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Originally Posted by Electron
I think the body has much greater capacity for healing than we give it credit for, and sadly our mainstream doctors know little about this.
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I don't know about that.
Voltaire said:
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
I know of more than one doctor who has this on his/her wall, and many more who freely admit to it.
OTOH,
Voltaire also said:
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.”
I know I just cited this article in another thread, but I think it has relevance here as well:
Everything Causes Cancer
(It has more to do with foods, studies, and statistics.) 
And we can temper it with...
Statisticians can prove almost anything, a new study finds
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that." —Homer Simpson
Famous Statistics Quotes
...And let us not forget the
percent of statistics made up on the spot!
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