On: Steve Jobs Succumbs to Alternative Medicine

[burgerbrain]

The proper term for 'western medicine' is 'evidence based medicine'. The term 'western medicine' can incorrectly imply an equal footing for so called 'eastern medicine'.

(I did not downvote you)

[vectorpush → burgerbrain]

You're absolutely correct, good point.

[pella → burgerbrain]

not true .. 'western medicine' is NOT 'evidence based medicine'

"What percentage of the around 3000 treatments included in Clinical Evidence fall into each category:

- 11% Beneficial

- 23% Likely to be beneficial

- 7% Trade off between benefits and harm

- 51% Unknown effectiveness

- 5% Unlikely to be beneficial

- 3% Likely to be ineffective or harmful"

http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/about/knowledge.jsp

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and "Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research in this new, yet ancient world of complementary and alternative medicine."

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ECAM) and Pancreatic Cancer:

http://www.hindawi.com/search.aspx?startindex=1&field0=9...

[burgerbrain → pella]

I understood vectorpush to be mistakenly using the term 'western medicine' when he in fact meant 'evidence based medicine'.

My understanding was correct.

So your comment is a non sequitur.

[pella → burgerbrain]

>when he in fact meant 'evidence based medicine'.

Are you an evidence based mind-reader?

and again:

'western medicine' is NOT 'evidence based medicine'

[burgerbrain → pella]

"Are you an evidence based mind-reader?"

I made a guess, he confirmed I was correct.

I suggest you read the entire conversation tree when you consider responding.