News tagged with alternative medicine
More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'
Dec 17, 2009 |
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The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.
Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...
Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remedies
Nov 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It's another example of how alternative medicine has become ...
FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.
Calif. doc who hailed herbal cancer cure arrested
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dr. Christine Daniel promised to her patients what many considered the improbable - the chance to cure cancer through an herbal treatment.
Alternative medicine use increasing for patients suffering with chronic rhinosinusitis
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A new study suggests that a growing segment of patients are turning to complementary and alternative medical therapies to help treat the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).
In vitro fertilization less successful with alternative fertility treatments
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine.
New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, ...
Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the previous 12 months, according to a 2007 government survey1. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, p ...
Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal investigation has found problems with a controversial study of an alternative medicine treatment for heart attack victims.
Alternative medicine goes mainstream
Jun 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that ...
German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2009 |
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German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.
Survey explores medical care for children with autism using complementary alternative medicine
Mar 12, 2009 |
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In a national survey conducted by the University of Minnesota, primary care physicians report that they are more likely to ask patients with autism about complementary alternative medicine (CAM) use and desire more CAM education ...
