Bad press in the UK (hot off the press)

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Another old-schooler - they make me giggle - not scared Statements

like those reveal people as underdeveloped intellectually belonging to

the " If you don't understand it kill it " secterian branch of science

called Scientific Materialism (QuackWatch being the extreme example).

(BTW I hold science very deerly and I DO - surprise - BELIEVE IN

EVOLUTION).

 

We have A LOT of the above type " unbiased(?) scientists " in Denmark,

but funny enough they can't seem to get a foothold due to public and

political opinion (same in UK I believe)- the public (in the Western

World) is too well-educated and can definitely take repsonsibility for

their own lives....

 

We recently got rid of MD supervision for " Non-medical " acupuncturists

and the doctors were kicking and screaming like two-year-olds having a

tantrum not getting their way.... sort of sound like the professor

making statements to BBC News.

 

What these people hate the most is to be ignored!!!! So let's do

exactly that and strive to evolve as practitioners of OM ourselves and

become adept in both theory as well as practice producing ever more

" astonishing " results that can be reproduced using our own theory as a

solid foundation! I know that you - esteemed colleagues - know and

experience every day that OM is a consistent clinical science that

produces results that CAN be reproduced as long as we don't not adhere

to WM medical diagnosis, but treat ie Liver Yin Deficiency when it

manifests choosing proper points, herbs, etc.!

 

How many times have YOU failed or succeede in relieving pain due to a

properly diagnosed pattern/constitution and made proper prognosis

based on Shen and St Qi?

 

Diagnosis/Treatment/result Paramaters and evaluation based on OM CAN

be set up to make the saught after proof in the shape of statistics or

whatever... Theory is VERY consistent in Classical OM and if practiced

correctly will make consistant results.

 

We do not need to pay too much attention to/be afraid of voices like

his, but instead spend our time studying and polishing ourselves in in

all aspects and not make compromises in treatment, theory or Shen!!!

This is the proper way ahead!

 

Humbly,

 

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

 

 

 

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Hi Chris and all:

Actually that sounded like a great article to me. We have a vocal minority of

one and then we have the QAA saying there were no serious concerns about the

degrees being offered, and then the Prince Charles (and remember, this is the

BBC) fund explicitly stated that just cause there wasn't evidence now doesn't

mean there wouldn't be! That's great!

And then further, we no longer have to do research to see IF patients are

benefiting - instead, " we need more research into why and how patients are

benefiting. "

Man, this is a great article, that guy colquhuon got lambasted. I'm giving this

article to all my patients.

 

Hugo

 

 

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Thursday, 22 March, 2007 2:22:52 AM

Bad press in the UK (hot off the press)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hugo

I have not been able to access this article from the link provided. Is

there any chance of copying it and providing it here?

 

Turiya Hill, L.Ac.

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Hugo Ramiro

Chinese Medicine

Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:41 AM

Re: Bad press in the UK (hot off the press)

 

 

Hi Chris and all:

Actually that sounded like a great article to me. We have a vocal minority of

one and then we have the QAA saying there were no serious concerns about the

degrees being offered, and then the Prince Charles (and remember, this is the

BBC) fund explicitly stated that just cause there wasn't evidence now doesn't

mean there wouldn't be! That's great!

And then further, we no longer have to do research to see IF patients are

benefiting - instead, " we need more research into why and how patients are

benefiting. "

Man, this is a great article, that guy colquhuon got lambasted. I'm giving

this article to all my patients.

 

Hugo

 

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Alternative therapy degree attack

 

 

There are over 60 complementary medicine courses taught in universities

 

 

UK universities are teaching " gobbledygook " following the explosion in science

degrees in complementary medicine, a leading expert says.

 

There are now 61 complementary medicine courses of which 45 are science degrees,

the Nature journal reported.

 

University College London Professor David Colquhoun urged watchdogs to act, as

complementary medicine was not based on scientific evidence.

 

But supporters of the approach said the views were a " sweeping generalisation " .

 

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COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

The term complementary - or alternative - medicine covers therapies such as

homeopathy, acupuncture or reflexology

For a medicine to be used in conventional medicine, it must go through

scientific trials where its effectiveness has to be proven

But these techniques often fail to show how complementary medicine works

Advocates say new research is beginning to prove the case, but many medics,

including the British Medical Association, believe there should be tougher

regulation of the practice

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Professor Colquhoun, of the university's department of pharmacology, cited the

example of homeopathy.

 

He said it had barely changed since the start of the 19th Century and was " more

like religion than science " .

 

He also pointed out that some supporters of nutritional therapy have been known

to claim that changes in diet can cure Aids.

 

He said the teaching of complementary medicine under a science banner was worse

than " Mickey Mouse " degrees in golf management and baking that have sprung up in

recent years as " they do what it says on the label " .

 

" That is quite different from awarding BSc degrees in subjects that are not

science at all, but are positively anti-science.

 

" Yet this sort of gobbledygook is being taught in some UK universities as though

it were science. "

 

He suggested it would be better if courses in aromatherapy, acupuncture, herbal

medicine, reflexology, naturopathy and traditional Chinese medicine were taught

as part of a cultural history or sociological course.

 

Degrees

 

And Prof Colquhoun said the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)

should be taking action to stop these courses being classed as science degrees.

 

The watchdog is in charge of ensuring the standards of degrees on offer; and,

while it cannot demand universities change the courses they offer, its reviews

can lead to funding being withdrawn.

 

A spokeswoman for the QAA said there were no serious concerns about degrees

being offered.

 

The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health, a group set up by Prince Charles

to promote complementary therapy, said there was increasing evidence alternative

therapies worked and where there was no proof it did not necessarily mean that

there would never be.

 

Foundation chief executive Kim Lavely added: " The enormous demand from the

public for complementary treatments means that we need more research into why

and how patients are benefiting.

 

" Scientists should want to explore this rather than make sweeping, absolutist

generalisations arising from deeply held prejudice as David Colquhoun does in

this article. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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