Since a private entity cannot use physical force Fairly naive statement there. Ask the Mafia how that works out.
corporations are more accountable to their customers than politicians are to their constituents In the age of ever-escalating CEO salaries in the face of underwhelming stock performance with amazing golden parachutes I beg to differ.
As for the grandparent, I agree, as I fear private entities more than the government. Corporations have a single duty, and it has nothing to do with your welfare.
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Brain cells start dying much faster than other cells. They are also more susceptible to reperfusion injury from oxygen free radicals.
The problem is not the people taking placebos and ineffective medicines, the problem is the people passing on effective, proven mediciens in favor of BS herbal remedies. I'm happy to take anything that has its efficacy proven in a real, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.
To have that freedom mean something requires that we have enough information to make informed choices. Unregulated producers of "natural remedies" do not want you to have that information, because then you won't choose their product. They live in fear of double-blind randomized controlled trials. They prefer worthless anecdotal evidence and testimonials.
Soooo many problems with your post.
1. Those "natural remedies" did not evolve with us or for us -- they evolved for their own survival. They just happen to have chemicals in them which affect human physiology in some way.
2. Side effects? St. John's Wort + certain cheese + certain red wines = death. All 3 at usual dosing. Enjoy.
3. This freedom you want requires accurate information about efficacy and side effects, but your post advocates sticking our head in the sand and assuming "nature" always has OUR interests in mind.
All natural remedies are chemicals, just like drugs. They are drugs, they just have been discovered in nature rather than synthesized. If you believe in science and not voodoo, you'd want them to be tested for efficacy. Herbal remedy producers (corporations, just not as big as Big Pharma) don't want testing because then the vast majority of them will be shown to be ineffective.
All drugs, and remedies, have benefits and risk. Some are quite obvious, but most benefit/risk calculations really require a certain level of expertise, which the American public simply does not have. Thus, the snake oil people can sell you unregulated dreck and you feel you're in control. Meanwhile, you waste money.
It's interesting that you state we "should" have the best medical care. If you measure outcomes, such as infant mortality, we clearly don't. We tend to lag behind other industrialized nations in outcome measures. Insured people don't fare any better. It's fairly disheartening that people treat the assumption that our health care is the best as a fact. Is it nationalism, or is it just denial?
Simply, Contained > Eradicated.
The only disease ever thought to have been eradicated by man is Smallpox. Even so, I still get letters asking me to take the vaccine, since I am a "front line" physician. Yay!
Now there's a website qualified to judge the value of women's clothing.
These guys must moonlight from their day jobs in Department of Defense procurement.
Your strategy for dealing with the intrusive and obnoxious is to listen longer? More power to you, buddy.
Also, see earlier/. Cell-e-marketers are on the way.
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Ask them to use an ultrasound. It's fairly easy to find deeper veins with it. My patients who are hard sticks ask for it by name.
Brain cells start dying much faster than other cells. They are also more susceptible to reperfusion injury from oxygen free radicals.
The problem is not the people taking placebos and ineffective medicines, the problem is the people passing on effective, proven mediciens in favor of BS herbal remedies. I'm happy to take anything that has its efficacy proven in a real, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.
To have that freedom mean something requires that we have enough information to make informed choices. Unregulated producers of "natural remedies" do not want you to have that information, because then you won't choose their product. They live in fear of double-blind randomized controlled trials. They prefer worthless anecdotal evidence and testimonials.
Soooo many problems with your post. 1. Those "natural remedies" did not evolve with us or for us -- they evolved for their own survival. They just happen to have chemicals in them which affect human physiology in some way. 2. Side effects? St. John's Wort + certain cheese + certain red wines = death. All 3 at usual dosing. Enjoy. 3. This freedom you want requires accurate information about efficacy and side effects, but your post advocates sticking our head in the sand and assuming "nature" always has OUR interests in mind. All natural remedies are chemicals, just like drugs. They are drugs, they just have been discovered in nature rather than synthesized. If you believe in science and not voodoo, you'd want them to be tested for efficacy. Herbal remedy producers (corporations, just not as big as Big Pharma) don't want testing because then the vast majority of them will be shown to be ineffective. All drugs, and remedies, have benefits and risk. Some are quite obvious, but most benefit/risk calculations really require a certain level of expertise, which the American public simply does not have. Thus, the snake oil people can sell you unregulated dreck and you feel you're in control. Meanwhile, you waste money.
It's interesting that you state we "should" have the best medical care. If you measure outcomes, such as infant mortality, we clearly don't. We tend to lag behind other industrialized nations in outcome measures. Insured people don't fare any better. It's fairly disheartening that people treat the assumption that our health care is the best as a fact. Is it nationalism, or is it just denial?
$5/month for DirecTivo (different for standalone), which includes *every* DirecTivo you have in the house. BFD. I think these costs are manageable.
By his argument, sure, since you were not likely to by them anyway, you cheap *******. :)
They should tell the government that it's their final battle and only a few will play after the game is done, none of them the truly hardcore.
Simply, Contained > Eradicated. The only disease ever thought to have been eradicated by man is Smallpox. Even so, I still get letters asking me to take the vaccine, since I am a "front line" physician. Yay!
No, this just means it's time for DNF to switch to a new 3D engine.
Now there's a website qualified to judge the value of women's clothing. These guys must moonlight from their day jobs in Department of Defense procurement.
Your strategy for dealing with the intrusive and obnoxious is to listen longer? More power to you, buddy. Also, see earlier /. Cell-e-marketers are on the way.