stak...Glad to hear you're OK. That had to be your worst nightmare.
And yes, DNAPrint is doing important research. It's time for the FDA to get the hell out of the way, and time for Gabriel to stop hiding in the closet and take this fight to the streets.
Did you see the Boston Globe article? The one with the female Dr. from Brigham and Women's Hospital making those stupid comments about that heart disease drug for African Americans?
I mean, THEY STOPPED THE TRIALS BECAUSE THE DRUG WAS SOOOOOOO EFFECTIVE THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS UNETHICAL TO GIVE ONE GROUP A PLACEBO!!!!!!! And when asked to comment, all this DOCTOR can say is something stupid about the inherent danger of implying that ancestry has anything to do with it!!!!!! Apparently she's never heard of the Hippocratic Oath:
"I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help."
Yep, it's time...
Later,
W2P
