Only Sweetmind's writings are to be taken seriously. Really. 
Get OVER yourself. People are ALLOWED to overlap your writings by way of agreeing to disagree.
Whaaaaatttt?????????????
It is a medical professional's JOB to provide all sorts of avenues, even if it's advising. In the long run, it's the individual's choice to live in the manner they see fit and the manner in which he or she is comfortable.
Pertaining to CI's - it's out there, so yes, medical professionals are going to endorse it - not as a solution but as an option.
Foreign concept to someone like, oh, let's see...YOU....but that's just the way it is.