[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

As a physician I am skeptical of alternative cancer treatments. That said I am very skeptical of a government that feels like it has the right to make ones medical decisions. In my E.D. I cant treat a child without a parents consent. If it is a life threatening event and requires immediate intervention and the parents are not around I am covered by informed consent laws. But if a child comes in with anything else I can not touch him/her. Maybe now if I agree with a parents decision I can call social services. /sarcasm

[goldstategop]

I too am skeptical of their effectiveness. But a patient has the right to disregard professional medical advice even if it goes against his best interests. Its a free country and people ought to be allowed to decide what's best for them even if that ends up being a mistake. Part of living in a free society comes with the realization being free means being allowed to fail as well as to succeed. And that is a matter to be left up to the individual's judgment.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em, Down Hezbullies.)

[goodnesswins]

Unfortunately, as a non-physician who was faced with a debilitating condition a year or so ago (which I solved by not believing some doctors and researching and going after alternative type treatments).....I am skeptical of doctors.....but, please don't take it personally.