You have an unfortunately valid perspective. At the same time, there are a number of NDs, myself included, that have moved beyond what we were taught and back everything up with peer reviewed evidence. While I cringe at some of what goes on in my field, I cringe equally at what passes for standard medical care in many cases. In the last few months I have been instrumental in convincing two prominent Boston endocrinologists not to irradiate a patient, not based on my own theories, but on the expert endrocrinologist consensus report that they had not bothered to read.
The worst that can be said of what we do is that is may be a waste of time and money. The worst of modern medicine is that it will kill you. Somewhere along the line, we all take an oath to “First, do no harm.””
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Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bastyr students/alum\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s, I just moved to area and would like to chat! Posted by Rebecca on 08/17/04 at 01:03 PM [Read Replies] [Reply to This Post] [Return to RoundTable] Sorry to take so long in responding. Studying for the MCAT was time consuming. Although the test…
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2004 Re: Re: Re: Bastyr students/alum\\\\\\\’s, I just moved to area and would like to chat! Posted by Rebecca on 07/24/04 at 12:27 PM [Read Replies] [Reply to This Post] [Return to RoundTable] Though I’ve considered transferring to SCNM, I’ll most likely go the conventional route. Replies Posted By # Date &…
Thursday, Dec 16, 2004 Re: Re: Tourette\’s Syndrome Posted by Chris Maloney on 11/21/02 at 11:38 PM [Read Replies] [Reply to This Post] [Return to RoundTable] When I was in NCNM, we had a classmate with Tourette’s who became controlled over four years of naturopathic self-treatment. I could track him down if you’d like. Submit…
Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 Re: Re: Bastyr\\\’s faculty Posted by MS IV on 08/23/02 at 01:13 AM [Reply to This Post] [Return to RoundTable] Hi, what is the reason CNME lost accreditation with the US DOE? Can you explain what happened? Thanks. MS IV Submit Your Reply Your Name Your Email Topic Message
