The crazy lady strikes again for Wednesday, November 15, 2006

One of the things that stood out for me in some of the Respectful Insolence posts is the alternative-medicine emphasis on individual attention. Here's what I mean. For example, one Respectful Insolence post was about Suzanne Somers' endorsement of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for symptoms of menopause. "Bioidentical" or "bioequivalent" means that allegedly, the hormones one receives to treat symptoms of menopause are identical to the ones made by your body, to put those hormones at... Sign in to see full entry.

Lately, I've been reading a great deal of a blog called Respectful Insolence (I hope I got the name right). The blogger, a cancer surgeon and scientist, prefers (for reasons of his own) to remain anonymous, but he does a great deal of debunking of whacked-out New Age health care. For that, I give him a lot of credit. I'm not saying that conventional doctors don't get it wrong on occasion - we are all human, meaning that none of us is perfect - but his point is that both sides need someone out... Sign in to see full entry.