Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 Z'ev: While we can't stop these self appointed 'experts' on the news, why can't the AAAOM send a press release to the news agencies themselves correcting poor and misinformed coverage? I'm sure the news agencies would view and present the situation differently if their inaccurate reporting was repeatedly pointed out. Their professionalism and inpartiality is also on the line, if we call it into question. On this particular matter, I suspect there is some biochemical info about epimedium to support it's claim. Remember, according the American Medical Association, only about 20% of things practiced in a Western medical clinic has been tested double-blinded. A double standard is being invoked unfairly. And, coming during the next cold and flu season, over 16 million perscriptions for antibiotics will be written for colds and flu--- something scientificially disproven by the standards they ask us to be judged by. We're not really stuck in the middle and don't have to attack the FDA monolith. We can simply change the ground where the fight will take place. We can be watchdogs and responsible professional resources FOR the Media, instead. If the news agencies receive enough " corrections " to their stories over a period of time, then they would consult the AAAOM as an expert source before sending out misinformation on a major story, or to consider a responsible opposing opinion. Some new editors would probably even appreciate help in this confusing area. Right now we'rein a battle of words to win the minds and the hearts of the public---a public that has shifted to alternative medicine in great numbers during the last decade. And we have an important advantage: we make patients better after they've seen and been abandoned by failed Western doctors. Once insurance is considerd mainstream for acupuncture, then the playing field will be level. If mandated insurance wasn't artificially holding up institutionalized Western medicine, it would be in danger of being abandoned by all but a few. This forum would be an excellent clearing house since most negative news is about herbs---if Todd is up to it. David Molony, is the publicity machinery for this already in place in the AAAOM? Is it going on now? Jim > Last night on the news, some self-serving physician 'expert' was asked to comment on a product available in health food stores, called " Horny Goat Weed " (i.e. yin yang huo/hb. epimidium). This 'expert' said that the product was useless for its claims of sexual potency (perhaps, being ground up in capsules, it was), and that the evidence of seeing goats mating after eating it was not grounds for its use 'without scientific evidence'. > > All in all, we are stuck in the middle, and need to have a voice in all this while we can. > > Kudos to Todd for digging up and compiling the aristolochia information posted earlier today. A great job. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 In a message dated 7/26/00 3:34:15 AM, OMJournal writes: << David Molony, is the publicity machinery for this already in place in the AAAOM? Is it going on now? >> We had it going for a year or two, but the PR firm split and the people who ran it went to Fox and Sony as VP's. Now, we are doing it ourselves because we don't have the money. Our PR committee is lacking in volunteers to address these issues. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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