Alternative Medicine-Definition
Alternative medicine includes any practice that has the positive healing results of mainstream medicine, not having been based on scientific method. There are several methods, practices, herbs,therapies, including methods of diagnosis. The following is a short video on just a few essential ways in which homeopathy works.When it comes to choosing alternative Medicine or homeopathy, you have to consider the alternative. The following excerpt is taken from an article by Dr. Mercola on his http://articles.mercola.com.
Which are More Dangerous: Drugs or Alternative Medicine?
FoodConsumer.org recently reported on an Australian surveillance study that found alternative medicine had caused the death of four children between the years of 2001 and 2003.Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for my next post
A total of 39 reports of side effects attributable to the use of alternative medicine were also found.
When you compare that to the death statistics of modern drugs, the answer to the subhead above becomes rather self-evident.
That's not to say that alternative medicine has a flawless safety record. However, if safety is a concern for you and your family, opting for a well-established natural folk remedy over a drug is surely going to provide you with a far greater safety margin when you need to treat a symptom. (The best "remedy" however, is going to be an overall healthy lifestyle that focuses on a nutrient-dense diet, exercise, toxin avoidance and stress relief.)
That said, let's compare the death statistics of alternative medicine with the mortality statistics of the conventional drug route.
Dr. Null and colleagues published an oft-cited report in 2003 about the death toll caused by drugs and conventional medical treatments, which included the following statistics.
Additionally, a June 2010 report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, which analyzed 62 million death certificates from 1976 to 2006 (the most recent year available), found that almost a quarter-million of those deaths were coded as having occurred in a hospital setting due to medication errors.
- Adverse drug reactions – 106,000 deaths/year
- Medical errors – 98,000 deaths/year
- Unnecessary procedures – 37,136 deaths/year
- Surgery – 32,000 deaths/year
In an AMA article discussing the study, one co-author quoted as stating that "medication errors are the second-leading cause of accidental death, and the only kind of accidental death that is increasing over time."
An estimated 450,000 preventable medication-related adverse events occur in the U.S. every year, and adverse drug reactions cause injuries or death in 1 of 5 hospital patients.
The costs of adverse drug reactions to society are more than $136 billion annually – greater than the total cost of cardiovascular or diabetic care.
So, going back to the fact that over 25 percent of American youths are now taking prescription drugs on a chronic basis, you don't need a crystal ball to see what the future has in store...
