The Pros And Cons Of Western Medicine

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In todays world most people who go to the doctors office when they are ill dont give any thought to the type of doctor they will be seeing. Mostt of us trust our doctor thoroughly and dont even think twice when we are prescribed medication. Often we are misdiagnosed and given medicine we do not even need , or worse, given medicine that makes us sicker. Doctors trained in western medicine are taught the body is comprised of organs and treat each organ seperately not as a whole. They are not trained in nutrition nor any type of alternaativer medicine.

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