Yes, I was wondering was it something like that.Ah, good point. Maybe it was a conflation of Dr Natelson's research (http://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=919) and the Lights' work.
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Yes, I was wondering was it something like that.Ah, good point. Maybe it was a conflation of Dr Natelson's research (http://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=919) and the Lights' work.
Wow, thanks so much for sharing Dr Kaufman's comments. If anyone wants to read and/or recommend his comment you can see it at http://nyti.ms/1DXEku4
(scroll down to the 5th reply)
He sounds like a really nice person! Hope he got his medical license suspended. Can you imagine the amount of DAMAGE this guy has done to countless patients in Montana?george, Kalispell, MT 11 hours ago
I was a physician for 40 years. Every 5 or 10 years a new "disease" would appear to provide cover for all the neurotics and hypochondriacs. Remember"hypoglycemia"? "Epstein-Barr?" "Yeast"? And now "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome." Oh yes, and seemingly every 3rd person in U.S. is now "gluten-sensitive" or "lactose-intolerant."
I wonder how many starving Iraqi children would refuse a hunk of bread and a glass of milk while claiming the latter two complaints.
The fact is, when a so-called "malady" is given disease status there is money involved--and insurance coverage.
This dreadful excuse for a healthcare practitioner said:Is there some way of turning these messages of hate toward us to some advantage.
Is there a place to report Dr's to a medical body?
At least to get them to back off and reprimanded. It would put the administrative body in an awkward position at least if they failed to consider the complaint.
Notice the past tense and the length of practice? The guy is undoubtedly retired and free to run off his mouth without consequence.... well, other than letting the public see what kind of person he really is.I was a physician for 40 years.
Is there some way of turning these messages of hate toward us to some advantage.
Defensiveness. They abused patients over the years because they thought the patients were faking. The only way they can now not see themselves as bad doctors and worse human beings is to try to convince the rest of the world that they were right and patients deserve the scorn heaped upon them.@Snowdrop It's a great question and I wish I knew the answer. I do not understand the level of hatred that some of the doctors have toward a group of people who are already suffering so much. What fuels them to be so hateful?
One has to wonder how many diabetic folks he dismissed, how many EBV/mono patients he sent packing, or how many celiac people he laughed off. This sob is the type of doctor that stopped studying and learning the moment he got his diploma. Since he got his license, notice he claims there has been a "new disease invented every five years".I suppose we have to take consolation from the fact that if he's retired, he's no longer abusing patients.
All doctors should be required to take update courses and seminars every few years or risk losing their licenses. There would be less ignorant and lazy doctors abusing patients with difficult diseases.
Defensiveness. They abused patients over the years because they thought the patients were faking. The only way they can now not see themselves as bad doctors and worse human beings is to try to convince the rest of the world that they were right and patients deserve the scorn heaped upon them.
Lack of character. They can't admit they were wrong and apologize, so they blame their victims.
Psychological issues. They can't deal with the complex emotions caused by changing situations. Some people don't have much more emotional range than anger. Frustration translates to anger. Fear translates to anger. Shame translates to anger. Embarrassment translates to anger. Many abusers have this emotional/psychological problem.
I try to see them only as pathetic human beings, but it's hard when they clearly had such power to harm other people... and used it.
This is the attitude we should be trying to foster in my opinion.But I think that most patients will be sympathetic if a doctor can't figure everything out and admits it, as long as they treat them with respect and kindness and are trying their best.
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Dr Kaufman's early and valuable contribution was easy to overlook. In gratitude I repeat it here:
David Kaufman, MD California
"But virtually every patient has profoundly low natural killer cell function, about 80 % have undetectable vasopressin levels"
Awesome comment by Dr Kaufman and I just want to applaud him for zooming in on the vasopressin problem which is a nightmare issue for many of us who have mild DI and are faced with GPs and endocrinologists who refuse to accept the possibility of this.
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Dr Kaufman's early and valuable contribution was easy to overlook. In gratitude I repeat it ...: