 针对另一个话题——如何识别庸医骗局——也写过一本好书，叫《Do You Believe in Magic?》，里面讲到了 Jenny McCarthy 以及各种试图为那场运动站台的医生。
…where it might be more opportunistic rather than non harmful for healthy immune systems. Paul Offit also has a great book on the other topic of what to look out for when it comes to quackery called "Do You Believe in Magic?" where he talks about Jenny McCarthy and various doctors who tried to support that movement.
我现在在读一本叫《Do you believe in magic》的书，作者是 Paul Offit，讲的是替代医学的话题。70 年代曾经有一种非常流行（而且纯属扯淡）的治癌方法叫扁桃苷/苦杏仁苷（Laetrile，也就是氰化氢），受到了一些医生和机构的追捧。可怕……
I'm now reading a book called "Do you believe in magic"/ Paul Offit, it's on topic of alternative medicine. In 70's there was a very popular (and bogus) cancer cure called Laetrile (Hygrogen Cyanide) that was pushed by some doctors and organizations. Horrible…
Paul Offit 在他的书《Do you believe in Magic?》中写到了 FDA 的历史。他的观点是，FDA 往往试图去做“正确”的事，但公众舆论往往被带偏，以至于演变成政治问题，最后变成我们“自作自受”。
Paul Offit writes about the FDA history in his book "Do you believe in Magic?". His argument is that the FDA tends to try to do what is "right" but the public opinion gets swayed to the point where it becomes political and we "do this to ourselves".