naturopaths

Somebody linked me to this announcement at the I-Con web page, about ND James Prego being invited to the con. This con is apparently more about sci-fi and fantasy, but apparently the con is also about science in general. In any event, I figured I'd let the skeptical community know, in case...

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3067 They claim to treat the "whole person" holistically, but fail to identify real causes. They end up "treating" symptoms, which they accuse science based practitioners of doing. Isn't that called hypocrisy? They are taught a bunch of hooey...

I wonder how pharmacists feel about this... http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Health/ContentPosting?newsitemid=bc-naturopaths&feedname=CBC-HEALTH-V3&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True What the heck will NDs prescribe? I thought "drugs" were toxic in their...

This case was being tried where I live. Can't wait to see what kind of sentencing he receives. "Brian O'Connell, 37, faced numerous counts of practicing medicine without a license, theft and manslaughter in the death of a terminally ill 19-year-old cancer patient" Can't post links yet, but...

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/107563176879930.xml The gist of this is that they want to establish licensing standards, so that persons practicing as "Naturopaths" must pass state examinations, have accredited education, etc. I share the opinion of those who...

:mad: :mad: :mad: For those who ask, "What harm it could it do to let people believe bizarre things?", wake up and smell the dead babies.