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Old 08-18-2014, 02:29 PM
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....What I've come up with so far is that MDs treat symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem....
Waiting for and treating symptoms is the way medicine is taught and practiced in the U.S. It is my understanding that in Europe, medicine is pro-actively practiced (i.e. doing certain tests at certain times of an individuals life cycle). The European approach makes more sense to me.
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