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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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Currently, there is an increasing number of people who prefer to
to
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treat their health issues by means of
the
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traditional
medicine
, rather than addressing
it
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 with a regular visit to
hospital
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. Clearly,
this
 sort of treatment should be applied to only minor diseases, because doing
otherwise
 might end in
a fatal outcomes
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. In my opinion,
this
 trend's development more
oftenly
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often
 results in negative results,
instead
 of
aimed
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 positive
one
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. On the one hand, day by day
medicine
 improves and more viruses are treated by the shots created and tested in the laboratories. Due to the significant development in technology, nowadays doctors are required to hold not only a university diploma
,
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 but
also
 attend seminars,
trainings
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 and conferences in order to keep up with these changes. It gives them
opportunity
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 and knowledge to diagnose
patient's
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 possible disease and make a
promt
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 reaction to overcome it.
On the other hand
, contemporary
medicine
 became a very luxurious and expensive option for
an
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 average citizen, who doesn't hold
an
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insurance. The daily raise
of
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 prices made it impossible to stand
a feet
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 in the hospital.
Hence
, creating more opportunities and customers for the promoters of alternative
medicine
.
For example
, in
USA
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 for a person who doesn't have
a
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health insurance, hospital bills can put
a
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him into
an
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enormous debt.
Thus
, patients prefer
eather
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either
 to travel for the treatment to the 3rd world countries, or run for traditional homemade treatment. In conclusion, even though alternative
medicine
 is used with the best of
intention
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intentions
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, it should be limited to only
unharmfull
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unharmful
harmful
 small health problems. In my opinion, the best way to keep oneself healthy is to do a regular
check-up
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 at the hospital, which will keep us in control of any possible hidden form of
disease
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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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