There is a saying in the medical profession that a doctor who treats himself
has a fool for a patient. I believe we should definately take responsibility
for our own health, but playing doctor can be dangerous.

So "pharm drugs" all cause disease, and altie drugs are all safe and
effective. What a silly premise!

Your faith in diet/nutritional medicine is misplaced. Even those diseases
that are largely diet controlled, such as diabetes, are better managed by
prescription medications in addition to diet. Diabetics these days live much
longer with fewer complications.

Hardly. The fact that many doctors overprescribe can be better attributed to
consumer demand than to pharmaceuticals manufacturer's coercion or
collusion. Patients don't want to make any effort to follow a doctors
advice. They prefer the convenience of taking a pill.

Perhaps the internet will make the truth accessable to more people, but it
also gives them access to a lot of bullshit, too. I doubt that it will
contribute to the ability to choose wisely.

--Rich

                                           201  01-01-05  17:45
bluerhymer@aol.com (BLUERHYMER)  posted:
Bl> This subject is not  properly investigated and doctors cover up for
Bl> each other when death occurs due to errors in prescribing medications.

   Of course, since prescription drugs are toxic.    Whenever,  
   another bad pharm drug scandal hits the news, a M.D. "head" on
   the TV news always says pharm drugs are toxic.

   That is why folks should be their own de facto medical "doctor".

Bl> Prescription Drugs Anyone?
Bl> by
Bl> Raymond Francis

Bl> Prescription drugs are one of AmericagCOs leading causes of disease
Bl> and death. The problem with prescription drugs is very simplegC-they do
Bl> nothing to cure disease. All they do is suppress the symptoms of
Bl> disease by disrupting normal cellular functions. Abnormal cell function
Bl> is the very definition of disease, and since prescription drugs cause
Bl> our cells to malfunction, thengC-

   Interesting that the article equates pharm drugs with disease.
   So pharm drugs = disease  , right?
   Another disease is discovered  ---> the pharm drug disease.

Bl> "I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity
Bl> in the profession [of medicine] and that it is injurious to mankind."
Bl> --Mahatma Gandhi

   All because the medical profession does not learn and does not
   practice baseline  [that is, diet / nutritional]  medicine.

   The medical profession has been "captured" by the pharm drug
   industry.

   But will Internet "medicine" cause people to finally learn about
   true baseline medicine?

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