UHPA has little it can do to get the State back to the bargaining table other than threaten a strike. But it's not likely that the Governor and his cohorts will lose any sleep over the prospect. The spontaneous remission rate of all cancers, lumped together, is estimated to be something between one in ten thousand and one in a hundred thousand. If no more than 5 percent of those who come to Lourdes were there to treat their cancers, there should have been something between 50 and 500 'miraculous' cures of cancer alone. The table below shows the test scores of his freshman chemistry classes at Virginia Tech from 1986 to 1993.
Most students now perform worse on the final than in earlier quizzes on the same material.
An investigation into Chinese herbal medicine in Australia reports evidence of eight deaths in three states linked with abuse of Chinese medical treatments in the past eight years. The authors estimated there was one patient injury per 230 consultations of traditional Chinese medicine, which includes acupuncture and herbal prescriptions. The report recommends that statutory occupation regulations be introduced that restrict the titles of acupuncturist and Chinese medical practitioner to those who are registered and have between three to five years' training. It also recommends improved labeling of medicines and tighter controls of imports. Herbal medicines can occasionally lead to liver toxicity and skin reactions, while acupuncture can sometimes cause trauma and infections.