tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8995617284228669602..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: No doctors available? Hire a Druid healer.Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-54343542497746411382016-03-24T08:09:50.700-04:002016-03-24T08:09:50.700-04:00My favorite medicine is the placebo. What the pla...My favorite medicine is the placebo. What the placebo effect proves is that the human body can be "tricked" into curing itself. I wonder if we will ever learn how purposely to send it signals to fix the problem.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12865908763745075872016-03-23T16:34:44.133-04:002016-03-23T16:34:44.133-04:00Finally, Michael, an offer I might consider...
Finally, Michael, an offer I might consider...<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52140620991666260532016-03-23T16:10:06.432-04:002016-03-23T16:10:06.432-04:00Michael here, don't blame Stan! I admit don...Michael here, don't blame Stan! I admit don't know much about acupuncture, but I know many people swear by it. What I've read about WHY it works doesn't make sense to me, but I'm not a medical person. <br />I've tried homeopathic remedies. Once it worked dramatically well and thereafter not at all.<br />There is some evidence that powdered rhino horn does lower fevers, but not as much as aspirin.<br />My point was just that we also use alternative approaches to medical care, and so we shouldn't automatically reject other cultures that use different things. That doesn't imply we necessary want to try them. Body parts anyone?Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3167451347639804162016-03-23T15:55:34.618-04:002016-03-23T15:55:34.618-04:00Well the RCT standard for acupuncture will never b...Well the RCT standard for acupuncture will never be reached as no acupuncturist worth his/her salt would ever do exactly the same thing to 100 people in any trial. Acupuncture; 75% of patients show a score drop of 6 or more with reference to pain- vastly outperforming gabapentine or pregabalon. 3000 years of medicine in there- we have a lot to learn from it. And the recent research of Butler/Mosely re brain function, is tending to suggest there's much more to 'placebo' than meets the eye... or the nerve ending! Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83195014033270534382016-03-23T15:33:46.956-04:002016-03-23T15:33:46.956-04:00I am a huge believer in acupuncture and physical t...I am a huge believer in acupuncture and physical therapy. Stan, care to weigh in on the efficacy of YuJun Shao's treatments?<br /><br />They also might think of getting a nurse practitioner. My GP has one in her office and I like seeing her. She takes her time with patients and brings in the MD when needed. Alternative medicine can't do the things that Western docs can do, but they have their place, especially when one is looking for a less invasive procedure or one without the nasty side effects of many chemical solutions. Many human ailments respond quite nicely to them.<br />Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70116024392136674622016-03-22T11:03:09.109-04:002016-03-22T11:03:09.109-04:00Interesting idea, Cara! Of course in Southern Afri...Interesting idea, Cara! Of course in Southern Africa no one would raise an eyebrow at the idea of a 'traditional healer' and many do good work with plants and other remedies. Most keep away from black magic. The most serious problem is when they persist in trying to treat patients with ailments requiring significant intervention - HIV for a start.<br />But let's not sneer at them and their clients. After all, there is the placebo effect. And how many of us use or at least have tried acupuncture, herbal supplements or homeopathy? You can't produce scientific arguments for them either.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com