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Dr. Jai Maharaj

2004-11-04, 7:16 pm

California finally recognizes alternative medicine

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California finally recognizes alternative medicine

By Bob Condor
Special to the Post-Intelligencer
October 25, 2004

http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=10101

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. -- In 2000, Sally LaMont had a decision to make.
She was a licensed San Francisco acupuncturist with a thriving
business, vice president of the California Association of
Naturopathic Physicians and, no small thing, mother of a 1-year-old.
Something had to give in her busy schedule.

LaMont took an unconventional path. She quit her acupuncture practice
to become the first and only full-time employee of the naturopathic
physicians association.

"I realized that somebody needed to do it," said LaMont, who
moderated a couple of "ecological medicine" panels at the 15th annual
Bioneers conference in this northern California town earlier this
month. The Bioneers gathering, 3,500 strong, focuses on how nature
can solve the world's ills, global and personal.

Trained as a naturopathic physician, LaMont could not legally perform
a Pap smear, prescribe the occasional antibiotic or carry out other
medical doctor's duties. That's why she turned to acupuncture,
completing the necessary courses and practice time to become
licensed.

Here in Washington, naturopathic doctors (or N.D.s) are licensed to
practice and carry out medical duties. N.D.s, on the whole, offer the
unique quality of knowing more about plant medicine for patients than
any set of health practitioners. Oregon has a similar N.D. law, but
California has been a notable West Coast exception.

Passing the bill in California, which became law this year, doubles
the number of Americans with access to naturopathic physicians.
Fourteen states now license N.D.s, while another 14 have some
legislative activity in process.

An important point here: Naturopathic physicians are distinguished
from "naturopaths" in these state laws. Naturopath is shorthand among
patients for N.D.s, but naturopathic physicians themselves are quick
to define the difference.

"In California, we had to leave the term 'naturopath' in the public
domain," explained LaMont, who has stepped down as executive director
and is contemplating her next full-time professional move. "There are
people who call themselves naturopaths but haven't attended the
(five) accredited naturopathic medicine schools.

"For example, after one of my talks (at Bioneers), a man approached
me about getting his N.D. license, but it turned out he had a
divinity degree. He didn't have the years of training required for
the license."

Bastyr is one of four accredited U.S. schools for naturopathic
medicine; another one is in Canada.

The California N.D. license also requires passing a written exam. The
license allows practitioners to call themselves N.D.s, doctors of
naturopathy, doctors of naturopathic medicine and licensed
naturopathic doctors. Any practitioner not licensed using these
titles will be breaking the law.

Some 150 naturopathic physicians in California are grateful for
LaMont's decision to forgo her acupuncture practice and immerse
herself in opposition to Big Medicine lobbyists. She played an
integral role in the successful enactment of the bill, which was
signed into law by former Gov. Gray Davis. His replacement, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, recently named the first five members to a
nine-person state advisory council, including Carl Hangee-Bauer, N.D.
and Bastyr university alum. The law was several years in the making.

"I felt confident when the bill made it through the first committee
in the state assembly," said LaMont. "I knew then we would make it
law. The bill was eventually passed with 90 percent votes for it on
the general floor."

LaMont credited Kenmore-based Bastyr officials with supporting the
cause, including the hosting of a visit from members of the
California Medical Association representing medical doctors or M.D.s.
By all accounts, the visit was a success.

"One of the huge challenges for naturopathic physicians is that the
typical M.D. opinion of us is about 50 years out of date," said Joe
Pizzorno, N.D., and Bastyr president emeritus. "The members of the
California Medical Association that visited us arrived with polite
skepticism -- and they were polite -- but they came away impressed
with the quality of our facilities and faculty. They were equally
impressed with the depth of our subject matter and academic rigor."

While those M.D.s were hesitant to completely flip on the licensure
issue, Pizzorno said "they went from hard opposition to soft
opposition."

