This is a really interesting article. I've found that a lot of the 'breakthroughs' in medicine confirm what nutritionists and herbal/homeopathic/natural medicine practitioners have been saying for years. For example, I don't remember when the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with their brilliant proclamation of "Hey! Breastfeeding is GOOD for babies!" I bet La Leche League was rolling their collective eyes afterwards, though.
Now more and more it's being discovered that ultrasounds aren't the benign test of fetal health that they've been touted to be all these years, and that epidural anaesthesia can actually be harmful to mother and baby both.
I think it just goes to show who's in charge, and in the U.S., anyway, it's the AMA and the pharmaceutical companies.
If it seems that I pretty much loathe the American healthcare system, it's because I do. Especially AC0G, but that's another long and ranty post. :/
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Date: 2006-12-16 02:18 am (UTC)Now more and more it's being discovered that ultrasounds aren't the benign test of fetal health that they've been touted to be all these years, and that epidural anaesthesia can actually be harmful to mother and baby both.
I think it just goes to show who's in charge, and in the U.S., anyway, it's the AMA and the pharmaceutical companies.
If it seems that I pretty much loathe the American healthcare system, it's because I do. Especially AC0G, but that's another long and ranty post. :/