Oh, no you don't!  I've already submitted mine along with the
perpetual motion machine that powers it!

Sounds homeopathic.

Believe it or not --that tribal wisdom does not hold true for
everyone.  Being a smart consumer regardless of what side of the fence
you happen to be on -- or if you are sitting on the middle line--
embracing both sides.

When you put a 'brand" on people that post in newsgroups
there are various levels of interest --then you assume that
all people that post in those newsgroups for health care
choices are part of that "branding."  That's when people get
themselves in trouble.  Then you have the group of individuals
that are conservatives.    Go to both fountains
of information and make the best possible decision by working
with their health care providers.  Then you have those that
believe only alternative health care works, and will accept
nothing else.

This branding  of "alties" does not fit well here.  You have many
individuals that do not support 100% of any given practice.

What you do have are people that are interested in hearing about
alternative based health care treatments available.

That's why I liked Dr. Rea when I read his CV (and I still have it)
and discovered he was not 100% alternative healthcare, BEFORE
making a decision to fly to Texas for treatments.   I also checked out
his credentials BEFORE I went.    His staff gladly faxed me the
information.

Whenever I make a decision to go to a doctor or not go to a doctor, I
check
them out before I go.  I ask for their credentials, if they do not
willing cough them
up or balk about it, I ask "why, what are you hiding?"

Most consumers don't think to ask for credentials before seeing a
doctor or being
referred to a specialist by their preferred provider within a group.
A friend was being referred
a specialist for her diabetes a number of years ago and I said, did
you check out his credentials?
She said, "no," and I asked, her "why?"  So on her  next appointment,
she asked for a copy of his
C.V. and his nurse balked at giving them to her.  So, I gave her the
ammo--for the retort in advance, then she
asked her, "Would you buy a used car without looking under the
hood?"    The doctor who she was
referred to as a 'specialist,'  was no more a specialist in diabetes
care than her primary care physician.
What actually took place was that her primary physician was downsizing
his patient load and referred
her on a "specialist," that was indeed not a specialist.  Would that
not be easier to admit that you were downsizing your patient load, and
another doctor was taking part of your practice?

You wonder why traditional medicine gets a bad rap?  It is because the
so-called "specialists" may not be really
specialists.    It was like when Kaiser sent to the Allergy doctor on
staff to assist with my sensitivity issues,
and he did not know about chemical sensitivities, and he flat out told
me he didn't, and that he had never studied
the effects of chemicals on anyone or anything, and that he did not
have the expertise.  That's why I had to laugh
about the bozo that Nightline showed when they aired their attack on
Dr.Rea, and the EHC-Dallas.    The "Khan"
artist was just that, trying to con the public with the help of the
media because he did not have the expertise or
experience with chemicals  Why not just admit he didn't have the
expertise instead of attempting to fool the public?
The injecting people with jet fuel was another laugh towards
traditional medicine aimed at the IQ of the individuals
that probably watch that show.

Dr. Rea doesn't force the skin prick tests on anyone.  Consumers at
the clinic get to pick and choose what they want or do not want to be
tested for or what kind of treatments they want.   He is also not an
alternative only doctor.  That's why it makes for humorous reading
around here when all of the usual suspects have jumped on the
bandwagon about the "injecting of jet fuel," onto his patients.  None
of you, have any personal experience at the clinic -- and would appear
not to have any real personal experience about the manner in which his
treatment protocol works.   But you are sure to be quick when jumping
on that old bandwagon against him.  Makes me wonder where the
information came from?

So, before you go branding people, and calling them "alties" when in
fact, they are not 100% alternative treatment users,
think about what they might have personal experience in, what they
believe in, and how they came about to form their opinion.   I do not
share the same opinions as everyone here.

Thank you for your question.