With the fact that there is no thought of using human embryos again, there is a different attitude towards this line of research that has proven to offer considerable relief to patients with serious diseases. It is understandable that such a change in attitude and acceptance of the research, has a different complexion altogether when we consider than a little of our own skin can be transformed to provide the essential stem cells required for our own body remedy.
Medical doctors and psychiatrists share an ever growing concern for not only the exaggerated claims that psychiatric drugs will cure mental problems and conditions, and excessive prescribing of them but because of increasing evidence of their capacity to inflict irrevocable harm. Because of recent regulations in America and Britain regarding the treatment of children with mind drugs, all children are at risk.
That modern medicine actually causes deaths is a reality. This is in utter contrast to the principles and dedicated classical role of those who have traditionally taken the Hippocratic Oath of healing. Things have changed.
Iatrogenic is the term now used to define human ill health, diseases and even fatal consequences of medical mistakes made in clinics, hospitals, surgeries, and through erroneous medical treatment or advice.
Regarding the Ideal Doctor, a famous Frenchman once wrote “The principal grievance I have against the doctors is that they neglect the real problem, which is to seize the unity of the individual who claims their care. Their methods of investigation are far too elementary; a doctor who does not read you to the bottom [...]
Chemical companies with a vested interest in finding new drugs have scoured the world seeking for new sources of plant material used by indigenous people or as cottage remedies in the treatment of cancer. There have been hundreds of indigenous plants used in traditional therapies in various countries throughout the world over past centuries. [...]
The dominant system of medicine in Australia, as in any other western countries, is based upon chemical drug therapy and surgery. Unlike other systems that respect long traditional use of natural medicines and herbs for prevention of ailments, we neglect other areas of medical treatment. Effective time tested therapies such as homoeopathic, herbal, and physical [...]
It is reasonable that as we progress in the so called ‘developed’ countries, we can expect an improvement in general health of the community. Patients who get ill expect to have access to the wisdom and techniques of advanced medical science that offers them relief and also a cure. This however is not the case [...]
