Posted 11 August 2015
This opinion piece was published on the New York Times website.
The author, Aaron E. Carroll, makes a number of interesting points:
“People often think of Eastern or alternative medicine as more “natural.” Many feel that Western medicine is built around technology and products produced in a lab. They’re not entirely wrong. Many of the gains that have been made in traditional medicine have been the result of innovation in laboratories.”
“I would argue that all the therapies I mention here aren’t considered complementary therapies — they’re often just considered therapies. That’s because they’ve been studied, and they’ve proved to work. Too often, though, those who consider themselves supporters of alternative medicine disdain the idea that any of their treatments need to be studied.”
Read the article at the NYTimes
However, Aaron E. Carroll, makes some serious errors. Orac has posted to Respectful Insolence a counterpoint … Read the rest