"The study was funded by the U.S. National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine in Bethesda, Md., part of the National Institutes
of Health."
In my opinion, anything related to the NIH should be read with discernment! If anyone does any research into the NIH & WHO (World Health Org), you'll understand.
In the late 1980s-90s, Drs. Bernie Siegel, Larry Dorsey & Norman Sheedy (just to name a few) have published plenty of information to the contrary to that article.