"It is actually pretty rare for someone in the conventional medicine
field to visit us at Bastyr and not be impressed," said Pizzorno, who
was closely involved in lobbying efforts on behalf of naturopathic
physicians in California.

What's more, Bastyr offered the expertise and man-hours of its senior
counsel, Sandi Cutler, a longtime Bastyr official who previously
managed political campaigns (about 80) in northern California. Both
Cutler and David Matteson, Bastyr director of governmental relations,
received 2003 President's Awards from the American Association of
Naturopathic Physicians for their efforts.

Plus, the Seattle natural medical school contributed some funds to
the cause. "It is a huge sacrifice for N.D.s to take time away from
their practices," said Pizzorno. "We wanted to support that."

For its part, Bastyr is exploring partnership in integrative medicine
clinics in both northern and southern California. Pizzorno said the
idea is to build a patient flow before the subsequent step of
starting a naturopathic medicine school or campus in California.
Bastyr is in talks with several mainstream big-name medical schools
to partner on the academic front. The academic concept is to provide
N.D. degrees and continuing professional education for health
practitioners.

"I would definitely attend classes if Bastyr has a campus in northern
California," said Prashanti de Jager, a San Anselmo-based
practitioner of ayurvedic medicine and founder of an organic,
socially responsible medicinal herb company in India that has allowed
hundreds of farmers to stop using chemicals on their lands. In kind
with its fascinating and cutting-edge subject matter, it is not
surprising that de Jager was another presenter at the Bioneers
conference (check out www.bioneers.org).

"There are lots of people in California excited about licensing for
N.D.s," said LaMont, who will teach a course in naturopathic medicine
at San Francisco State's Institute for Holistic Studies in the
spring. "It certainly drew big cheers at my two sessions."

To see more of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, for online features,
or to subscribe, go to http://seattlep-I.com

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peace, but a sword.
"For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
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law.
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
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markd@toad-net.com

2004-11-04, 7:16 pm

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alternative view of it at:

