Western Medicine Skeptic Gifts

"Well, thanks for coming over with the soup and the subtle condemnations of my use of Western medicine."

'Personally I take all these programmes with a pinch of salt.'

'Is there another doctor in the house? He wants a second opinion.'

"Nice try, Jim, but there's no such thing as a 'Beer cleanse'."

"Your test results are in...now the interpretations can begin."

"They say that 'laughter is the best medicine', which is great because your health plan doesn't cover the real stuff!"

'There's nothing wrong with him-just delusions of glandular.'

"I'm sensing a nostalgia for when your mother rubbed butter on them."

"I thought I'd give Western medicine one more chance."

"He's so anti-regulation he won't even take a laxative."

'Frank, leak to the tabloids that these slow moving broccoli flakes cure cancer.'

'Where exactly did you get this 'Lifestyle Guru' from?'

'Look, half the work is done! All you need to do is fill in the top part so we can legally say the bottom part.'

I'm going to switch you to a new medication that does more advertising.

Low self esteem workshop - 'You missed it. It finished two hours ago, you useless pillock.'

Doctor to overweight patient: 'I assure you, stomach stapling is quite routine these days.'

"It turns out our health plan does cover eyeglasses."

"Wellness clinics, stress-management checkups, hypertension screenings, lab tests, crisis after crisis. Fibre foods, fish-oil capsules, unsaturated spreads, plaque. Say what they may, McCormack, we did it our way."

The council wanted us to have a Healthy Lifestyle Monitor

"Whoa! Now I remember. This was one of the possible side effects on the label."

A shrink charges $200 an hour, but double chocolate layer cake is only $19.95.

"Are you sure you don't want to try just one miracle drug before you die?"

"I'll let you in on a little secret -- every pill on these shelves is a placebo, and I have no formal training."

'Extreme acupuncture.'

"In a nutshell Mr. Beesley, you have hypochondria."

Myth Diagnosis

Toilet roll beauty tips.

'It's just a recliner with built-in heart rate monitor. But look at how many big inflatable balls are sold as exercise equipment.'

'I recommend a second opinion so the HMO won't second guess me.'

'Your employer's health plan automatically cancels your coverage once you get sick.'

'Sorry, our HMO doesn't approve treatments of 'owies'.'

"Firstly, have you ever had an appendix out before?"

'Coins, when swallowed, cause cancer. Perhaps money should be banned.'

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