Comments for Growth of alternative medicine in the spotlight at http://www.hepcaustralia.com.au , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.hepcaustralia.com.au Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:12:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hepcaustralia.com.au/index.php/news/alternative-therapy-news/34-alternative-therapy-news/684-growth-of-alternative-medicine-in-the-spotlight#comment-13 I've got this simple rule-of-thumb about stuff like this - use of the CAM rubric shows a lack of understanding and denotes a project unlikely to deliver helpful results. The CAM rubric is used to imply that proven treatments like Triple Antioxidants or SAMe are really on the same level as magical systems like Homeopathy or Reflexology. Really, the only thing they have in common is that they threaten the pharmaceutical industry. However, biochemical (orthomolecular) treatments are capable of objective proof, while magical systems ae not. Throwing all non-drug or non-surgical treaments into the CAM ghetto together is just a way of minimizing the need to pay attention to those that work, and tainting them by association with those that cannot. - George Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:52:38 +0100