Jeff Almeyda
Senior Consultant
I'm in awe of this kid...
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/27/jack-andraka?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/27/jack-andraka?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general
Absolutely! it's not the fact that he discovered such a straight forward test. It's not even that he persevered relentlessly until he got someone to listen. It's his sense of social justice & "doing the right thing" that impresses me most. Good on him!!!!I'm in awe of this kid...
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/27/jack-andraka?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general
My thoughts, too. They're all about the money. So ultra cheap tests available to the population? The worst thing there could be for the medical industry...How will the medical establishment suppress this? This kid does not have the medical establishment's best interest at heart. He is their enemy, and they will treat him as such, just my opinion/prediction.
How will the medical establishment suppress this? This kid does not have the medical establishment's best interest at heart. He is their enemy, and they will treat him as such, just my opinion/prediction.
The old cash cow for the conventional medical industry, chemotherapy and radiation, fails 95% of the time but doctors continue to perscribe it. Why? A natural, more successful treatment approach that won't fry your immune system ( via the Gerson Institute) www.gerson.org is banned in the U.S. as an alternative to the costly cut, burn and poison option. Imagine. Fruits and vegetables banned. The American government - the best money can buy
"Larry, Arky and Larry" ... we should go into the healthcare business together
You mean to tell me that a 15 YO kid was the first one to understand how to do this when there are people who work with this stuff everyday? Please. I betcha with the technology we have available today, that any disease can be cured. But you will never see a cure marketed by the medical profession, only treatment. I do not trust the medical profession or my government whatsoever.
Basically what this tells me is a high school kid made more progress than the whole of the medical profession in this particular case. Either the whole of the medical profession is incompetent, or they don't want to catch anything early, not profitable enough. They are not incompetent. They are super smart, but morally bankrupt IMO. The medical profession, as a whole, puts profits before cures everyday of the week. Not saying there aren't good doctors, just saying that the industry is geared towards profit over cures. I believe they can cure anything they want, but that's bad business to them.
Another treatment with nothing by anecdotal evidence that isn't tested by physical evidence from a wide variety of peer-reviewed journals?
My, oh my Larry. You have a track record here.
Please learn to distinguish between advocacy groups and actual research.
Yes, so-called "peer-reviewed" journals filled with advertisements from -- hold your breath -- pharmaceutical companies, written by yes-men for said industry. Problem is, who are these "peers" and should we believe lock stock and barrel what they write? Do you really expect unbiased opinions from studies funded by drug companies who in turn fund medical schools? Please. Your track record is obvious here as well. Good luck with that.
The old cash cow for the conventional medical industry, chemotherapy and radiation, fails 95% of the time but doctors continue to perscribe it. Why?
Larryz. Go and take your tinfoil hat off. Go outside and read a couple of books. You might be surprised. I would be. Surprise me.