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 a negative development?

There is a view that more and more

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who have health issues tend to try

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medicines and

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rather than go to see a doctor as usual. I would say that

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has a huge negative influence on the current medical system. I will give my reasons below.

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medicines and

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have not been scientifically proven whether it is truly effective or not.

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, those non-scientific ways to be healthy are just sales activities from healthcare companies.

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, their

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tend to be much more costly than visiting hospitals despite the fact that their

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are not proven by the government. Since the company's first goal is maximizing its profits, they use not only a celebrity model in its advertising but

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tons of marketing strategies.

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, I was under the weather

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month with a cold. I came across a TV commercial that showed a new tea beverage helps to reduce fever.

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, it was not helpful at all and my symptoms even got worse.

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,

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medical

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make people confused. Though it is common sense that go to see a doctor when people have bad feelings, they will less likely to visit hospitals even when they have serious health problems.

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is mainly because

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believe

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treatments

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can help them to be healed with less effort.

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,

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results

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is highly dependent on irrational methods

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of seeing medical professionals. Take some

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as an example, they highly relied on massaging treatment to fix their sprained ankles. When they

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went hospital to get professional help, it was too late to try easy

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. So they had to get a big surgery, which was more painful and expensive. In conclusion, it has been a serious social issue that more

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choose

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medical processes

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of seeing their personal doctor. I strongly argue that

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is a negative development because companies draw

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into their fake medical

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to make a profit,

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people are confused by believing

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methods are easier and faster than getting professional

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.