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hedgehog

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2. Google can be your friend or foe on this -

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 01:02 PM

Jan 2012

My BIL is convinced that papaya extract is restoring his mother's platelets. I found ten pages of google making this claim. On page 11, I finally found out that this claim came out of Indonesia where people claimed it restored platelet count after dengue fever. Of course, it seems that platelet count drops with dengue fever and rgoes up again once the patient recovers, but why spoil a good story with facts?

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The Red Flags of Quackery [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

Very nice! MineralMan Jan 2012 #1

Google can be your friend or foe on this - hedgehog Jan 2012 #2

This is what Google put on my 1st page. postulater Jan 2012 #3