http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html

>California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>
>Forwarded message from fidyl@yahoo.com
>
>[ Subject: California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>[ From: fidyl@yahoo.com
>[ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004
>
>California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>
>By Bob Condor
>Special to the Post-Intelligencer
>October 25, 2004
>
>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=10101
>
>SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. -- In 2000, Sally LaMont had a decision to make.
>She was a licensed San Francisco acupuncturist with a thriving
>business, vice president of the California Association of
>Naturopathic Physicians and, no small thing, mother of a 1-year-old.
>Something had to give in her busy schedule.
>
>LaMont took an unconventional path. She quit her acupuncture practice
>to become the first and only full-time employee of the naturopathic
>physicians association.
>
>"I realized that somebody needed to do it," said LaMont, who
>moderated a couple of "ecological medicine" panels at the 15th annual
>Bioneers conference in this northern California town earlier this
>month. The Bioneers gathering, 3,500 strong, focuses on how nature
>can solve the world's ills, global and personal.
>
>Trained as a naturopathic physician, LaMont could not legally perform
>a Pap smear, prescribe the occasional antibiotic or carry out other
>medical doctor's duties. That's why she turned to acupuncture,
>completing the necessary courses and practice time to become
>licensed.
>
>Here in Washington, naturopathic doctors (or N.D.s) are licensed to
>practice and carry out medical duties. N.D.s, on the whole, offer the
>unique quality of knowing more about plant medicine for patients than
>any set of health practitioners. Oregon has a similar N.D. law, but
>California has been a notable West Coast exception.
>
>Passing the bill in California, which became law this year, doubles
>the number of Americans with access to naturopathic physicians.
>Fourteen states now license N.D.s, while another 14 have some
>legislative activity in process.
>
>An important point here: Naturopathic physicians are distinguished
>from "naturopaths" in these state laws. Naturopath is shorthand among
>patients for N.D.s, but naturopathic physicians themselves are quick
>to define the difference.
>
>"In California, we had to leave the term 'naturopath' in the public
>domain," explained LaMont, who has stepped down as executive director
>and is contemplating her next full-time professional move. "There are
>people who call themselves naturopaths but haven't attended the
>(five) accredited naturopathic medicine schools.
>
>"For example, after one of my talks (at Bioneers), a man approached
>me about getting his N.D. license, but it turned out he had a
>divinity degree. He didn't have the years of training required for
>the license."
>
>Bastyr is one of four accredited U.S. schools for naturopathic
>medicine; another one is in Canada.
>
>The California N.D. license also requires passing a written exam. The
>license allows practitioners to call themselves N.D.s, doctors of
>naturopathy, doctors of naturopathic medicine and licensed
>naturopathic doctors. Any practitioner not licensed using these
>titles will be breaking the law.
>
>Some 150 naturopathic physicians in California are grateful for
>LaMont's decision to forgo her acupuncture practice and immerse
>herself in opposition to Big Medicine lobbyists. She played an
>integral role in the successful enactment of the bill, which was
>signed into law by former Gov. Gray Davis. His replacement, Arnold
>Schwarzenegger, recently named the first five members to a
>nine-person state advisory council, including Carl Hangee-Bauer, N.D.
>and Bastyr university alum. The law was several years in the making.
>
>"I felt confident when the bill made it through the first committee
>in the state assembly," said LaMont. "I knew then we would make it
>law. The bill was eventually passed with 90 percent votes for it on
>the general floor."
>
>LaMont credited Kenmore-based Bastyr officials with supporting the
>cause, including the hosting of a visit from members of the
>California Medical Association representing medical doctors or M.D.s.
>By all accounts, the visit was a success.
>
>"One of the huge challenges for naturopathic physicians is that the
>typical M.D. opinion of us is about 50 years out of date," said Joe
>Pizzorno, N.D., and Bastyr president emeritus. "The members of the
>California Medical Association that visited us arrived with polite
>skepticism -- and they were polite -- but they came away impressed
>with the quality of our facilities and faculty. They were equally
>impressed with the depth of our subject matter and academic rigor."
>
>While those M.D.s were hesitant to completely flip on the licensure
>issue, Pizzorno said "they went from hard opposition to soft
>opposition."
>
>"It is actually pretty rare for someone in the conventional medicine
>field to visit us at Bastyr and not be impressed," said Pizzorno, who
>was closely involved in lobbying efforts on behalf of naturopathic
>physicians in California.
>
>What's more, Bastyr offered the expertise and man-hours of its senior
>counsel, Sandi Cutler, a longtime Bastyr official who previously
>managed political campaigns (about 80) in northern California. Both
>Cutler and David Matteson, Bastyr director of governmental relations,
>received 2003 President's Awards from the American Association of
>Naturopathic Physicians for their efforts.
>
>Plus, the Seattle natural medical school contributed some funds to
>the cause. "It is a huge sacrifice for N.D.s to take time away from
>their practices," said Pizzorno. "We wanted to support that."
>
>For its part, Bastyr is exploring partnership in integrative medicine
>clinics in both northern and southern California. Pizzorno said the
>idea is to build a patient flow before the subsequent step of
>starting a naturopathic medicine school or campus in California.
>Bastyr is in talks with several mainstream big-name medical schools
>to partner on the academic front. The academic concept is to provide
>N.D. degrees and continuing professional education for health
>practitioners.
>
>"I would definitely attend classes if Bastyr has a campus in northern
>California," said Prashanti de Jager, a San Anselmo-based
>practitioner of ayurvedic medicine and founder of an organic,
>socially responsible medicinal herb company in India that has allowed
>hundreds of farmers to stop using chemicals on their lands. In kind
>with its fascinating and cutting-edge subject matter, it is not
>surprising that de Jager was another presenter at the Bioneers
>conference (check out www.bioneers.org).
>
>"There are lots of people in California excited about licensing for
>N.D.s," said LaMont, who will teach a course in naturopathic medicine
>at San Francisco State's Institute for Holistic Studies in the
>spring. "It certainly drew big cheers at my two sessions."
>
>To see more of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, for online features,
>or to subscribe, go to http://seattlep-I.com

