Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
so great) words of knowledge:

> On Sun 06 Mar 2005 01:45:59p, Goomba38 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Ted Campanelli wrote:
>> . My wife is an RN AND a Certified Holistic Nurse.
>>
>> certified by whom??
>> Goomba
>
> Dunno, but somebody must. My doctor, an osteopath, is certified as a
> holistic specialist. The diplomas/certificates say so, but I've never paid
> attention to the details.
>

Certified by the National Board of Holistic Nurses. This is a bonifide
organization with very high standards that is recognized by MOST medical
organizations and medical practitioners. I am not sure if it is
recognized by the AMA. But then the AMA often takes 15 - 20 years to
recognize and accept medicines and medical procedures that are in common
use in other countries.

A prime example - A disk replacement procedure for bad backs that has
been in use in Europe for over 10 years with a 90%+ success rate
(compared to present US procedures with a 25% success rate) with a
recovery time of 1/2 of the present procedure being used . The AMA has
recently recognized it for "Limited Trial Use" in this country.