"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Coming Soon: The Institute of Medicine has embarked on a study of complementary and alternative medicine. It will be a couple of years before we know the results, but if their past performances are any indication it will produce a book length paper telling us that the medical establishment overlooks alternative and complementary medicine to the detriment of patients. There will be a selection of physicians on the committee who will use their appointment as nothing more than resume padding. The actual collection of data and writing of the report will be left to the non-physician staff. Meetings will be held in which the staff hears from practitioners of alternative medicine and others who have an interest in it. The result will be yet another biased report, and more federal money will be diverted from science-based research into exploring whether modalities like aroma therapy or yoga can prevent and cure diseases. posted by Sydney on
10/30/2002 06:15:00 AM
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