Band-9 Samples: 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?

In the modern era, there are
people
who prefer to try
alternative
therapies
instead
of going to their doctors.
This
essay believes that
this
tendency is negative and in some cases, even dangerous. Doctors spend part of their
life
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studying and watching similar cases, most of their treatments are tested and they are safe. On top of that, most
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the
alternative
options come from the internet,
therefore
,
information
backgrounds are not checked, and they could cause collateral effects on patient's bodies.
To begin
with, Doctors studied for many years in order to have the knowledge and capabilities to cure illnesses. They spend part of their life studying and specializing themselves in order to be capable of fully understanding an illness and
their
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effects on our bodies.
For instance
, in Argentina, each Doctor must spend at least 10 years studying, plus a few years practising in order to become a general doctor. During their path they were able to see and analyze different cases,
therefore
, they are the indicated person to provide an illness's analysis and possible cures.
On the other hand
, the majority of
the
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alternative
medicines and therapies come from the internet,
therefore
they are based on unchecked
information
. All unchecked
information
,
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could be dangerous in the wrong hands,
this
is because normal
people
are not able to understand a medical condition, and if they do, could be in the wrong way. Let us imagine a 16-year-old kid reading on any website that the cure for his pain is mushrooms, a misunderstanding of the
information
consumed by the kid could result in an intoxication.
For example
, during the coronavirus time, the internet was full of
alternative
cures, some of them super dangerous, and a lot of
people
tried and died
due to
misinformation.
To conclude
,
this
essay not only agrees
that is
a negative development
,
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it
also
encourages
people
to avoid them and attend to a doctor for any questions they might have
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Language
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Development
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Tone
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Task Response
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Coherence
There is a logical structure with distinct paragraphs for introduction, main points, and conclusion.
Task Achievement
Main arguments are supported with relevant examples, aiding in better understanding of the points raised.

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