It's a cancer clinic called Hope. But critics accuse it of preying on the vulnerable


	It's a cancer clinic called Hope. But critics accuse it of preying on the vulnerable

tabsey

7-6-2008 4:56 AM

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tabsey says:

Plenty of these around the world, giving alternative medicine a bad name.

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