http://www.mscaregiver.com/its-just-wrong/ Doing Your Best Does Make it Better Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.mscaregiver.com/its-just-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-67 sheldonp Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:05:07 +0000 http://www.mscaregiver.com/2007/10/28/its-just-wrong/#comment-67 Worms in the brain? Whatever. As far as I know there is no cure for this devastating disease. But since this "clinic" is in Mexico and out of the jurisdiction of the US there is little that can be done, but to work at discouraging others to not go there out of desperation for a glimmer of hope. I see biotechnology as the light at the end of the tunnel. Worms in the brain? Whatever. As far as I know there is no cure for this devastating disease. But since this “clinic” is in Mexico and out of the jurisdiction of the US there is little that can be done, but to work at discouraging others to not go there out of desperation for a glimmer of hope. I see biotechnology as the light at the end of the tunnel.

]]> http://www.mscaregiver.com/its-just-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-12 jajanes Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:51:50 +0000 http://www.mscaregiver.com/2007/10/28/its-just-wrong/#comment-12 It's awful, but people have been selling snake oil since the dark ages and I don't think they'll stop anytime soon. I think one reason things like this offer a glimmer of hope to rational people is because every once in a great while, it turns out that the "crazy" ideas were right. (The medical community thought Robin Warren was incompetent when he said the bacteria H pylori was responsible for the formation of ulcers). Obviously MS isn't caused by "worms", and his cure is on the same level as psychic surgery, but desperation can cause us to make choices we'd scoff at otherwise. It’s awful, but people have been selling snake oil since the dark ages and I don’t think they’ll stop anytime soon. I think one reason things like this offer a glimmer of hope to rational people is because every once in a great while, it turns out that the “crazy” ideas were right. (The medical community thought Robin Warren was incompetent when he said the bacteria H pylori was responsible for the formation of ulcers). Obviously MS isn’t caused by “worms”, and his cure is on the same level as psychic surgery, but desperation can cause us to make choices we’d scoff at otherwise.

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