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Originally Posted by algernon
My Stepmom had some mysterious illness for almost two years. Tons of specialists here in Canada and trips to the States, came up with nothing definite. She went to to some Naturopath, he looked at her and told she had Lyme Disease. A trip back to a real Doctor, and yep, he was right.
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I too have had a mysterious illness. Then I finally gave in, and went on the internet to self diagnose. I couldn't find out what I was afflicted with so I finally went to a doctor. The doctor took one look at me and told me that I was a hypochondriac and to go home. He was right.
I'm not railing on you or your story or anything, I just find the huge amounts of anecdotal evidence or support that is always brought up in favor of "natural" medicine funny. My anecdote is doing organic chemistry with a girl who was going to one of those schools after she finished her degree. She told me proudly that she only needed a C average to get in, which is why she wasn't working very hard as my lab partner.
Of course science based medicine doesn't have an answer for everything yet. They do however, have respectable controls in place to hopefully limit any harm they might inflict as well as advance what they do know. Those limits, controls and rigorous training are what make me place my faith in them above other forms of "medicine".
Edit: Noscript messes with my formatting.