Renate Ratlos

2004-11-05, 7:14 pm

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:37:55 GMT, usenet@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
wrote:

>California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>
>Forwarded message from fidyl@yahoo.com
>
>[ Subject: California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>[ From: fidyl@yahoo.com
>[ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004
>
>California finally recognizes alternative medicine
>
>By Bob Condor
>Special to the Post-Intelligencer
>October 25, 2004
>
>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=10101
>
>SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. -- In 2000, Sally LaMont had a decision to make.
>She was a licensed San Francisco acupuncturist with a thriving
>business, vice president of the California Association of
>Naturopathic Physicians and, no small thing, mother of a 1-year-old.
>Something had to give in her busy schedule.
>
>LaMont took an unconventional path. She quit her acupuncture practice
>to become the first and only full-time employee of the naturopathic
>physicians association.
>
>"I realized that somebody needed to do it," said LaMont, who
>moderated a couple of "ecological medicine" panels at the 15th annual
>Bioneers conference in this northern California town earlier this
>month. The Bioneers gathering, 3,500 strong, focuses on how nature
>can solve the world's ills, global and personal.
>
>Trained as a naturopathic physician, LaMont could not legally perform
>a Pap smear, prescribe the occasional antibiotic or carry out other
>medical doctor's duties. That's why she turned to acupuncture,
>completing the necessary courses and practice time to become
>licensed.
>
>Here in Washington, naturopathic doctors (or N.D.s) are licensed to
>practice and carry out medical duties. N.D.s, on the whole, offer the
>unique quality of knowing more about plant medicine for patients than
>any set of health practitioners. Oregon has a similar N.D. law, but
>California has been a notable West Coast exception.
>
>Passing the bill in California, which became law this year, doubles
>the number of Americans with access to naturopathic physicians.
>Fourteen states now license N.D.s, while another 14 have some
>legislative activity in process.
>
>An important point here: Naturopathic physicians are distinguished
>from "naturopaths" in these state laws. Naturopath is shorthand among
>patients for N.D.s, but naturopathic physicians themselves are quick
>to define the difference.
>
>"In California, we had to leave the term 'naturopath' in the public
>domain," explained LaMont, who has stepped down as executive director
>and is contemplating her next full-time professional move. "There are
>people who call themselves naturopaths but haven't attended the
>(five) accredited naturopathic medicine schools.
>
>"For example, after one of my talks (at Bioneers), a man approached
>me about getting his N.D. license, but it turned out he had a
>divinity degree. He didn't have the years of training required for
>the license."
>
>Bastyr is one of four accredited U.S. schools for naturopathic
>medicine; another one is in Canada.
>
>The California N.D. license also requires passing a written exam. The
>license allows practitioners to call themselves N.D.s, doctors of
>naturopathy, doctors of naturopathic medicine and licensed
>naturopathic doctors. Any practitioner not licensed using these
>titles will be breaking the law.
>
>Some 150 naturopathic physicians in California are grateful for
>LaMont's decision to forgo her acupuncture practice and immerse
>herself in opposition to Big Medicine lobbyists. She played an
>integral role in the successful enactment of the bill, which was
>signed into law by former Gov. Gray Davis. His replacement, Arnold
>Schwarzenegger, recently named the first five members to a
>nine-person state advisory council, including Carl Hangee-Bauer, N.D.
>and Bastyr university alum. The law was several years in the making.
>
>"I felt confident when the bill made it through the first committee
>in the state assembly," said LaMont. "I knew then we would make it
>law. The bill was eventually passed with 90 percent votes for it on
>the general floor."
>
>LaMont credited Kenmore-based Bastyr officials with supporting the
>cause, including the hosting of a visit from members of the
>California Medical Association representing medical doctors or M.D.s.
>By all accounts, the visit was a success.
>
>"One of the huge challenges for naturopathic physicians is that the
>typical M.D. opinion of us is about 50 years out of date," said Joe
>Pizzorno, N.D., and Bastyr president emeritus. "The members of the
>California Medical Association that visited us arrived with polite
>skepticism -- and they were polite -- but they came away impressed
>with the quality of our facilities and faculty. They were equally
