this is an excellent point. I was just thinking about prescriptions earlier today: I asked a professional if he was aware of any research about the interaction of an herbal product with coumadin. No, he said, because there isn't any. And there isn't any because you cannot patent an herb, and coumadin is a generic. So there is no money in it and therefore nobody is funding any research about that, or ever will.
That's a pretty damning matter-of fact-statement of what is wrong with American medecine, imho. Dana > think. In fact, if the private company is a for-profit corporation, then by > federal law they *must* act solely to increase the profits of the > shareholders, and while that in some cases means there is a component of > efficiency strived for, it typically means a higher end cost to the consumer > to create that profit margin. > > Good discussion, all. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Anyone Bummed About The GM Settlement? > > Adam Churvis wrote: > > Judah, > > > > The issue is more granular than "union/no union." It must take into > account > > the actions taken by unions over the years, the habits they gotten > > themselves into, and how those habit affect industries in today's world > > economy. > > I agree completely. My first post was taking on the notion that unions > are obviously to blame. That is patently ridiculous. The situation is > obviously much more complex than the existence of a union or not, > however. I'm in favor of unions as an institution but I agree that they > need to evolve over time to meet changing conditions, just like all > other institutions. I'm not particularly happy with a lot of the AFL/CIO > and as recent defections would indicate, a number of unions aren't either. > > <snips a bunch of good stuff /> > <also snips a bunch of good stuff /> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243213 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
