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- From: greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM
- Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
- Subject: Re: Asthma, adult onset
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 18:13:19 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec23.034058.9067@netcom.com>
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- In article 9067@netcom.com, rkaplan@netcom.com (Richard Kaplan) writes:
- > In article <1h7qpuINNk5q@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
- > greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM writes:
- >
- > >As a hopeful future PA, I'm absolutely an advocate of Western medicine's
- > >modern emergency care. I do hold serious doubts as to the effectiveness
- > >of Western med. in terms of long-term health and healing. It's a shame
- > >that the AMA has taken such an unreasonable stand against alternative
- > >medicine despite years, even centuries of proven effectiveness.
- >
- > What proof?
- >
- > There is no doubt that Western medicine has much
- > improvement to do in terms of research methodology
- > and organization of its medical literature. However,
- > the clear and proud distinction of Western medicine is
- > that its methods are under constant revision/improvement
- > due to a continual burdern of proof based upon public
- > scrutiny of published objective scientific data subject
- > to peer review -- something which, almost by definition,
- > alternative medicine does not do.
- >
- >
- > For an excellent discussion of this, see "A Critique of the
- > Rationale for Cancer Treatment With Coffee Enemas and
- > Diet" by Saul Green, PhD in JAMA 268(22):3224-3227. I
- > will be very interested in your comments.
- >
- > On the other hand, if you can reference any scientifically
- > sound studies of alternative therapies which you feel
- > are inappropriately rejected by traditional medicine,
- > please provide appropriate references to the "proof."
- > No anecdotal reports or testimonials, please.
- > --
- > Richard Kaplan M.D. Medical Software Exchange BBS
- > 806 2nd St. SW # 104 (507) 281-1989 14,400 HST
- > Rochester, MN 55902 (507) 281-1689 Voice
- > PP-ASEL-IA N4VRB rkaplan@mayo.edu|netcom.netcom.com
-
-
- I cannot provide any documented proof of anything and I do not
- have the time to try.
-
- The sole intent of my original posting was to share my own personal
- experience (or testimonial).
-
- I now state, for the record, that you have won this challenge
- and shall win all other challenges in the future as well as any
- arguments which may result from any posting of mine.
-
- Of course I'm sure you won't be offended if I don't ask you to be my
- Doctor, Dr. Kaplan, ignoring for the moment the fact that you're
- practicing in MN and I'm in CA.
-
- Greg
-
-