Friends,

I am with Janet on this one.  While Chinese medicine including acupuncture
may have a lot to teach us including acupuncture I look at the Red Flags on
this one and get greatly concerned about deliberate fraud as opposed to
honest trial of Acupuncture as a treatment.  The Flags include: 1. A
carefully worded statement saying that while they can't say that they have
cured anyone because people are still in treatment etc... implying that they
might well have cured people they just can't say it for legal reasons.    2.
You can't talk to people who had the procedure for privacy reasons (I have
been on both ends of that-  both as the "talkee" and the "talker"  regarding
surgery,  and in any case can you imagine that anyone with this damned
disease would not want to tell the world about  a cure or some significant
relief they received). and 3.  They refuse to answer their telephone because
they are "too busy" (I presume they are sniffing  out the "perspective
customers" for Feds or some such thing.

Again while I have some skepticism about acupuncture,  I am for anything
that works but as proven by scientific method.  I however have very strong
reservations about this or any other clinic when they promote themselves in
this manner.

BTW that also goes for the Parkinson's Center in suburban Chicago which is
promoting a pseudo medical treatment in my opinion- (growth hormone etc)

Charlie


"S.J.Abas" wrote:

> I thought Janet was somewhat unkind in her evaluation of the Parkinson
> Disease Treatment Centre: www.pdtreatment.com.
>
> My evaluation is that these people are sincere, caring, serious and are
> achieving positive results. I am particularly impressed by the way they
> are freely giving away their handbook of treatment which describes
> exactly what they are doing.On the whole I have been persuaded that
> acupunture is worth a try and I am starting next Tuesday.
>
> Remeber, so far PD is very poorly understood by science and there is a
> finite probability that some ancient practices  have discovered
> to do the right thing for the wrong reason.
>
> Having said all that, I must add that I find it very disappointing (and
> puzzlng) that their Web Site gives no actual case studies. Why is no one
> who has benifited prepared to come "out"  and say "Yes I have been cured
> of Parkinson!"
>
> I would like to implore all of you to contact Janice Walton-Hadlock
>
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> and request that she publishes some case studies.
>
> Good  wishes to all and specially Janet.
>
> Jan Abas
>
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