Sure, as I said the cost/benefit ratio is amazing. But it is poor
journalism (not your fault you just forwarded that article) not to
include that. And the way these things work, the less expensive method
may be medically better in absolute terms as well. Which if true would
have been an even better story.
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> Joanna
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Fantastic stuff: lo cost medicine
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> I'm curious to what extent this is better bang for the buck, and to
> what extent it is better medicine is absolute terms. For example, how
> does the accuracy of the vinegar test compare to more expensive
> conventional methods? How does the higher false positive rate combined
> with the less painful CO2 removal method compare in subjective comfort
> to conventional means? I mean the existence of tradeoffs would not
> end the discussion, but I'm wondering if there is in fact a tradeoff
> here? The article keeps almost getting to point of answering that
> question and then backs off and gets coy about giving you the last
> bits of information to determine that.
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>> The Cubans apparently are also very good at this. They can go anywhere and with practically no fancy equipment, provide effective care.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/health/27cancer.html?hp
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>> Joanna
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