- An Iatrogenic Epidemic
by George Denniston, M.D. - Circumcision in the United States is an epidemic caused by doctors, in other words, an iatrogenic epidemic. Iatrogenic comes from the Greek and simply means "caused by doctors." Many people think doctors use obscure words to try to avoid having other people not know what is going on. I am inclined to concur with them. http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/denniston3.html (Added: Thu Jan 01 2004 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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Review It - The Birth of Pain
MRC News (London) - Summer 1998 - Pain has been a puzzle for many years. Now researchers are discovering that babies have quite different pain mechanisms to adults. -- "Reports in clinical and psychological literature indicate early injury or trauma can have long-term consequences on sensory or pain behavior that extend into childhood and beyond." http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/fitzgerald/ (Added: Thu Jan 01 2004 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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