The Daily Outrage: NIH unit gets 'energy healing' study for only $104k

WHO: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

WHAT: Used $104,000 from the National Institutes for Health to study “energy healing”

WHY IT'S AN OUTRAGE: The study was based in part on the work of a woman who described herself, according to the Chicago Tribune, as a “healer, clairvoyant and medicine woman.”

WHERE TO VENT: Call the NIH Office of Communications at 301-496-5787

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