Are there still some people out, who can read AND understand ? I wonder ...... ################################################ Am 04.05.2011 um 19:12 schrieb [email protected]:
> One can still research things on the internet - but the trouble is most > people don't know how to research things on the internet. > > One simply can't trot off to the first result in google (usually wikipedia > or some biased news article) without checking the sources. How many people > simply go to wikipedia or a news article without going down to the bottom > and reading through the sources to actually see what the facts are? Often > times a news paper will report on a scientific study without accurately > saying what the study really says, for example. Wikipedia isn't terrible, > but it > is only a possible beginning and not the end. > > Then again, I am pretty sure this problem existed before the internet - > since before then word of mouth and rumor was usually the quickest way to > spread news (correct or not). > > -William > > > In a message dated 5/4/2011 12:04:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Linda, I did not say that all these tremors come from failing nervous > systems or > inadequate training (horn). So we eliminate the obviously existing tremors > as you described. > With them we have the old problem in Western medicine: we go to treat the > symptoms but > fail eliminating the cause mostly, while Eastern medicine is rather going > to remove or cure > the cause (origin) of the disease. > > Any generalization in medicine is of evil as every patient is a single > case. But this is not > good business wise. Right. Simply buying a missing chemical & swallow > them, well, that > is a good business. Curing several diseases for several patients the same > time with a single cure, > is big business. Writing about human abnormalities is big business as > well. The simpler written > the bigger the sale. Clear. > > But is this in the interest of humanity ? > But we all have a brain with an enormous storage place for data. We just > should train & > use it. And this seems to exceed most humans capabilities. Such the world. > > And at last, the richer we become, the lesser we will use the brain. > If you are poor, you have no other choice than using your brain to survive. > > When I studied, we had no internet giving a multiple of answers. We had to > go to the libraries & find > in the books what we needed, but with the side effect, that we read a lot > of other things too > enriching our knowledge. > ###################################################### > Am 04.05.2011 um 17:18 schrieb Linda Harris: > >> I have a few more comments on treating tremors--from the perspective of >> an obstetrician-gynecologist. The only thing that my being a >> gynecologist has to do with this discussion is that I try to practice >> evidence-based medicine. There are times when I use alternative >> treatments that do not have lots of data behind them, but I make sure to > >> inform the patient of this and warn them that this may or may not help, >> and that we don't have long-term data about safety. >> Two big points: >> 1. Tremors have a very long differential diagnosis list, ranging from >> Parkinsons to brain tumors to anxiety to familial tremors to things I've >> completely forgotten since my long-ago graduation from medical school >> and all the new diagnoses added since then. This was mentioned on the >> list, but then forgotten, as tremors seem to subsequently have all been >> lumped together. There is not going to be any single treatment for >> tremors that works for all. Even if you've got it figured out and >> correctly diagnosed as, say, "familial tremor", you're not going to >> cure it, but you may find better ways to live with it. Hans, mental >> work and physical training are great tools, especially for helping with >> overall playing and living. But they are unlikely to help most >> tremors--except those that are anxiety-based or which get worse with >> anxiety. Even then, if there's an underlying disease, it will likely >> proceed inexorably. Some tremors respond to beta blockers, and others >> don't. >> 2. Having a treatment that's biologically plausible is a long ways from >> having a treatment that's effective. In the 80's, Virginia Dalton was a >> big proponent of natural progesterone treatment for PMS. Thousands of >> women extolled its virtues, and lots of gynecologist prescribed it. >> There's a lot of good theory about why it might work. But when >> double-blind, placebo-controlled studies were done, it was found to be >> completely ineffective. It's never used anymore. There are hundreds of >> other examples. >> Zinc may be biologically plausible, and is relatively safe and >> low-cost. Feel free to try it, but I'm very skeptical about its >> efficacy. We also don't know what kind of tremors the individuals had >> who appeared to benefit. >> I confess I don't read every listing, so I apologize if I'm duplicating >> ideas. >> Linda Harris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
