From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!cbosg!dir
Newsgroups: net.med
Title: son of medical advice
Article-I.D.: cbosg.2868
Posted: Thu Apr 28 13:07:17 1983
Received: Fri Apr 29 08:19:01 1983

Some comments on the following medical advice from a newspaper column:

    "If you have AIDS seek help from doctors other than ones connected
    with the AMA.... try a nutritionist, a homeopath, a
    kinesthologist and a chiropractor/nutritionist.  Go to them all."

I agree.  For something as serious as AIDS seems to be, I'd try
any means of getting better.  I'm not sure I'd ignore AMA doctors,
but I would try other approaches as well and choose the one that
seems the best.  The more general question is:  If 
conventional medicine doesn't seem to cure a disease, should alternative 
techniques be ignored just because they seem odd?   I say no.

Of course, "buyer beware" is more critical for the alternative
approaches since control of who gets licensed to do what
is relatively loose, but I know there are some homeopaths
that are far superior to physicians (as far as results go),
and some chiropractors that are far superior to surgeons.

D. Radin - BTL Columbus