CURE Quote
While long hospital stays, sick leaves, and “sleep cures” for psychiatric illness are favored in France, it is considered even better if you can get out of the city to take the cure at one of France’s ninety-six approved spas
— Lynn Payer, Medicine and Culture, 1996Archives
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Is it a Medicine, a Symptomicine, or a Crutch?
Is your prescription a medicine, a symptomicine, or a crutch? What is a medicine? What is a symptomicine? What is a crutch? Webster’s: a medicine is “a substance that is used in treating disease or relieving pain and that is … Continue reading
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Which Rat is Healthier?
Here we have two rats enrolled in a medical study. Neither one of them has any illness. Which rat is healthier? We don’t know. We give them both an ‘illness’, maybe a cancer. We administer a medicine to one, and a … Continue reading
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Why are there no Wo-Men in Tolkien’s Stories?
I recently saw a video stating there are no women in the Lord of the Rings. I took a quick search on the internet and found more than a few posts about the lack of women in Tolkien’s series, from the … Continue reading
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Is Healthicine ‘alternative medicine’?
Healthicine is not an ‘alternative medical practice’ – it is the practice of health, not of medicine. A healthicine is not an alternative medicine, it is something that improves healthiness. Health is larger than illness. Our current medical systems – … Continue reading
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