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No flu shot for me unless something major happens to my immune system. I would quit my job before I would let the government force me to take it. Many people argue that the flu shot can not cause the flu 'which is true' but it can cause your immune systems to be lowered enough to get the flu. Not to mention the preservatives, additives contained within plus it is injected into your blood stream which is not the natural way someone would get the flu.. OTC recommendations? They kill around 16,000 people each year. http://www.mercola.com/2004/feb/7/over_the_counter.htm http://www.newstarget.com/020279.html

ZASHAGALKA, Those stats are from the Journal of the American Medical Association not from my personal belief system library. Of course, I would never say nor did I say that all medicine is unnecessary. I would like to see the articles that you got the statistics from. I would like to read the one about ACE inhibitors. PS. Is science subjective or objective? Is it repeatable or non-repeatable? Now look at what I said about TT and it being in a grad program. Thanks for the disucussion!

My point was to answer a question you posed. "Western medicine is the number one killer? Right" Although, I do not know if it is the number one killer, it is at least in the top three. Of course, I would not argue about diet and exercise being a problem but drugs are huge negative factor also. I do love science and have spent the last 9 years of my life studying it. We do not know exactly what each drug does, what effects it will have on someone, if it will create more disease, if it is creating highly resistant viruses and bacteria, if it is damaging human protein, or all the effects that is could have on DNA. That is not evidence; most medicine in my opinion is the best guess model. The requirement are getting lower and lower. I need to find the article in Jama but if I am not mistaken a drug that shows 1% better than a placebo can be marketed even though the drug has the potential to create toxic effects in people and their environment and possible kill them. Like you said, many people could live a healthier life by eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and exercising and in my opinion staying away from all drugs including OTCs unless absolutely necessary. Sorry, I got off topic a little but I guess it is relevant. Some medical death stats per year: 12,000 -- unnecessary surgery 7,000 -- medication errors in hospitals 20,000 -- other errors in hospitals 80,000 -- infections in hospitals 106,000 -- non-error, negative effects of drugs These total to 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!! Does TT belong in a Grad program? If they can teach it in a manner that is objective and not simply subjective that can show repeatable results and high interpractitioner reliability, yes. If it has been proven wrong by repeated, independent, unbiased, proper research then, no.

Many chiropractors are also trained in crianiosacral therapy. Chiropractors also have many other light force 'gentle' techniques like, atlas orthogonal (AO), N.U.C.C.A, activator methods, Grostic etc. http://www.upcspine.com/default.asp http://www.atlasorthogonality.com/ http://www.orthospinology.org/index.html http://www.activator.com/ http://www.aucco.org/grostic.html

I believe that thinking is not high on some people's lists. I for one love to think and engage in philosophy. I do not need someone to tell me how to think or what to do. I study, read and discuss topics with doctors and philosophers almost daily. I am surrounded by a large diverse group of health care professionals. I agree that there needs to be a level of safety in herbs, vitamins, and minerals etc. That is why I go with organic products that the companies have allowed their products to be independently tested for consistent quality and safety. If you go on http://www.mercola.com and look what he reports you find that he reports the good and bad about vitamins, herbs, and minerals etc. I find his site very helpful and you can research what he has to say even further before making a health choice. Like I said before, I do not agree with everything he says but then again I have never met a person that I always agree with. About ephedra, I could not find one place that mercola supported it. He did say that there was evidence that it could be linked to many negative health conditions. The only other thing I found was that it was banned from unpatentable products but not from patented products like Sudafed and OTC cold medicine. Look up the research on OTC cold medicine and see for yourself how there is pretty much no supporting evidence. I heard that a recent BMJ journal article siad said if a toxic drug has a 1% higher success rate than placebo that they have good chance to get it passed by the FDA. Just a 1% better success than a water pill, lol. Is that Scientific? I want read the book Overdosed America : The Broken Promise of American Medicine http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BHA3MC/sr=8-1/qid=1144453904/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-6424522-8591167?%5Fencoding=UTF8 That guy barret that runs quack watch is laughable. He credentials are pretty much non-existent.

I just have to say that chiropractic has helped me tremendously. Back pain, neck pain, hip pain, allergies etc. It has also helped me have a better attitude becuase when you are in a lot pain it is hard to be happy all the time,although not impossible. Many chiropractors have pre-med degress and another 4 years of training.There are many techniques from non-force adjusting to high force adjusting and you can chose which one to go too. I like having options to chose from! http://WWW.chiroweb.com is a good website. Pubmed has chiropractic articles also. You could also search Dysafferentation. It takes a little time to find one that you like because they will have their hands on you to make an adjustment,so you will have to have that level of trust there. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16423302&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_docsum

Thanks for the replys!

Hello, I was considering joining the National Guard as a 91D. Basic training would start in Jan for 9 weeks and then 19 weeks for IT. What are the chances of being called to Iraq? I just want an idea that comes from someone other than recruiter. All they say is there is a chance. I know there is a chance and if I am going to do this, I would like to know what those chances are so I can discuss it with my family. Also, give some opinions of what you think about this option. Thanks!

I like Gesundheit by Patch Adams. M.D. It is about health care in general. Good book! You can also check out the website http://www.patchadams.org.

Do you sugest a dimensional analysis book for meds or a general dimensional analysis book?

You can watch it on fox news video. They interviewed the young man that found them. Just go to fox news dot com and click on video and then click on O'REILLY FACTOR. It is a pretty good video clip, that woman was nuts!

Are they both nationally accredited? I would definitely check that out to help make your decision. I would also compare the cost of tuition and living expenses between the two. The retention rate could also be due to how well they like the instructors and not necessarily the toughness of the program. I just wanted to give you some things to consider.

What are some good nursing books that you suggest a male nurse read?

Maybe you all have not experienced hazing but putting unnecessary stress on someone, assigning difficult tasks just to watch them suffer through it and degrading someone in front of people and patients, is what I understand to be considered hazing. "Hazing" refers to any activity expected of someone joining a group (or to maintain full status in a group) that humiliates, degrades or risks emotional and/or physical harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate. The euphemism in nursing is "eating their young". Well, if have or have not been involved in hazing the article below is a good one to read. I would also suggest that all nurses, students, and pre-nursing students get involved in nursing associations and get involved on a national level to help stop this behavior. Bring awareness to the profession and if they do not want to change it, then bring awareness outside the profession. http://nursing.advanceweb.com/common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=17342 Again, THANK YOU to the ones that do not show or condone this type of behavior, which I assume most do not.