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Title: When Healing Becomes a Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies by Kenny Ausubel ISBN: 0-89281-925-1 Publisher: Healing Arts Pr Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well-documented and scary
Comment: This book was easy to read and it was scary about how much the American Medical Association influenced or even dictated medical practice in this country. You'd like to think that the best therapies are what we practice, but it's really the best therapies that large corps can control and profit from. I recommend it for anyone wanting proof of how little choice we have in medical care.
Rating: 5
Summary: MUST READ!
Comment: This is a fascinating look into the politics of medicine and how the AMA became the monopoly it is today. Harry Hoxsey, a high-profile healer was having great success curing cancer. That was enough to trigger an all-out war against him by the American Medical Association. The problem the AMA had in convicting him of "quackery" though, was that his cured patients refused to testify against him. This book reads like a novel and is hard to put down. You will not look at medicine in the same way again.
And you may learn to beware of those who would cry "quack". Follow the money...
There is also a documentary film based on this book with the same name.
Rating: 5
Summary: Why Medical Doctors should practice Evidence Based Medicine
Comment: Warning, when you read this book you might be scared away from “conventional medicine”! If you are suffering of cancer or have a relative that is terminally ill and has been given up by doctors, I recommend this book as a “second opinion”.
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.
Related books: “The Cancer industry” and “Questioning Chemotherapy” by Ralph Moss...
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Title: Eat to Beat Cancer : A Research Scientist Explains How You and Your Family Can Avoid Up to 90% of All Cancers by J. Robert Hatherill ISBN: 158063088X Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: 18 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Politics of Cancer Revisited by Samuel S. Epstein, John, Jr. Conyers, David R. Obey ISBN: 0914896474 Publisher: East Ridge Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Staying Healthy With Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine by Elson M. Haas ISBN: 0890874816 Publisher: Celestial Arts Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra ISBN: 0671023276 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Little, Brown Essential Handbook for Writers (4th Edition) by Jane E. Aaron ISBN: 032110045X Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.40 |
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