Re: putting quackery to the test
On Aug 9, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
Note that this does not entail dogmatic support for “western” medicine. For instance, clinical trials have clearly demonstrated the analgesic effects of acupuncture. In contrast, recent research on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women has shown that the “pump em with estrogen” strategy has no positive therapeutic effects and actually increases a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer.
Speaking of which, has any “alternative” practice ever been renounced
as ineffective after rigorous testing? For all the many faults of
orthodox medicine - functions of money, power, and ego - it is
capable of substantial changes in practice. Can you say the same of
the herb-dispensers?
Doug