Monday, July 6, 2009

HIV and AIDS

How do you feel about Western approaches to HIV and AIDS?

I believe that the western approach has come a LONG way.  Getting a diagnosis of HIV is no longer the death sentence that it once was.  Although there is still no cure for it, it has become something that people can live with (if they can afford the medicine, which brings us to a topic for another day and time).  

Can TCM strengthen your immune system?

I believe that TCM is very good at preventing illnesses.  Since Chinese medicine looks at any disease or illness as a disruption of the flow of Qi or an imbalance, by using TCM to balance your system, you are preventing illness so you are strengthening your immune system.  

What do you think of the deal that saved the whale?

I think that it is great that there are people out there who would work so hard to save wildlife.  I kind of have the feeling that I will believe it when I see it.  I think that money plays such a huge role in all of this that it is hard for many to put wildlife before human desires.  I went to college at Loyola Marymount University, which is on a bluff overlooking the Ballona wetlands.  Eight years later, the wetlands directly under LMU have become a huge development.  The money was good and the wildlife paid the price.

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