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Some things do work and are not yet accepted in medicine. Herbal medicine etc.pp. Often it's just hard to patent and/or isn't financially lucrative to get FDA

by MDS100 14y ago

Some things do work and are not yet accepted in medicine. Herbal medicine etc.pp. Often it's just hard to patent and/or isn't financially lucrative to get FDA approval. Also lifestyle in general is terribly handled in medicine. MDs know nearly nothing about what matters and what they should recommend. They are decades behind the available evidence.

Nursie 14y ago
Some herbal medicine may work. Without proper studies we don't know. I agree that lifestyle stuff is important, can be handled by none MD folks, and can have a huge impact on life and health in general. What gets my goat is the CAM proponents who claim they can cure anything and everything with their woo.
- MDS100 14y ago
  But there are a bunch of studies on useful stuff. Inositol, Theanine etc. And we still don't do studies because interests don't align well for it to happen quickly. My point being that some Alt Med Practitioners actually help. I don't like it, because I heavily dislike the widespread incompetence about science/medicine in Alt Med circles. But it's still true. Well the MDs do give you lifestyle advice. And the "professionals" that should care about this stuff (esp. dieticians) also suck badly. They often just regurgitate the food pyramid. I completely agree otherwise.
illuminate 14y ago
"Some things do work and are not yet accepted in medicine. Herbal medicine etc." Herbal medicine is medicine. "Alt-med" is reserved for treatments that are not and will not ever be evidence-based.
- MDS100 14y ago
  I am on my way to my MD, I know. But in the real world people do use "Alt Med" for treatments that have shown efficacy already. It takes far longer than expected until this stuff becomes part of practiced medicine though. In the end I don't care about the label, but the evidence/science and the results.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    "But in the real world people do use "Alt Med" for treatments that have shown efficacy already." You're investing in their false modality by using it to define actual medicine, in the same way that people market "homeopathic" OTC based on actual ingredients and not "water memory".

by MDS100 14y ago

Nursie 14y ago

Some herbal medicine may work. Without proper studies we don't know. I agree that lifestyle stuff is important, can be handled by none MD folks, and can have a huge impact on life and health in general. What gets my goat is the CAM proponents who claim they can cure anything and everything with their woo.

MDS100 14y ago
But there are a bunch of studies on useful stuff. Inositol, Theanine etc. And we still don't do studies because interests don't align well for it to happen quickly. My point being that some Alt Med Practitioners actually help. I don't like it, because I heavily dislike the widespread incompetence about science/medicine in Alt Med circles. But it's still true. Well the MDs do give you lifestyle advice. And the "professionals" that should care about this stuff (esp. dieticians) also suck badly. They often just regurgitate the food pyramid. I completely agree otherwise.

illuminate 14y ago

"Some things do work and are not yet accepted in medicine. Herbal medicine etc." Herbal medicine is medicine. "Alt-med" is reserved for treatments that are not and will not ever be evidence-based.

MDS100 14y ago
I am on my way to my MD, I know. But in the real world people do use "Alt Med" for treatments that have shown efficacy already. It takes far longer than expected until this stuff becomes part of practiced medicine though. In the end I don't care about the label, but the evidence/science and the results.
- illuminate 14y ago
  "But in the real world people do use "Alt Med" for treatments that have shown efficacy already." You're investing in their false modality by using it to define actual medicine, in the same way that people market "homeopathic" OTC based on actual ingredients and not "water memory".