Genetic Discrimination in the IT Workplace

MisterTut writes "In what could be a troubling trend, one employer- the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway -was found to have secretly run unproven genetic tests on workers suffering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The company was trying to prove that they were not culpable for cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from which the employees were suffering. The ethical considerations of such testing, covert and illicit or not, are profound for those of us working in the IT industry."

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Re:And what if...

[daveschroeder]

Without someone directly acknowledging that they are one of those people now in response to your query (which no one would do), it's a little difficult to "prove" in the fashion you desire. I find it extremely hard to believe that you're honestly asserting that none of the slashdot commenters advocating "one point of view" are also amongst the persons advocating "another (essentially opposite) point of view". I'm not saying all slashdot commenters are like this, but even you must admit that there are plenty. It's not like only people of one mind comment on one article, and a whole other demographic unearths itself and is commenting on this article. It's the same basic core group of people, of which some of the individuals are the same.

suggestions for taking charge of your health

[nido]

I suggest taking charge of your own health. You've probably been to a conventionally-trained M.D. for most of your "health care". M.D.s are trained to use drugs and surgery. For everything else they either have to refer to someone else (i.e., physical therapist, nutritionist, etc).

Doctors never, ever "fix" their patients. The body always repairs itself. Doctors might "set the stage" to allow healing to take place, but all too often they do more harm than good. For example, adverse reactions to drugs are about 5th-leading "cause of death".

Historically, Medical Doctors have been quite dismissive of anything that isn't covered in their training, though this is slowly beginning to change. For generations monopolist doctors dismissed the idea that what you eat affects your health. Now they'll acknowledge the imporance of proper nutrition, but fall back on their training when deciding what to do.

For example, when my grandmother first began cancer treatment, the doctor sent her to a nutritionist. Grandma said, "she wanted me to eat five servings of vegetables a day. She's crazy!" Grandma stuck with her microwave meals and token amounts of vegetables, and was dead in six months. Her doctor never said anything about her diet again, afaik.

There are plenty of options in the so-called "alternative" (that is, not drugs and surgery) field for your condition.

Donna Eden(Author of Energy Medicine has had some success assisting Multiple Schlerosis patients.

Also look into finding yourself a Cranial Osteopath. If your body has ever suffered any sort of trauma (car accidents, falls, unresolved birth trauma, etc.), that's probably still with you. And this kind of osteopath can help your body release whatever it's still holding onto.

You can also take up meditation/self-hypnosis/skilled-relaxation. This is especially important when you have a condition such as MS.