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Health Cures with False Ingredients Turn the Desperate into the Defrauded

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Some measure of trust is involved whenever a person seeks medical treatment. You trust that the health care provider has your best interest at heart, and you trust the treatment itself won't make you sick. A recent case in Los Angeles shows that this presumption of good faith can backfire in tragic ways.

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