Comments for Fire Your MD

Comment on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis by J. Predham

J. Predham — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:09 +0000

This book is exactly what I needed. I was already using herbs instead of drugs. This book helps me focus on what I really need to be taking to help my condition stay in remission. I was directed to this book, and glad I don’t question the intuition.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis by M. Ashman

M. Ashman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:08 +0000

This updated book is great for someone with MS or even if you are just interested in CAM. He explains the different methods well even if I don’t always agree with everything he says.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis by J. Adams

J. Adams — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:31 +0000

I had gotten so tired of all the internet information on MS, my brain was burned out. I had stopped reading anything on the subject for quite awhile. But, this book is worth keeping handy with its sensible and knowledgeable information. It also validates in many ways the path I had chosen to manage this horrible disease.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on What are the statistics for death by cesarians and natural birth? by Naanie

Naanie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:19 +0000

Cesareans are definitely higher risk. But sometimes this is the only chance for mother and baby to survive. Cesareans should not be elective, only when its needed. I’ve had 2 emergency cesareans, and my baby was at risk both times so it was the safest way to give birth.

Comment on What are the statistics for death by cesarians and natural birth? by harmonyjoy5

harmonyjoy5 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:48:20 +0000

Very good question…Statistically You are 4 times more likely to die from a cesarean birth then a normal vaginal delivery…and baby is at higher risk as well
Here is a great website on the risks of cesarean section and how to avoid unnecessary c-sections
http://www.ican-online.org/
good luck

Comment on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis by J. DeLauter

J. DeLauter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:33:58 +0000

This book was actually recommended to me by my MS Specialist. I’m SO happy he did. Too often, I think people believe everything others tell them about what something might do. This gives actual medical references about studies done with alternatives. It doesn’t make bogus claims about what might cure someone. Instead, it offers sound advice about what might help or hurt your body. Not only that, it recommends what amounts of vitamins and other supplements one should take if they are going to use them. I’m a research FREAK and this is by the far the best alternative medicine book I’ve read. It’s also the book I reference back to the most as I’m eager to see what else is possibly out there that can help with my disease.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on What are the statistics for death by cesarians and natural birth? by Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:45 +0000

Maternal death rates are 4 per 10,000 births for c-sections and only 0.5 per 10,000 births for vaginal delivery. Vaginal is safest for mom and baby unless complications arise that warrant a c-section.

Comment on What are the statistics for death by cesarians and natural birth? by Stephanie M

Stephanie M — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:35:38 +0000

Natural is the best way. Death rates for mom’s is 1 in 2500 for cesarean and 1 in 10,000 for vaginal birth. Mothers having a cesareans are 4 times more likely to die.

Comment on The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Traditional Chinese Medicine by Zoopeda

Zoopeda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:19:43 +0000

I recently ordered this book to learn something about TCM and nutrition. Given the title, the description, and the reputation of the author, it seemed like a good deal. But don’t be misled by these facts without noticing that the book is only 114 pages without the index. The print is huge, the margins are wide–I’d have been laughed at by professors in college had I used such wide margins to extend the length of my papers. Not to mention all the headings and chapter dividers. The supposed grammatical errors didn’t bother me, although they seem to suggest that the book was hastily written. Lots of interesting ideas are contained here, and Bob Flaws cites many of the principles I’ve read about elsewhere, but he fails to put these claims together in a coherent and logically sound way. For a guy who claims to be a doctor and therefore a scientific minded person, he fell far short of my expectations for reasonable arguments for and discussions of his observations. And for a guy who’s written over 60 books, I expected more than brief summations, unfounded and startlingly unsupported claims (I really wanted this to be a great book on the subject, but his entire “conclusions” chapter is bogged and invalidated by gross misestimations and weak claims based on insufficient statistics.). Perhaps I should have realized that having written 60 books is perhaps an indicator of the kind of thought and organization being put into each individual work. Boy, this is sounding really negative, so I’ll say this. I DID like the last part of the book: lists of common foods, the merdian through which they’re absorbed, their post-digestive temperature, and general effects according to traditional chinese medicine. Overall, this book is a very short, very brief introduction to TCM nutrition. But just like watching a suspensful movie on an old TV that keeps fuzzing in and out, at the end of this one you’re going to wish you’d just sprung for the model with rabbit ears.
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Traditional Chinese Medicine by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:55 +0000

This is a good place to start for the lay-person to introduce themselves to the world of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nutrition. It takes a very complex system and brings the basics down to where anyone can understand it. The analogies are enlightening. Whereas better works exist ( The Tao of Nutrition by Ni and McNease or any of the nutrition works of Dr. Henry Lu) it would be wise to know a little about the basis of TCM before trying to tackle these works. That is where The Tao of Healthy Eating comes in. It gives the person with little or no knowledge of the subject an understandable first step.
Rating: 4 / 5