This is probably a good example of why drug companies are held up to greater criticism than the alternative folks. I just saw this today -

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 820668.ece

Newberry, I totally agree that alt. therapies should be held to the same standard. At the same time, I don't think they should be necessarily pulled off the market if they are found *lacking*. Because most of these therapies have their share of loyal devotees due to their own personal experience, ma...

Well, I don't know one person who has had chemo and survived for very long. I know about three dozen. I can list a few myself, relatives included. They were treated with care and dignity and are alive today. My guess is that my father in law would have died from his lymphoma had he not gone through...

Well, I don't know one person who has had chemo and survived for very long. So, cancer patients obviously need some other answers. Maybe this will have promise for some? And I am reeling about the drug advertising. I really am! I think when advertising comes into it its very hard for people to disen...

Hi Bob, Thanks, I will have a read over that. Speaking of cancer, when I googled "intravenous vitamin C" I noticed there is some promising stuff coming out on this as a treatment for cancer. m Yes, considering it is not patentable it has probably not gotten much interest. What a sad "...

Hi Newberry, I am not taking an either/or position. I am just wondering if the vaccine has taken more credit than it deserves. Especially as I live in Australia, and we, like everyone else have been schooled in "vaccination rid us of polio and smallpox". But when I look at the graphs, it s...

Something else interesting on smallpox - "One of the medical profession's greatest boasts is that it eradicated smallpox through the use of the smallpox vaccine. I myself believed this claim for many years. But it simply isn't true. One of the worst smallpox epidemics of all time took place in ...

OK, to be honest, I DIDN'T plan on discussing music here - so that was an entirely reasonable question Alex (my brother is a musician - does that count?!) Anyway, thanks for allowing me to post. Hi Newberry; I can't say definitively why smallpox dissapeared. The vaccine could have played a role but ...

scarlettrose: I don't mean anything by this, I'm just curious. Do you have an interest in recording and/or playing music or did you just join the forum to discuss this mercury thing? Again, no harm meant, just curious. I haven't seen you add to any other threads. -A Hi, I said in my intro that I ca...

There was a mention of smallpox. IS the vaccine really responsible for having rid us of it? A reality check - m A sample - Four factors have contributed to skepticism of smallpox vaccine's effectiveness. First is the dubious notion that lesions from cowpox, a disease of cattle, could prevent smallpo...