--- On Tue, 10/26/10, Bosco D <bos...@canada.com> wrote: > >On the other hand Santosh's link is authored by Dr Rahul K. Parikh, > a physician and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. I > would think the medical fraternity would look to Ornish more > favourably than Parikh. >
Dean Ornish is not looked upon favorably by the medical fraternity. The reason should be amply clear from the following statement on the Science-Based Medicine website run by well-known physicians: QUOTE The d’Artagnan of Pseudoscience, Dean Ornish, happens to be Founder and President of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is best known for his exaggerated claims that diet can treat prostate cancer. In this, he most resembles Andrew Weil in that he contaminates sound scientific medical advice with dubious and exaggerated claims about what dietary and lifestyle changes can do alone. UNQUOTE Please see - http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?page_id=222 As far as the rest of what Bosco has written below is concerned, it is very simplistic, and frankly, childish. Please note for instance he gives dates of these articles for some reason, as if this is some kind of time-sensitive information or latest research findings. Indeed, it is obvious that Huffington Post's pseudoscientific editorial policies have not changed since 2009. For people who are serious about this, the issue is whether they should rely on Huffington Post, a political website, to give them medical and heath-related information, which is what it claims to do. Dr. Parikh's article on this issue could have been written anywhere. It just happened to be in Salon Magazine. Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 10/26/10, Bosco D <bos...@canada.com> wrote: > > RESPONSE: Gentlemen.....some > observations: > > #1 Gilbert's links are dated Oct 25 & 26, 2010. > Santosh's link is dated July 30, 2009 > > #2 One of Gilbert's links is Arianna explaining how her > website is undergoing a metamorphosis on Health-related > matters. The other link is authored by Dr Dean Ornish, > Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco. On the > other hand Santosh's link is authored by Dr Rahul K. Parikh, > a physician and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. I > would think the medical fraternity would look to Ornish more > favourably than Parikh. > > #3 I perused Parikh's blog very quickly......he seems to > have the HuffPost's number. Quite a few posts directed at > the HuffPost and Ornish. > > #4 I dont see anything amiss in Gilbert forwarding those > links by themselves. Nevertheless, as I have said before, I > wouldn't be getting my Health News from the HuffPost just as > much as I would not be catching up on my Techie news from > Salon.com > > #5 Perhaps the HuffPost and Salon.com are sparing with each > other for the same market - left-of-center politics. I think > a link from Salon.com to counter a link from HuffPost may > not have been the best choice. > > So gentlemen, what exactly is going on here?? Is Gilbert > baiting Santosh? Perhaps successfully?? > > - B >
