Why are doctors sooo ignorant on the dangers (and major public health problems) related to formula use?
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Many doctors get a kick-back from the drug companies to push their products at any cost.  So they are trained and rewarded for turning a blind eye and a deaf ear.  There's no getting around the fact or ignoring the fact that it is all about MONEY!
634024
Off course they are huge risks to health. Nature has deised such a wonderful body for us - let it do its own work- why interfere
124784
human growth hormone can be extremely dangerous. It needs to be used with a doctor's close supervision only.
23024
I have been through a series of psychiatrists and many many drug combinations and have experienced many strange side effects that my shrinks claim to never have heard of. So no as far as the popular idea of science I believe it is quackery... I often feel like I am part of an experiment on a very grand scale. The early death, toxicity, disease that I may or may not experience has been ignored because so often people with MI have no one to advocate for them in any truly threatening way i.e., impacting pocketbooks...Their is no test that can be run to tell what disease I have... It is all self-report or observation   which becomes filtered through life experience....High paid quacks I say.
548157
because the trend is to believe in biological psychiatry and to see defects in people that need to be adjusted chemically. Because they dont see those children as persons that are growing and alive and whatever. Because it's just stupid, I can't say it otherwise...
947618
Some people really dont have much idea!  There are people here with knowledge and I have seen a couple of "doctors" (if they really are is questionable! lol).  I know a fair bit from many years of nursing and will often give an opinion and tell the person to get medical advice.  As do many others! \nI agree that many of the people need to get off their PCs and visit the doctor!!!
750885
EWW...I hope you know that meth has deadly chemicals in it! Rat poison!! Why would anyone in their right mind do that to their bodies?? Why do you think...chronic users...who have used for years....look like walking death? They are slowly killing themselves!! Gross dude!!!
143162
Will your product hurt people?  Will the way you sell it hurt people?  A famous case of this was Nestle's baby food formula in Africa.  The formula was fine, but they way they pushed sales of it, without adequate training of the end reps and customers caused many mothers to misuse the product.  (For example they did not know to use clean water to mix the formula or they would over-dilute the formula cause the babies to grow weak from lack of nourishment).  \nThe resulting world-wide protests hurt the company's image and pocketbook.
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Doctors do not do research they prescribe what they have been told works. Some doctors go on to study other reasons but drug companies subsidize the training of doctors and they get biased info on drugs and no alternative training so just like a dog trained to jump on command some doctors hear a problem and BAM this drug helps make you better even if there is a safer all natural substitute because that was not included in their training.
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Yes they are. I teach a class on common household poisons and that is the one people are the most surprised at. Kids only see the colors and they look like M&M's, Skittles etc... even if they spit them out after chewing they may have swallowed enough to kill them, and some adults forget if they took their pills already so they accidentally take more which causes some very bad reactions.
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people are full of themselves and its mostly just bable from the naturalists that hate synthetic stuff... one thing they say is it produces methanol but there is more methanol produced from eating a serving of green vegetables than drinking a can of pop with aspartame. also, there has never been a well conducted study to my knowledge that has shown it links it to cancer.\n\n...unless you have that phenylnuekotrina (i have no idea how to spell it) diease, the consensus of current research shows its safe
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The problem is that you are misunderstanding population statistics. Medical advances are common in industrialized countries, and in most industrialized countries there is no population problem. In fact in some places like Japan, and some countries in Europe they are experiences population slow down or regression. The main cause is that the more education and money someone has the less likely they are to procreate.\n\nUnfortunately the population of the world is ever expanding, but in the worst areas. This population explosion is happening in 3rd world countries. Sadly, this means that millions of those new babies will die due to lack food and clean water.\n\nTherefore the answer to your question is an easy, "No." Medical advances that allow people to live longer and healthier lives are not available to the majority of the world. The populations that are effected by these medical break throughs simply do not make up enough of the world or procreate enough to be a detriment to themselves.
824846
The formula that a baby drinks has alot of vitamins in it. Also there is a common misconception that babies immune systems are weak when in fact they are very strong. The elements of this world are eventually what break down the immune system. Hope you are feeling better!
653024
This lady above me is being a TAD overdramatic. There are plenty of things that EVERYONE does that negatively effect other peoples health. (aka, driving a car creates smog, using hairspray depletes the ozone and on and on and on.) Using scare tactics for any reason is stupid. If something is bad enough, then you should be able to just lay out the facts for people and have them make their own decision. Not to mention that all this anti smoking crap is a waste of money, find me ONE smoker who doesnt know its bad for them..
699230
ooo thats a scary thought\nhes too much "do as i say not as i do"\nhe calls people fat and hes fat!\n\ni see us all lying on couches in a doctors office somewhere while Dr.Pill  is finishing up a hard days work and off to put in a couple of golf games before lunch and naptime.\n\ni think in some small ways, we are better off letting an ignorant man make decisions for us as opposed to some of the alternatives  lol
228644
I see so much misinformation thrown out there, and it is pretty frightening.  I think this is a very useful forum in certain situations, such as "I have been diagnosed with condition X by a doctor.  Where can I get more info?  Or what is your experience with this disease?"\nBut too many people are out there asking to be diagnosed by strangers who are in no way qualified to do so.  I have been known to throw out this comment from time to time (I actually have it in a folder on my desk top so I can copy and paste it!):\n"With all due respect, you should not be looking for a diagnosis on this site.  I am in the medical field, and I am constantly horrified by the amount of totally wrong information/suggestions that I see here on a hourly basis.  Even if someone says they are a nurse or doctor, you have no idea if they really are or not.  On the internet, you can be anything you want to be.  There are resources out there.  Go to your doctor, or at least call your doctor.  Many offices have nurse practitioners who can return your calls and answer questions.  Call the nurse at your city/county Public Health office.  Many insurance companies have a number where you can speak with a nurse, so see if your insurance company provides that service.  At least you will know that you can trust their expertise.   I believe this site is useful for things such as…I have been diagnosed with such and such disease/condition, what is your experience with it.  OR  where can I find more information of such and such.  But asking people to diagnose you here is just plain dangerous……"\n\nIf the person is asking something that I feel qualified to answer, I will.  Or I can research for sites where they can educate themselves.  I have also come to realize that we, as parents, are not doing enough to educate our young people.  Their lack of BASIC knowledge of their bodies is appalling.
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An OB/GYN does not just examine tissue and deliver babies. S/he also prescribes medicine, and has to know both how those meds will react with the female body (and developing fetus) and how those meds will react with other drugs and vitamins the patient may be taking. This doctor has to know how the chemicals in birth control will affect brain chemistry, and how antibiotics affect uterine bacteria. This doctor has to know the possible side effects and drug interactions of analgesics, labor inducers, labor suppressants, and everything in between.\n\nYeah, I'd guess it's very important.