I know this topic is getting old, so I'll keep it short. Re:
"chiropractors don't just do backs" (yes, that was me that said it),
the chiropractor that treated me had license after license to treat me
for what she was treating me for. Her licenses were not just
back-related. Chiropractors have
Hans - take a look at my earlier message, taken verbatim from
chirobase.org, in which the author explains the things that
chiropractic care is known to be good for. (chirobase.org, by the
way, is run jointly by an MD and a DC, Doctor of Chiropractic. So if
you want to talk about going to the sou
Stuart Jansen wrote:
You forgot there's an explicit exception to Godwin's law: it has no
effect if deliberately invoked. Fascist.
Ssshh!! Don't make my go all greyskull on you.
-Blake
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On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 19:06 -0700, shadoi wrote:
> That's incorrect. From wikipedia: "...is the phenomenon that a
> patient's symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective
> treatment, since the individual expects or believes that it will work."
Wikipedia is great resource when you're
Michael Torrie wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 13:47 -0600, Steve wrote:
Why does everyone knock the placebo effect, and assume traditional
medicine is SO much better?
Just to be clear, the placebo effect is, according to my understanding,
only seen if a person has had the medicine before and fel
On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 13:47 -0600, Steve wrote:
> Why does everyone knock the placebo effect, and assume traditional
> medicine is SO much better?
Just to be clear, the placebo effect is, according to my understanding,
only seen if a person has had the medicine before and felt the effect of
the me
Why does everyone knock the placebo effect, and assume traditional
medicine is SO much better?
I mean seriously has anyone bothered to read the medical literature on
some of these expensive medications that get approved?
For an example, I have acid reflux really badly and the first thing
the docto
If you find that you have a chronic health condition, you may find that
things that work great for one person does't work at all for the next,
leaving them to deal with all kinds of funky side effects. In any case, if
you try something and it works for you why not stick with it and tell your
frien
On AD 2006 September 01 Friday 11:18:30 AM -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> be considered a tactile form of psychiatry. Chiropractors clearly make
> people feel better, regardless of whether the main effect is mental or
> physical, so you can't argue that they provide no valuable service.
Not so.
Bradley Dorner wrote:
Placebo, If the Md's with their science come back to
me and ask how this happened. You weren't suppose to
get better. Then I say hurray! If this happened once
then I say possibly. If it happened twice then I say
interesting. If this has been happening for 30 years,
which in
Finally words from me on this on this interesting but
off topic thread.
Placebo, If the Md's with their science come back to
me and ask how this happened. You weren't suppose to
get better. Then I say hurray! If this happened once
then I say possibly. If it happened twice then I say
interesting. I
Heh - yeah. All I know is that several Doctors told me I'd have it
for life and gave me medicin to deal with it, while a chiropractor
(yes, a chiropractor - they don't all just do backs) had faith that I
could be healed and actually worked to help me be cured of my Acid
Reflux. Be it the placebo
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 at 16:35 -0600, Daniel C. wrote:
> On 8/31/06, Dr. Scott S. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Chiropractic is a threat to the AMA and medical establishment, because it's
> >something beyond their control and thus ability to profit from it.
>
> Number Two on the Signs of Bogus
Thought I'd throw this in to balance the discussion. Quoted from a
featured article on chirobase, which you can find here:
http://chirobase.org/07Strategy/goodchiro.html
"Spinal manipulation can relieve some types of back and neck pain and
other conditions related to tightness and loss of mobil
On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 16:44 -0600, James Lance wrote:
> Wow... who peed in your cheerios?
Ah, man! I thought that was just orange juice. Now I'm gonna be sick...
Corey
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On Thursday 31 August 2006 4:35 pm, Daniel C. wrote:
> On 8/31/06, Dr. Scott S. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Chiropractic is a threat to the AMA and medical establishment, because
> > it's something beyond their control and thus ability to profit from it.
>
> Number Two on the Signs of Bogu
On 8/31/06, Dr. Scott S. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chiropractic is a threat to the AMA and medical establishment, because it's
something beyond their control and thus ability to profit from it.
Number Two on the Signs of Bogus Science list: "The discoverer says
that a powerful establishm
Bradley,
Yes, the sites are biased. However, I think it's pretty clear that
any information you'll get from a chiropractor will also be biased.
It is the job of the thinking individual to listen to both sides of
the story, gather any evidence relating to the topic at hand, and make
their judgeme
stian about Mormonism. Why go wandering off to get
information from a soured old unlicensed supposed MD who instead of trying
to do good in the world seeks to rake the muck and look for the worst in
those he does not understand? Go to the source. Isn't that what Linux is all
about?
Scott
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+++ Bradley Dorner [31/08/06 10:04 -0700]:
> I agree, Go to the Source. I looked at both sites that
> you referenced in the email. You haven't found the
> source yet. Biased is the first word that cames to
ANY doctor.
>
> BTW, Chiroprators were invited to join the AMA a
&g
I agree, Go to the Source. I looked at both sites that
you referenced in the email. You haven't found the
source yet. Biased is the first word that cames to
mind. Dangerous, to some extent, is another. Dangerous
in that bad information is as dangerous as no
information. Having received acupu
the worst in
those he does not understand? Go to the source. Isn't that what Linux is all
about?
Scott
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