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Date sent: Sat, 20 May 2000 20:32:08 EDT Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Jo Ann Coen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: People Interested in Alternative Medicine To: [log in to unmask] > You probably > know that most physicians had only 4 to 8 hours on nutrition, and > today that has become a vital part in healing. Who's to say it is > "that" thing that cause healing and who's to say it is a placebo > effect. I'm here to say that what ever works, can't be criticized. I have much more training in nutrition than 8 hours' worth. And I didn't go to a "special" school for it, either. I do not decry people who "get better" after "alternative treatments". But before I will accept a causative connection, it has to be proven scientifically. I remember that someone pointed out the fact once that of all convicted murderers on death row, virtually 100% were cigarette smokers. Thus, one could say that cigarette smoking leads to murder. Even scientific studies are occasionally proven false because of some inherent bias. When I was in medical school, there was a disease called Buerger's Disease (a disease of blood vessels which led to gangrene and amputations) that was reported to be a disease of "Jewish people of Eastern European origin". The occasional case described in African-Americans was shrugged off as an anomaly. Well, it was subsequently figured out that Dr. Buerger, when he wrote his paper on the disease, was using patients from the Montefiore Hospital of New York City; where most of the patients were "Jewish people of Eastern European origin". I will accept people's *observations*, but before I accept a cause/effect relationship, I will require scientific proof. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************