Alt-med's new poster boy Andrew Weil, MD.

Last year it was Deepak Chopra, before that, Bernie Siegel, MD--currently, the poster boy for alternative-complementary medicine is Andrew Weil. Weil's bald & bushy-faced countenance peers out at Americans from the cover of Time magazine (5/12/97) along with the questions: "Can this guy make you healthy? and "Medicine man Dr. Andrew Weil has made New Age remedies popular. Is it sound advice or snake oil?" Time's decision to popularize Andrew Weil by placing him on its esteemed cover is tainted by its possible self-interest. The article admits that a corporate cousin of the magazine, Time New Media, was negotiating with Weil regarding an affiliation with his website (we are told …