Medical spam

A lot of spam tries to sell you various quack or phony medical remedies. National Public Radio has an interesting audio clip about the problem:

About one third of spam e-mail is trying to sell a medical product. A couple of scientists decided to order one of every medication offered to them to see what would happen. Pediatrician and Slate’s medical columnist Dr. Sydney Spiesel discusses the experiment with Alex Cohen.

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