>impressed with the depth of our subject matter and academic rigor."
>
>While those M.D.s were hesitant to completely flip on the licensure
>issue, Pizzorno said "they went from hard opposition to soft
>opposition."
>
>"It is actually pretty rare for someone in the conventional medicine
>field to visit us at Bastyr and not be impressed," said Pizzorno, who
>was closely involved in lobbying efforts on behalf of naturopathic
>physicians in California.
>
>What's more, Bastyr offered the expertise and man-hours of its senior
>counsel, Sandi Cutler, a longtime Bastyr official who previously
>managed political campaigns (about 80) in northern California. Both
>Cutler and David Matteson, Bastyr director of governmental relations,
>received 2003 President's Awards from the American Association of
>Naturopathic Physicians for their efforts.
>
>Plus, the Seattle natural medical school contributed some funds to
>the cause. "It is a huge sacrifice for N.D.s to take time away from
>their practices," said Pizzorno. "We wanted to support that."
>
>For its part, Bastyr is exploring partnership in integrative medicine
>clinics in both northern and southern California. Pizzorno said the
>idea is to build a patient flow before the subsequent step of
>starting a naturopathic medicine school or campus in California.
>Bastyr is in talks with several mainstream big-name medical schools
>to partner on the academic front. The academic concept is to provide
>N.D. degrees and continuing professional education for health
>practitioners.
>
>"I would definitely attend classes if Bastyr has a campus in northern
>California," said Prashanti de Jager, a San Anselmo-based
>practitioner of ayurvedic medicine and founder of an organic,
>socially responsible medicinal herb company in India that has allowed
>hundreds of farmers to stop using chemicals on their lands. In kind
>with its fascinating and cutting-edge subject matter, it is not
>surprising that de Jager was another presenter at the Bioneers
>conference (check out www.bioneers.org).
>
>"There are lots of people in California excited about licensing for
>N.D.s," said LaMont, who will teach a course in naturopathic medicine
>at San Francisco State's Institute for Holistic Studies in the
>spring. "It certainly drew big cheers at my two sessions."
>
>To see more of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, for online features,
>or to subscribe, go to http://seattlep-I.com
>
>End of forwarded message from fidyl@yahoo.com
>
>Jai Maharaj
>http://www.mantra.com/jai
>Om Shanti
>
>Hindu Holocaust Museum
>http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
>
>Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
>http://www.hindu.org
>http://www.hindunet.org
>
>The truth about Islam and Muslims
>http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
>
>The terrorist mission of Jesus stated in the Christian bible:
>
> "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
>peace, but a sword.
> "For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
>daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
>law.
> "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
> - Matthew 10:34-36.
>
> o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
>purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
>have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
>poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
>fair use of copyrighted works.
> o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
>considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
>e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
> o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
>not necessarily those of the poster.
>
>FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
>which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
>owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
>understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
>democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
>that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
>provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
>17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
>profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
>information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
>subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
>go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
>If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
>your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
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Religious insanity.

RR
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erlogene Recht der kriminellen Psychopathen auf ihr "Recht" zum
Verbreiten lebensgefährlicher Lügen.
(Aribert Deckers in d.s.m.m.)

markd@toad-net.com

2004-11-10, 4:09 am

Renate Ratlos

2004-11-10, 4:09 am