Steve wrote:My concerns with the medical practice are not objections to medicine and physicians, per se. Jesus Himself said that physicians are needed for those who are sick (Matt.9:12).
My concerns are with certain current medical attitudes and practices, especially, the over-reliance on pharmaceuticals and over-eagerness to recommend unnecessary surgical procedures (like many hysterectomies and C-sections, for example).
I have several friends who are godly medical practicioners, and to whom I would gladly go if ever I needed medical procedures done on me, but in general, our culture has come to rely upon doctors to a degree that ought to be reserved for our faith in God. Very often, we are like King Asa, who "even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians" (2 Chron.16:12).
The attitude of the medical field, in general (apart from those courageous individual physicians who resist this trend), is to assume that any procedure that our technology enables us to do, should be done. Abortion, transgenderal surgery, stem-cell research, organ harvesting, cloning and much of the routine vaccinating of infants, come immediately to mind. Some of these practices are opposed by all Christians, and others are controversial even among us, but all of them are of questionable wisdom and morality. Nonetheless, they are monetarily profitable practices, and are likely to be with us for a long time to come.
We can clearly see the non-Christian agendas in some of these more-obviously-immoral practices. Therefore, we cannot assume that medical science will be very concerned about Christian morality in general, and practitioners may advocate procedures that are less glaringly wrong, but still morally questionable. Thus it behoves Christians to be discerning and selective in their choices of medical treatments.
In a culture where science is "god," its practitioners are the priesthood. Medical science, in particular, is capable of holding great sway over those who fear nothing so much as their inevitable mortality, and who will follow any procedure and spare no expense to prolong their sorry earthly existence a few more days.
Many doctors are offended if their patients express doubts about a suggested procedure that they have recommended. They are not to be questioned. They are the priesthood of the religion of medical science.
Many doctors have too much confidence in the pharmaceutical solutions to human problems, and ignore spiritual solutions, or even nutritional solutions which God has provided in nature. Perhaps the fault lies not so much with the physicians (who usually are just doing what they have been taught to do), but with the pharmaceutical companies, who push their wares on the public and on the physicians alike, and who disseminate disinformation regarding the safeness and efficacy of non-pharmaceutical remedies. If good health can be maintained by spiritual and natural means, without their prescriptions, this challenges their monopoly on the health care industry. This may adversely impact both their pride and their pocketbooks.
As I said, I have no problem using a doctor's legitimate services (e.g., the setting of a broken bone), and I have often consulted Christian friends who are physicians about health concerns relevant to myself or family members. I am thankful to God that such resources are available, when needed. Just like the leaders of the church, doctors provide a service to be tapped in time of need, but Christians should not allow them to usurp the role that belongs to God alone in their lives.
A couple of interesting websites on nutritional and natural health are given below (I am recommending them only for the information they contain. I am not selling or recommending their products). If any forum readers know some other websites of similar value, please feel free to post them.
http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com
http://www.survivalvitamins.com 
. I don't think being relaxed has much to do with demons, infact the greatest crimes of humanity, the most demonic and evil, were commited by people who werenat the highest level of awareness and consciouness.