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?

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In
this
modern
world
, especially in urban and metropolitan areas,
healthcare
, medication, and medicine are something that easy to access. With the increase in medical
knowledge
, there is always a
way
to
cure
the illness. But still, many
people
tend to choose alternative medicines and treatments rather than visiting official
healthcare
. Of course with my logic, I can not stand
this
phenomenon. I can say, that my first opinion towards the above statement
that
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owning
knowledge
needs sacrifices and medicine since the Ibnu Sina era was the greatest invention ever. All medical students who studied for their '
doctor
' title have been fighting and struggling for almost six years. They try their best to
cure
people
's
health
problems with specific treatments
as well as
medicines. Their dedication to public journals and following international seminars in order to find a new
way
, a provable
mpirical
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method
to
cure
specific
health
problems
is
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that the medical
world
runs adaptively in
this
fast-changing
world
.
For example
, a friend of mine who studied for her
doctor
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degree has spent six years learning and four years specializing in cardiac arrest cases, rather than an alternative man who only has a strict
knowledge
about physiology bravely treats someone. That's why, it is
such
nonsense that society still chooses the old
way
now and
then
. And
secondly
, I can add that several cases of traditional treatments bring more failures than successful ones. Some of them usually hold magic power inside which not many
people
understand its consequences. Formal medication
need
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to register their practice license to prove that they officially have all the
knowledge
needed to
cure
and take responsibility for their action. Unlike formal medication, alternatives can never have an official licence and are not listed as government
healthcare
. Another example, still in my country, many
people
have broken bones by accident. Most of them, easily choose '
sangkal
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Sangkat
putung
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putting
' which is traditional care to make broken bones back to their original. But more
people
still see the
doctor
after they go to 'sangkal putung' because their bones can't a 100% back to normal.
That is
why, choosing a
doctor
is the best
way
to get some help for our
health
problems.
Thus
, my opinions are clear, I suppose.
This
phenomenon reaches a very negative development.
People
need to see more evidence that going to
healthcare
is better than taking any alternative medicines since they don't know its consequences.
Also
, there is a huge development in the medical
world
and
people
should stick to it for the sake of their
health
.
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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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