criticism on posts on this group

[Clemens Suter-Crazzolara]

Hello,

I joined this group about a year ago, left it again and rejoined
a few weeks back. Reason: I am new to the field and was hoping
to get a lot of info. However, what I have noticed is that about
50% of all the posts deal with people who ask for advice because
a relative/friend has a disease that I never heard of before.
I feel compassion for these people, and I think that they should be
helped, but isn't our newsgroup really thought to be for
scientific questions ?

What is your opinion on this ? What can we do to solve it ?

Clemens, Heidelberg