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ORIGINAL: ShaqAtack
Hi. I hope I don't portray myself as a conspiracy theorist. :) But the fact of the matter is you do not have medical freedom, and so we are at the mercy of the AMA and are not allowed to practice medicine with anything other than AMA approved protocols (ie drugs, and orthodox surgery). Unfortunately, while nutritional therapy has proven to heal millions, it won't be another 25-35 years before doctors can regularly prescribe nutrients.
This post is touching on a bunch of sub-topics in this thread, so excuse its multiple personality disorder . . .
I wouldn't knock the AMA too hard--they've made stupid errors, but who hasn't? Doctors are a respected, but vulnerable group in our society, and it's perfectly normal to have an association that protects their interests.
The FDA regulates drugs and medical devices, btw. Doctors can go off label, but the drugs and devices can't be promoted off-label by the companies.
The comment about preventive medicine and doctors: doctors see most of their patients when they have a problem, so the part of doctors' training that we see is the treatment side of things. When was the last time you were at your doctor for your check up and you asked him or her how to prevent X disease?
My problem about "alternative" medicine is the oft reliance on, and over-promotion of, poor studies (if they exist), testimonial "evidence", and weak "credentialing" of a lot of the practitioners. And boy, do they know how to market and suck us all in.
Doctors aren't perfect, but damn, I'd probably be dead if I wasn't a patient (I think we're on number 3--the appendectomy was the third risk o' serious harm/death).
On the other hand, I hate how our food supply is dominated by Chicago School economics, and by corn! For a non-conspiracist-flavored, realistic, but non-alarmist, view of modern US industrial agriculture, read The Omnivore's Dilemma. If you can stomach finishing the book, which is at times as thoughtful and philosophical, you're a bigger man than me. I got so disgusted (not grossed) and impatient with the state of affairs, I haven't been able to finish it! But I highly recommend it anyway.
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