The term allopathic, which is often used in a derogatory sense, was invented by Hahnemann, the creator of homoeopathy. So it is basically a quacks take on regular medicine, although at the time the term came into use, regular medicine was still pretty primitive, and probably not very effective. Today the term 'evidence-based medicine' is used, or 'science-based medicine'. Here is an interesting site that deals with various conflicts found between alternative therapies (which I usually call the alternative to medicine) and modern medical practice. Science-Based Medicine http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org Science-Based Medicine http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org Science-Based Medicine: Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine View on www.sciencebasedm... http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
I've been staying out of the Alternative Therapies free-for-all for a number of reasons. First, it's been done to death here before, so the whole faux outrage thing has a decidedly been there, done that, don't need to do it again vibe to it. Second, possibly because I bailed from the TMO early, I never got infected with that uber-hypochondria that so many long-term TMers exhibit. I never got into fad diets or mega-supplements or any of that stuff, and have managed to remain remarkably healthy *anyway*, never having to "go there" and put any attention on my health. I've been lucky enough to be healthy and stay healthy...what was there to focus on or obsess on? Third, I currently write articles for all sorts of people in the health care industry. A few of them probably work for Big Pharma, but most are just everyday practitioners of allopathic medicine or chiropractic or some alternative practice or some mainstream specialty like cardiovascular medicine. And to a person I don't think any of them would disagree with the comments one of them put on the T-shirt below (some MDs might get a bit of a hitch in their panties over the mention of chiropractic, but that's about it). Most of them would LOVE it if their patients would just pay more attention to their diets and to getting enough exercise. But they don't. They want a "quick cure." And they want it whether it comes from a Big Pharma pill or a homeopathic sugar pill or a Chinese tonic or an Ayurvedic potion. Health care providers -- whoever they are -- get pushed into the savior role because people go to them demanding the "quick cure" and shouting "Cure me, cure me!" They're not willing to do the work every day that keeps them healthy in the first place, so they expect someone else to do it for them.
