Make Like a Princess

ABC News had an interesting segment yesterday on traditional Chinese medicine -- toad venom as a cancer treatment.

According to the video clip, toad venom has been used for centuries as a cancer treatment; it induces spontaneous cell death in cancer cells. Looks like they're taking a complimentary medicine approach -- combining the traditional therapy with modern chemotherapy. As the video shows, there seems to be some success there.

When I hear about this sort of thing, I usually think of that Ally McBeal episode about the guy who licked toads to get high.

But now, the conspiracy theorist in me thinks:
1) ABC News is owned by Disney.
2) Disney's next animated film is an updating of the Princess and the Frog.
3) This news clip is essentially an extremely subtle product placement strategy.

That's really sadly cynical, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense....