Another former sergeant of mine who still has Crohns, took an article from a British paper citing bacterial infection, to his GI: the doctor's autoimmune response? You can't trust anything those europeans say.
The holier then thou attitude of so many doctors in America, their love of their own brilliance and God like powers, is aiding and abbetting an already bad situation.
You are not the only one who is tired of it. We have had several run-ins with the profession over Lyme disease. They just can't accept that medical information is so broad and widely published now that no one can stay on top of it all. The corollary is that any educated person with a computer can be as well versed on a particular disease as the average GP.
"The holier then thou attitude of so many doctors in America, their love of their own brilliance and God like powers, is aiding and abbetting an already bad situation.
How right you are! I noticed that many of the doctors around here had joined something called "Doctors for Dean." Liberals like to think of themselves as a priestly elite whose word should be taken without question.
Another problem is that doctors are under so much time pressure that they have little opportunity to think creatively, but must simply react quickly and move on to the next patient. This will only get worse under Kerry-care, Hillary-care, or socialized medicine by any other name.
This also deserves repeating.