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26th April 2017, 07:27 PM | #1 |
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Naturopaths are not doctors -- Petition
If you are so inclined, this seems to be a worthwhile petition to sign. Created by Britt Marie Hermes, former naturopath and now alt-med critic and author of Naturopathic Diaries: Confessions of a naturopathic doctor blog.
Naturopaths are not doctors: stop legitimizing pseudoscience
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26th April 2017, 11:43 PM | #2 |
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27th April 2017, 11:29 AM | #4 |
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In Washington and Arizona, they are the main "prescribers" of medical marijuana. Read Britt's report of her experience moonlighting in MM facilities
https://www.naturopathicdiaries.com/...cal-marijuana/ |
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28th April 2017, 09:02 AM | #5 |
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Been reading Britt Hermes' blog off and on for a while now. The "school" she attended for her Naturopathic training, Bastyr University, is one of the most well-known in the world and located near my city (it used to be in the city, but moved to a larger campus a short distance away).
A friend of mine is currently attending Bastyr. I've spent a lot of time keeping my mouth shut and not immediately blasting her Facebook posts with a lot of scientific debunking of her chosen profession. I know she wouldn't really listen, and doing so would just cause unnecessary tension. I settle for posting things like this on my own page for her and others to see, and hope it does some good. |
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29th April 2017, 01:36 AM | #6 |
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Shouldn't there be *someone* authorizing medical marijuana?
I was in my last semester of law school when I had severe gastrointestinal problems. I went to doctors; they prescribed me prednisone. Prednisone is an *expletive* of a drug. It doesn't let you sleep, and gives you an array of very uncomfortable side effects. I made some friends who were pot growers and sellers (and users). I smoked some myself. I ate some pot brownies. I graduated from law school, and my GPA that semester was either my highest GPA for a semester or my second-highest semester. Sue me; I did what made sense. (I hasten to add here that I'm *no* advocate of marijuana for kids or for people with minor complaints, like a stubbed toe or "anxiety". Everyone has anxiety!!!) |
1st May 2017, 12:14 AM | #7 |
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1st May 2017, 12:16 AM | #8 |
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1st May 2017, 02:55 AM | #9 |
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I'm not sure I want a more deeply-exacerbated shortage of MDs, particularly in the places that I want/need them, like emergency rooms.
The wait in some emergency rooms is already pretty long. Sometimes, the OR is backed-up and you have to wait until tomorrow. It's scary. I'd love a world where the US has more medical schools, and we crank out more doctors, so that everyone can see a MD. I was in the emergency room last year and my provider was a DO. I was not impressed. That's not the same as a MD. In fairness, I really have no idea what the real differences are between the two credentials; I just know I want the gold standard when I'm in the ER, and, to my untrained mind, a MD is as good as it gets for a lead provider. I hasten to add that I am very, very happy seeing a nurse practitioner as my PCP. Non-MDs have a place. |
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