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- From: ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec)
- Subject: Re: homeopathy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.193956.24482@dgbt.doc.ca>
- Organization: The Communications Research Centre
- References: <1992Dec23.035135.4758@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1hab1pINN4uf@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 19:39:56 GMT
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- In article <1hab1pINN4uf@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM writes:
- >
- >
- >Ok, let me reword my posting. First, please excuse the careless nature
- >of my past postings. I wasn't aware the I was about to be challenged
- >by those whose league I clearly am not in.
- >
- >It is my belief that, based on casual conversations I've had with many
- >non-MDs and one MD, that case studies exist regarding the successful
- >treatment of AIDS with Homeopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- >This statement clearly carries no weight whatsoever and was not meant
- >as proof of anything. Rather, it was just casual dialogue.
- >
- >I am not motivated nor feel I have the time to pursue gathering information
- >regarding alleged case studies. My prime motivation concerning all my postings
- >up to this point was to share some new personal experience regarding homeopathy
- >and to engage in dialogue regarding other alternative medicine practices.
- >
- >I wish to retract any statement which implies that I have proof or documentation
- >of anything outside of my own experience.
- >
- >Since this alias is labeled misc.health.alternative, I would be curious
- >to know now whether or not future posts are going to be subject to such
- >aggressive scrutiny. I am not prepared to spend the time defending each and
- >every post, however biased and unsupported by facts, by those who apparently
- >aren't interested in alternative medicine in the first place.
- >
- >Greg
- >
- Health is a very serious topic. There are well-understood criteria
- for efficacious treatments. I think there SHOULD be aggressive
- scrutiny on health topics. Please let us not have listings of
- anecdotal experiences. And let us not have religious wars about
- homeopathy. Ordinary, sound evidence is what is needed, and I,
- personally, don't care about the professional affiliations of those
- who have evidence. Some of us are trying to learn something about
- their health problems and aren't interested in anything that is not
- reasonably researched.
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- Ted Grusec - Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
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