Now If Only We Can Find A Cure For Narcissism

So it's just as we said all along - Homeopathy is a cure for narcissists:

Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis who visited a homeopathic doctor experienced significant reductions in pain, inflammation and other key markers of the disease, the research shows.

Yet it made no difference whether the solution they received was a genuine homeopathic tincture prescribed to treat rheumatism, or a placebo.

The research, published today in the journal Rheumatology compared different groups of patients, who were already being given conventional medication for the disease.

Those who had a series of five consultations with a homeopathic doctor experienced “significant clinical benefits,” - whether the tincture they received was a specially prepared “homeopathic” remedy used to treat rheumatism, or a placebo.

Patients given exactly the same remedies without the consultations did not gain the improvements.

The study’s authors said the findings suggested that simply “talking and listening” to patients could dramatically assist their health.

Prof George Lewith, Professor of Health Research from Southampton University, said: “This research asked the question: 'Is homeopathy about the talking, or is it about the medicine?’ We found it was about the talking, and indeed about the listening.”

Awww. So, let's see - if you've GOT to be the center of attention - even if it means paying somebody to listen to you yammer on and on, for an hour or more, about how boring your inner life is (which is why nobody else will listen to you) then these lying water salesmen are the way to go.

Great.

It makes perfect cents - and/or a completely embarrassing (and horrifically fraudulent) $12 billion industry.

Cheers.