RE: The CAM Thread
September 1, 2011 at 9:19 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2011 at 9:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine"the majority of alternative medicine users appear to be doing so largely because "they find these healthcare alternatives to be more congruent with their own values, beliefs, and philosophical orientations toward health and life."
I prefer science based medicine. Data, trials, demonstrated effects etc, call me fucking crazy. I'd rather not have some monkey jacking with my spine if a more effective treatment is available.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chiropractic
"There is evidence that chiropractic can help alleviate symptoms of low back pain. There is no evidence that it can help with any other medical problems and may in fact cause harm. The theory behind chiropractic, specifically subluxation theory, is scientifically unsound. It seems likely that much of the benefit of chiropractic comes from the "laying on of hands" and listening to the patient. There is no reason to believe this is any better than standard massage therapy, which may be considerably safer.
Given the non-scientific theories underlying chiropractic, and its poor results, it should be classified as a pseudoscience."
Seems to fall within the purvey of CAM to me, which is demonstrably synonymous with "bullshit". At least two posters here (myself being one) have LOST LOVED ONES due to CAM (which replaces actual medicine for some).
People that would still be alive, are dead. What else can I say?
http://www.chirobase.org/01General/modde.html
(fun little paper here by a chiro, perhaps "mainstream medicine" planted him to discredit chiropractic "medicine" from within?)
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