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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
In other words, if someone does yoga or acupuncture or dance or art or whatever it is, that's success already, you don't have to get the clinical data to indicate that their pain is reduced.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Schatz emphasizes that alternative therapies can be considered successful even without clinical data.

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