We Grasp At The Same Straws - Over 70 Years Later

A Reuters story on the potential use if Vitamin E in ALS was published yesterday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-vitamin-e-users-show-lower-als-risk-idUSTRE72F9B320110316

Google "Vitamin E ALS Eleanor Gehrig."

We grasp at the same straws over seventy years later. What is wrong with this picture?