..and scientific journals are edited by scientific peers. If they don't find reason to believe, they won't print. They get their reasons from other scientists...ones with credentials. It's a negative feedback loop that keeps the mainstream from taking other river beds. It also prevents scientific journals from becoming like NEXUS magazine where the uninformed are left to sort junk from treasure. Ken
At 12:53 PM 12/17/2002 -5, you wrote: >> My question was why hasn't someone like yourself published their >> findings in a medical or scientific journal. ... Specifically, I was >> interested in medical trials that measured the viral load of several >> subjects over time as CS was administered. So far, all I have been >> able to find is testimonial. > >It seems to be a given that you won't find much about CS in the medical >literature, Andy. Licensed physicians won't experiment with it on any >large scale or visible basis for fear of their licenses -- if they've >even heard enough about it to overcome the widespread prejudice against >such alternatives. > >Major research organizations run on grant money, and *that* is >controlled by people who are necessarily interested in profit. Things >like CS, inexpensive chemicals like DMSO and MSM, and the countless >other things that we do-it-yourselfers come up with are *not* easily >controlled nor exploited. > >The FDA makes the approval process so arduous and expensive that >*official* medicine must keep leaping from one exotic option to another >in order to secure the profitability and long term survival of the >industry. > >The upshot is that we must test these things for ourselves, at our own >risk, and learn all that we can from our own and others' experiences. A >few small studies and voluminous anecdotal reports are the bulk of what >you will find. > >Be well, > >Mike D. > >[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] >[[email protected] ] >[Speaking only for myself... ] > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
