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In reply to the discussion: Either you believe in the scientific method or you don't [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Your example of chemo was spot-on. Some people get sick, some don't. Some are healed, some aren't. The nurses and docs were absolutely adamant that everyone's reaction was individual which is why they were so vigilant during the administration of the drug when my husband went through it.
I own horses and I see it daily in the summer with fly spray. Some fly sprays work on some horses and some never work. Its trial and error until you find the spray that works with a particular horses' body chemistry.
I never discount any treatment anymore. If it works for that particular person, regardless of how whacky I might think it is, then it works.
Have you ever heard of Dr. Bernie Siegel? He's a Yale surgeon who wrote Love, Medicine and Miracles. He found that patients who re-directed their lives into doing what they LOVED to do despite their cancer, lived longer - against all scientific evidence. Absolute "woo". Yet the facts remain....