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From: abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Guaranteed Cure For Athletes' Foot--A Holistic Challenge to Scoffers!
Message-ID: <396@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 21:46:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 21:46:44 1985
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In article <2088@ukma.UUCP> wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) writes:

>The average person in this culture is
>exposed to >1000 times as many stresses per day as people were just
>100 years ago.

You have made this claim before.  It has been challenged before.  I have
not seen your response and am willing to blame a faulty news system.  Is
this a quantitative claim or hyperbole?  How were the number of
"stresses per day" measured?  What is the source of the historical data
"100 years ago?"  For that matter, what is "a" stress?

>  In addition: if the
>patient practices an effective relaxation technique regularly, the
>side effects greatly reduce the chances of all known chronic diseases.

Do you really believe that "effective relaxation technique(s)" reduce
the chances of ALL KNOWN chronic diseases?  What about myasthenia
gravis?  It is known and chronic.  If I had practices "effective
relaxation" prior to 1979, are you saying that I would probably not have
contracted the disease?  If so, why not?

Much of the rest of your letter is an unwarranted attack on the honesty
and ethical behavior of physicians and does not deserve an answer.

Brint