Modern Medicine

I hear all the time about how people hate doctors, don't trust them, hate medicine, and would rather let "sicknesses take their course" over taking some over te counter drugs to fix it up. Even more, I hear about all these "magic cures" that take care of EVERYTHING. You got a cold? take this thing that has no legal information whatsoever. Hungover? drink this thing that says it cures it. Stuffy nose? don't take psuedophed, that's what they use to make meth. Eat this all natural cookie...guaranteed to cure.

And I guess it's just really depressing to me. Yes, some doctors suck, some doctors are not the most moral people and you DO have to watch out for what they prescribe or diagnose. They are people doing a job, not infallible medical judges. You wouldn't take the word of a car salesmen without checking out a car model's ratings and history would you?

But with all that said, I think the malice toward them, and the resulting cozying up to "natural" cures results in a great disservice to all our great advancements in medicine and a dangerous de-education of the public toward their own health. I know people who take "Emergen-C" over straight vitamins and cough/cold medicine. I've known people to buy "weight-loss tea" instead of listening to the doctor's order of simply walking or running a couple times per week. And in the article below, the original writer even infers that our body "initiates" illnesses and we simply need to find out why the body "released" the sickness or disease in order to cure it. Oh...and this guy gets to post his "professional opinion" on the Huffington Post as well.

I guess I just use this guys article (if you care to read it, it's linked within the article below) and mostly the response (linked below) to show just how outlandish and, while possibly convincing, easily disproven his ideas are. Just keep an eye out. Not all real doctors are bad, and not all "natural" doctors are bad. Not everything works every time and that's no reason to say it's "bad." If you aren't sure about something, the best thing to do is research from reputable sources...

I guess the whole point here is to say, once again, don't believe everything you are told and be responsible and informed about whatever you are doing. Maybe alternative medicine IS the right choice for you...but you shouldn't make that decision because you saw it on TV or because you just don't like doctors...you should make it because it's right for what's wrong with you. Harboring "beliefs" can blind you to facts when it comes to things like this and the best way to approach it is the same as how a student should approach a new subject and teacher...teach me facts, express your opinion, but I'll use my own brain to form the opinions I follow.

http://biologyfiles.fieldofscience.com/2011/10/huffington-post-irresponsible.html