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tennis tom
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 Posted - 09/26/2006 : 12:11:08
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Thanks for the article and link 808 and Ralph!
My first reaction is: CAN YOU SPELL TMS  . NY Times huh? I skimmed the article quickly, realizing if I got bogged down in the BIG Harvard words, dealing with "structural" mind physiology, I would never get through it. I have better things to do with my time today, like help get my 84 year old pappy into the hot-tub, which he enjoys so much.
Putting the article into "workingman's" terms, (sorry, workingperson's terms), would not cut it with the Pulitzer nominating board, so about 90% percent of those effected by the malady would never muddle through the aritcle.
The problem with the article is that it makes the "cure" complicated, when it it quite simple and needs no "new" research or clinical testing. Just give a call to the Good Doctor, he's been doing clinical research for 30 years. How much more scientific research does one need? Should we all wait around for the after-life, when it will all be better?
Great thorough research, on the Time's reporter's part...(Dave, is there a smilie for "sarcasm"?). The formost, contemorary proponent, of the topic, a humble doctor by the name of Dr. John E. Sarno, is practicing in the same Metropolis. Dr. Sarno has written 4 books on the topic, and done numerous media interviews, yet didn't apparently turn up in the journalist's research.
The writer is trying desparately to find a structural "switch", in the mind, to surgicaly or pharmaceuticaly "fix", rather than ever emphasizing such mundane causes as: the "human condition" and the emotional stresses creating psychosomatic dis-ease.
Maybe she can take the next step in finding a cure for such mind aillments: micro-lobtomies. Those Beverly Hills plastic surgeons could throw them in with the lipo--just suck out a little grey matter to reduce furrowing of the forehead.
While the author got much of it right, such as the large number of "un-curables" vexing clinicians, she missed the point. The cure is here, now, and it is within us--maybe with a little guidance by a TMS knowledgeable therapist.
Oh well, I can relate to the rigors of a stressed out reporter with a deadline to make and editors to please. On to the next assignment, maybe stemcell. |
Edited by - tennis tom on 09/26/2006 18:55:19 |
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Hysteria article in New York Times
