The other Washington's war on naturopathy

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Daily Dose - The " other " Washington's war on naturopathy

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:49:10 -0400

 

 

The shot heard 'round the (medical) world, part 1

 

If you've been reading the Daily Dose (or my newsletter) for any

length of time at all, you're already aware of the conspiracy to limit

your healthcare choices foisted on us by the crackpots we send to

represent us in Washington, D.C...

 

Their goal: Forcing you to submit to the mainstream's hazardous drugs

and needless scalpelings - so they can continue to rake in billions of

dollars in approval fees, sales tax revenues, and corporate taxes on

the industries that thrive on this racket (insurance companies, drug

companies, hospital systems, etc.).

 

In this column, I've tried to sound the alarm about the hundreds of

ways - some direct, some downright cloak-and-dagger - that Big Brother

has attempted to limit your access to alternative medical treatments

and therapies. So far, it has been like the proverbial " death by a

thousand cuts. "

 

But to keep things in perspective, so far the " powers that be " here in

the U.S. haven't yet really launched a massive offensive against

natural or holistic cures. Only a few (like ephedra) have been banned,

and some others (like some red yeast rice extracts) forced to withdraw

from the market because of their chemical similarities to certain

prescription drugs...

 

There are reasons why we're not in an all-out war over alternative

medicine treatments right now. Among these are the facts that drug

makers are still raking in huge profits on almost every pill they can

make, insurance companies are still finding that they can force the

cost of medicine higher so they can jack up premiums, and there are

still enough sick people to fill the schedules of every

wet-behind-the-ears doctor they can ram through medical school.

 

But that could all change any day now - especially if alternative

therapies gain much more market share. Currently, half of all

Americans use some form of alternative (also called complementary)

medicine - whether it's chiropractic care, natural hormone

replacement, nutritional therapy, or the use of aggressive dietary

supplementation with vitamins, minerals, or other substances.

 

And according to Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., a friend and trusted

colleague of mine, such a fight for medical rights may soon be upon

us, if what's happening in his home state of Washington is any

indication of things to come. Keep reading...

 

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Washington's ironically named Medical Quality Assurance Commission has

launched simultaneous investigations into a third of the doctors

comprising that state's membership of the American College for

Advancement in Medicine - the largest holistic physicians group in the

nation, with over 1,000 members.

 

The inquiries stem from a single complaint by a patient against a

holistic physician (a bona-fide M.D., like myself) who dared to

suggest that he undergo a course of harmless electro-dermal

stimulation to help desensitize his body to the food allergies that

plagued him. Mind you, the patient didn't actually RECEIVE the

low-voltage EAV procedure, only a recommendation and demonstration of

it...

 

Yet once the Washington MQAC got wind of this, they lowered the boom

on this poor doc - leveling at him charges of professional misconduct,

intrastate and interstate commerce violations, plus an unreal charge

of " moral turpitude. "

 

That's right - the same label pedophiles, sex offenders, and

prostitutes get!

 

What's even more mind-boggling than these nonsensical charges is what

they've done to this doctor's practice, reputation, career, and

livelihood. I'll clue you in on it all - plus let you know what you

can do about it - in the next Daily Dose. Stay tuned.

 

Stirring revolution - to spur medical evolution,

 

William Campbell Douglass II, MD

 

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