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 LP> same definition of 'less depressed'?) and no doubt other factors that
 LP> I can't think of at the moment.
 
 Such as the attitude of the patient?
 LP> This sort of analysis of 'non-responders' does operate on the
 LP> assumption that it is possible for more than one person to have pretty
 LP> much the same disease, and that those with the same disease will
 LP> benefit from the same treatment and that therefore there is some
 LP> commonsense explanation why a treatment doesn't work on all people who
 LP> are thought to have the same disease.
 
 Brings to mind the "clone" issue.
 LP> I myself operate on that premise for my own health problems.  I coax
 LP> the MD's into giving me treatment that's been used in other people with
 LP> Graves' disease.  This has paid off.
 Whatever works. Some people become vegetarians to reduce their cholesterol,
 I take Mevacor.  
 LP> 
 
 I agree. And if someone feels like they are helped by some plant, such as
 the purple coneflower or massive doses of vitamin C far be it from me to
 tell them any different.
 
 LP> Very good question.  I know very little about touch therapy. I don't
 LP> know what it's intended to achieve, so I don't know what would
 LP> constitute non-response nor how it would be explained.
 Oh, I know about "touch therapy".  When I was in ICU before my triple I
 was awakened by this beautiful nurse and figured I must have died and gone
 to "heaven" (even though I knew heaven didn't exist). The nurse is now my
 daughter-in-law!  She keeps me healthier than any doctor I know. 
 Hugs are great "touch therapy". 
 LP> nurses are publishing medical studies about touch therapy, and nurses
 LP> are no slouches,
 I have three nurses in my family. 
 Jim
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