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Description This book tells the story of how an alternative treatment was sabotaged by the medical community and by organizations that are supposed to protect our health (such as the Food and Drug Administration). As a European, I have been quite skeptical about this agency for some time, and this book doesn't help at all! The picture this book gives you is that the main reason a drug gets accepted or not might be linked to serious lobbying inside the conventional medical community and to the financial gains that are linked to it. This isn't hard to believe if you see how the tobacco lobby succeeded for years to cover up the problems smoking causes. Yet, there is hope as far "conventional medicine" is concerned. Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) teaches doctors that they should stay current with recent research on drugs and learn how to interpret studies before administering drugs to their patients. I studied this subject in preparation of my Ph.D. I believe that EBM practices do drastically enhance our chances as patients to get the right treatment, especially if you read that 50% of doctors risk giving you a wrong or outdated treatment. No wonder many doctors admit that many patients get better DESPITE their doctor's treatment. The problem with EBM is that apparently some often used treatments such as many current forms of chemotherapy lack the statistical data to back them up, and that doctors seem to treat patients with those cures because they don't have anything better. When I was doing my own research concerning whiplash, I was faced with a similar dilemma: conventional treatment in which patients have to wear a cervical collar may actually worsen the condition of patients. Yet 50% of MD's still prescribe it today. On the other hand, if you would recommend a patient to throw away this collar, you might be pursued form "medical malpractice". On the other hand, I have known for years that the problem of many alternative cures (whether they are herbal remedies or psychological assistance) lies in the fact that they have not been proven scientifically. But, not being proven doesn't mean that the cure isn't valid, it only lets you know there is no way to tell. Therefore I keep trying to convince "alternative therapists" to do the necessary "homework" with regards to proving their protocols. The drama is that it doesn't pay to do the scientific research for those cures, whereas there are billions to be gained from doing research for registered drugs. Given that the death rate of cancer today isn't much better than in the 1950s, it's no wonder that today over 60% of cancer patients supplement their conventional treatment with one or more forms of alternative treatment. Reading this book should at least help you to be a bit more skeptical to what your doctor is telling you, and to be more willing to inquire for yourself what therapy will help to cure you.
About the Author Kenny Ausubel is founder and president of Bioneers and the Collective Heritage Institute. He is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker and environmental entrepreneur. He co-founded Seeds of Change, a biodiversity organic seed company, and wrote Seeds of Change: The Living Treasure. He authored Restoring the Earth: Visionary Solutions from the Bioneers, a book profiling the Bioneers culture. Mr. Ausubel's non-fiction feature film, Hoxsey: How Healing Becomes a Crime," was chosen for the "Best Censored Stories" award in 1990. He founded and works with Inner Tan Productions, a feature film development company to produce visionary feature films. He was named an Utne Visionary in 1996. He is the author of When Healing Becomes a Crime, which chronicles the story of the Hoxsey cancer clinics and the return of alternative therapies, available through Acres U.S.A. Explore similar items Visionary Solutions for Restoring the Earth (Audio on Demand - Self Empowerment) Rise of Alternative Health (Audio on Demand - Holistic Health) Restoring the Earth (Books - Wisdom Traditions) List all Holistic Health List all Books List all Books within Holistic Health category