"Some might say, if certain pseudoscientific practices can actually produce a small, positive outcome in some patients, what is the harm in allowing or even encouraging them?"

I took my brother in law to a chiropractor (at his request, not mine) to have his foot looked at. The guy took an x-ray of it and couldn't see anything wrong, but thought he would manipulate it anyway. This caused terrible pain at which point the chiropractor advised us to go across the street to a real trained physician.

Turns out my brother in law had a strep infection in his ankle. I think manipulation of bones has its role in real medicine, but had a real medical doctor looked at the x-ray and saw nothing abnormal, I can't help but think they would have looked for something else instead of manipulating the foot anyway.
Jack Ryan | Homepage | 11.10.06 - 6:43 pm | #