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I posted a story the other day on one of my blogs - the headline reads: "Antidepressant drugs quadruple risk of suicides, research shows". SighI mean, cmon. isnt the whole reason we take anti-depressant drugs centered around NOT wanting to give up, check out, commit suicide, stop living, etc.? So, we take a drug that makes us more bummed? To the point of suicide?When are we going to stop running to a doctor every time we (or our children) have sniffle or pang to get that magic pill that somehow ALWAYS manages to have a side effect worse than the original symptom??Dont tell me about the marvels of modern medicine, I know about an awful lot of them. And, in case youre getting the wrong idea, I have immense respect for scientists and researchers who have devoted lifetimes to try and find ways to overcome modern mans illnesses. I have immense respect for most medical doctors and practitioners who have devoted their lives to trying to help and heal their fellow man.However, the insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies, the big business of medicine - they can go away any day now. When the almighty dollar supercedes the importance of life, its time to do something.Also, why in the heck cant we learn to stop throwing the baby out with the bathwater??? With the advent of science, all of a sudden everything our ancestors did and believed in the realm of healing was all of a sudden labeled superstition and ineffective folk medicine.Isnt it funny that now were realizing how right much of that folk medicine was. Mistletoe is being researched for its effect on Cancer - with astounding results. St Johns Wort is now known to be a very effective anti-depressant (without making you want to kill yourself!), light - thats right, light - is being used to treat ulcers, infections, carpal tunnel syndrome, and a host of other ailments - successfully.Therapeutic touch is being used in hospitals for surgery and heart patients, successfully. The power of prayer - dubbed ineffective by the so-called scientific experts for decades upon decades - has now been proven to have a measurable positive effect on the ill.So, is the pendulum finally swinging back to center? I sure as heck hope so. But, more than that, I hope it doesnt completely swing in the opposite direction.If I feel my children need medical attention, I do NOT HESITATE to get it for them. But, if I can keep my children healthy in the first place with natural therapies, herbs, vitamins, good nutrition and treat them at home in the same manner successfully, I do that. We need that ever-elusive balance. Science, allopathic and alternative medicine working TOGETHER for the good of the people. In my humble opinion, THAT is what holistic should mean. Everything working together as a whole to help the whole of the person. The new buzz term for this is Integrative Medicine.But, no matter what you call it, it makes sense. Use everything at your disposal to heal - and first, do no harm. (I wish the pharmaceutical companies and many doctors would follow that!)

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Dee is a Certified Aromatherapist, Certified Reflexologist, and Reiki Master. Her site is AkobiAromas.com - a source of quality aromatherapy, herbal and reflexology information and products.