Abstracts
Alternative medical approaches to rare and intractable diseases Which one is legal: waiting for evidences or offering a potential
treatment?
Author(s): Dr. Mehdy Ghaeminia and Dr. Sogand Zareisedehizadeh
Since the introduction of what we know as conventional medicine in the 17th century, scientists and medical practitioners tried to focus on evidence-based medicine more and more. Gradually, they tended to reject the traditional methods of treatment because in most cases, they lacked enough scientific data to support their efficacy or safety. It pushed aside the traditional medical approaches for many years. But, ordinary people continued to get help from traditional remedies mainly when they were disappointed in conventional medicine. At the same time, side effects faced conventional medicine with a huge challenge. Then, some practitioners tried to refer to older methods and suggested new alternative methods which were less harmful although being less proved to be effective by new methods of evidence-based medicine. This has been a challenge for followers of these two approaches to wh.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37532.2022.7.3