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A separate thought: Patients searching for and trying traditional and non-traditional solutions. From the article: "...a doctor pointed her to https://clinicalt
by iokevins 10y ago
A separate thought: Patients searching for and trying traditional and non-traditional solutions. From the article: "...a doctor pointed her to https://clinicaltrials.gov/ https://clinicaltrials.gov/ , the National Institute of Health's clearinghouse of studies. There she found Dr. Jeffrey N. Weiss in Margate, Fla., who was enrolling blind patients in an unorthodox stem cell study."
This seems to have occurred after the patient pursued "...Chinese herbs and acupuncture...."
With so many anecdotes of patients seeking non-traditional approaches (note: for example, Steve Jobs), I'm heartened to see this patient connected to a traditional treatment which ultimately helped her (note: also, too, see Scott Adams). Caveat: I'm wording this inelegantly, and I think non-traditional methods can help, in some cases, for palliative care.
- johnloeber 10y agoWhen you refer to Scott Adams, are you referring to his vocal cord/speaking problems?
- iokevins 10y agoYes; in the sense of how he used technology to connect with the medical professionals who ultimately helped him. I think he used Google Alerts, or something similar.
- ekianjo 10y agoShouldn't the treatments you refer to be called "traditional" instead of "non-traditional"? Most of what we do in Western medicine is modern and not ancient.
- iokevins 10y agoPoint taken : o ) I wrote with Western medicine in mind as "traditional", in the sense that it is standard practice, here in the United States. I can see how that's ambiguous.