CNN Health: 是替代治疗还是"医骗"?

  身为儿科医生和轮状病毒疫苗发明者之一的 Dr.Paul Offit 撰文:

Opinion: Alternative healing or quackery? 

By Dr. Paul Offit, Special to CNN

updated 9:19 AM EDT, Tue June 18, 2013

Dr. Paul Offit

Editor's note: Dr. Paul Offit is chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and author of the book "Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine." He previously has taken on the anti-vaccine movement.

关于替代医学, Dr. Offit很直接地说: ＂过去它们叫边缘医学，非常规医学，或直接叫医骗。但现在它们叫替代医学，补充医学，整体医学或者全面整体医学。＂
It used to be called "fringe" or "unconventional" medicine -- or simply quackery. Today, it's called "alternative," "complementary," "holistic" or "integrative."

他也提到乔布斯，说＂他本来有95%机会活下去，但却选择了针灸，草药，洗肠，结果死了＂。
Steve Jobs, for example, suffered from a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas. With early surgery, Jobs had a 95% chance of recovery. But Jobs chose acupuncture, herbal remedies, and bowel cleansings instead, and died as a consequence.

全文如下:

MayoClinic的文章:

MayoClinic: Complementary and alternative medicine: Evaluate treatment claims

USA Today关于替代疗法的相关报道:

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine (也提到Dr.Offit的评论)

How to guard against a quack (如何提防医骗)

如何提防医骗？
1，他们自称有秘方(• They claim to have cures no one else knows about.)；
2，他们自称被打压(• They claim that others are trying to suppress their discoveries.)；
3，他们收现金(• They want cash upfront.)
4，这种治疗只在美国境外才有，比如在墨西哥的提华纳。(• The treatment is only available outside the USA, such as in Tijuana, Mexico.)
5，他们自称惊人疗效(• They make amazing claims.)；
6，他们依赖于证人证词(• They rely on testimonials.)。
Personal stories can be extremely misleading, says Gorski, managing editor at the blog Science-Based Medicine.

所有跟帖： 

• 医院药厂的枪手罢了 -xiyaopeng- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/19/2013 postreply 09:53:27

• Jobs有95%的机会活嘛？活多久？扯吧 -Manymore- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/19/2013 postreply 10:56:34

• 要挑毛病挑医疗事故谁不会,言论自由,前段时间也有个激进分子说所有医生都是骗子。 -ooopsss- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/19/2013 postreply 13:01:28

• 拿乔布斯的例之来否定替代医学，完全是枉然。如果乔布斯听从了西医，其实也活不长，是否也可以此来否定西医呢。。。 -御用文人- ♀ (12 bytes) () 06/19/2013 postreply 14:28:04

• 和我的这篇讲的是同一个意思 -TBz- ♂ (91 bytes) () 06/19/2013 postreply 15:14:32

• 提到乔布斯，说＂他本来有95%机会活下去”，吹牛不要本。 -kai2002- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2013 postreply 12:19:33