tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post7889482769571231176..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: BravoElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2244339937438987072009-11-17T16:04:43.926-08:002009-11-17T16:04:43.926-08:00Thank you for the article, Elizabeth! He brings up...Thank you for the article, Elizabeth! He brings up some excellent points that are usually swept under the carpet. And I agree wholeheartedly that the ideal would be the fusion of naturopathy and western medicine.erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048369118376287016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-22754807875566147252009-11-17T09:45:32.733-08:002009-11-17T09:45:32.733-08:00I should have known you loved him too.
xoxoxI should have known you loved him too.<br /><br />xoxoxReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81448804249949246982009-11-16T18:42:32.921-08:002009-11-16T18:42:32.921-08:00Well that was thourough!Well that was thourough!fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-10859928884465602432009-11-16T17:04:14.034-08:002009-11-16T17:04:14.034-08:00endswith8741 - I don't think it's possible...endswith8741 - I don't think it's possible to change mainstream medical education, actually. I think the iron grip of economics, money, whatever you want to call it portend a pretty dismal likelihood that this would ever happen. I think it's entirely up to consumers, actually -- and that means taking responsibility for one's own health but also for being informed about everything. I maintain a pretty unswerving belief that western medicine is probably best for acute stuff (broken legs, bacterial infection, etc.) but that the paradigm must change for chronic illness and preventive medicine.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2150668702434910762009-11-16T16:57:20.870-08:002009-11-16T16:57:20.870-08:00Oh, also. I think that if the medical system is go...Oh, also. I think that if the medical system is going to be changed, it needs to change in medical school.<br /><br />Docs aren't trained on diet and alternative medicine. (When I asked one of the house psych docs about vitamin supplements for E-Niner he goes, "if you think he's vitamin deficient, give him a Flintsones!" Totally didn't get it, and at that point, he's too far gone in his own world to be open minded.) They're taught to trust science, which in some cases, can be to a fault.<br /><br />At the same time, there needs to be some more "mainstream" diagnostics on the efficacy of treatments that don't fall under traditional western medicine. For all that's wrong with traditional western medicine, there's a lot that's right, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61892004994501706752009-11-16T16:52:53.573-08:002009-11-16T16:52:53.573-08:00Love Bill Maher. Interesting read.
I guess where ...Love Bill Maher. Interesting read.<br /><br />I guess where this and other topics are concerned, I'm "pro-choice," meaning that it's nice that the option exists for the people who want/need it. And to clarify, it seems to me that "need" can be a relative term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-1534687860510247422009-11-16T14:38:10.474-08:002009-11-16T14:38:10.474-08:00I agree. A wonderful article. And on the same page...I agree. A wonderful article. And on the same page, this one:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amie-newman/to-induce-or-not-to-induc_b_307799.html<br />which is about a medical intervention close to my heart- labor induction.<br />Why do we keep trying to introduce new technology and medications and procedures (whether in labor or other areas) where there really is no need?Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12911300852883238162009-11-16T13:35:08.936-08:002009-11-16T13:35:08.936-08:00Indeed! Excellent.Indeed! Excellent.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.com