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The beginning of the end of chemical-based medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

I believe the Vioxx scandal and its aftermath will one day be seen as the beginning of the end of chemical-based medicine. By chemical-based medicine, I mean medicine that relies on prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals to alter human physiology for some sort of medical purpose. This is an era of medicine that should have been relegated to history long ago, but has persisted primarily because it has been so profitable. It's an era of medicine steeped in the paradigm of the germ theory, which believed every disease could be countered with an appropriate chemical.

Investors, doctors and egomaniacs will defend the current system of chemical-based medicine to their dying day. Thank goodness no men are immortal. Real advances in scientific understanding, it seems, only emerge when the defenders of old science finally retire or die. It is the nature of scientific revolutions. Today, we're witnessing the beginning of a revolution in medicine. Ultimately, chemical-based medicine will be seen as a flash in the pan... a short-lived but notable chapter in the history of human boondoggles.

But until that time comes, literally millions of people around the world are going to suffer and be killed under the current system of chemical-based medicine. They will be exploited for financial profit, milked for every penny up to their last dying breath, and then hounded for collections of medical bills even after passing.

Big Pharma takes over veterinary medicine; dogs and cats drugged with chemicals for profit Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So today, the majority of veterinarians in the United States now practice chemical-based medicine on pets. At the first sign of any health symptom, they slap the animal with a prescription for expensive, patented pharmaceuticals. Arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and even depression are now being treated with dangerous prescription medications. Earlier this year, the FDA gave approval for Prozac, a powerful mind-altering drug, to be prescribed to dogs, and many of the most common drugs for people are now routinely used in pets (including chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment).

Prescription drugs are connected to school shootings and other violence, yet more drugs are touted as the solution Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

At that time, society will have moved way beyond chemical-based medicine. We will be focused on disease prevention, and we'll have electro-medicine. We'll be using non-local medicine, for example, to help people stay healthy. We'll have outstanding nutrition available at a very reasonable cost in formats people can enjoy taking. Someday, nutrition will be recognized as the number one way to prevent disease and keep people healthy. Belief in chemicals as a cure-all is just one more sign that we are living in the dark ages of medicine Today, however, we're living in the Dark Ages of medicine.

Gene therapy and genetic engineering: the future of medicine? Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

As the age of chemical-based medicine is now thoroughly discredited (prescription drugs are toxic, haven't you heard?), and drug companies are losing both profits and credibility, there's a mad dash to find something to replace the current drug racket. Could gene therapy be the next "big thing" for Big Pharma? Interestingly, gene therapy has very real potential for enhancing human health, but not in the way the drug companies think.

So, even while gene therapy may sound exciting at first, it has many of the same pitfalls of conventional chemical-based medicine. That is, it takes away the responsibility from the patient. In fact, the more we talk about the genetic basis of disease, the more power we strip away from individuals. Go see the movie "GATTACA" for an interesting science fiction look at what a society might be like if everyone were judged on their genetic code, and not their behavioral choices or free will.

As you can see, genetic engineering has a lot of possibilities, but in each of these possibilities you will also have unintended side effects in the same way we do today with chemical-based medicine. You might give someone enhanced brain density, but then it might turn out the unnaturally dense brain matter could have unintended consequences such as seizures or mental disorders. It might result in a reduced life span.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

The Future of Energy Medicine The main thrust of conventional chemical-based medicine is crisis intervention rather than prevention.Traditional drug therapies also pose a serious threat of side effects along with an alarming increase in iatrogenic (treatment-induced) diseases and problems. There also appears to be a dramatic rise in the number of chronic degenerative diseases in the Western world for which chemical medicine has no real answer.

Get Healthy Now with Gary Null: A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment and Healthy living Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

The Church of Rome objected to these pagan practices; and, in the 16th century, the Swiss physician Paracelsus began to use inorganic cures like mercury and antimony instead of herbals, heralding the near-monopoly of chemical-based medicine which would last until today. The first determined effort in the modern Western world to break this pharmaceutical monopoly came from America in the 18th century.

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