Good to know that Gilbert is practicing conventional modern medicine, despite forwarding quack articles from Huffington post. Please see how the word "holistic" has been used by quacks to sell their nostrums and fool the public:
http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2006/08/quack-word-37-holistic.html QUOTE So, ‘Holistic’ – not in itself necessarily anything to do with medicine, but this word is often used with medicine when quackery is at work. Why is this and what do quacks mean by it? Why is almost exclusively used by quacks? Spot this word and you spot a quack. UNQUOTE Cheers, Santosh --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be serious, when I see the patient, I talk to them > about their cancer and > how it behaves; how the radiation therapy will work; and > how we do the therapy. > Finally I talk to them how to cope with and reduce > their disease-related-stress > (including proper diet and exercise); which recent data > suggests helps their > immune system to fight the cancer. No references > provided!:=)) > > Quick response to Tukaram's post. He appears to be > new on Goanet. Likely he > did not get my memo on how to respond to some post.:=)) > > Regards, GL >
