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Mission starts integrative medicine program
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC
From massage therapy to acupuncture to chiropractic, Asheville boasts one of the highest concentrations of alternative medicine practitioners in North Carolina and the United States. But while the city is home to nearly 2 percent of all alternative ...

We won’t disparage herbal cures, but they must undergo scientific ...
The Punch, Nigeria
The minister said that the Federal Government was not averse to alternative medicine. He, however, said that cure claims should be proven. ”We won‘t disparage herbs, but they should be put to rigorous scientific tests.” ”That kind of discovery, ...

Hartford Courant

Does Acupuncture Work? Users Say Yes, But Evidence Is Thin
Hartford Courant, United States
A study published in December by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, found that 3.1 million adults and 150000 children used acupuncture in 2007, seeking relief from ailments ...

Holistic Veterinarian Joins Animal Spirit Network Faculty to Teach ...
PitchEngine (press release), WY
Dr. Gardner also has published articles on holistic animal care for alternative medicine journals, animal care publications and other animal magazines. She also authored a book to help foreign veterinarians pass the United States’ veterinary licensing ...

Cisco CTO Predicts Future Of Collaboration
ChannelWeb, NY
In this example, Warrior and Cisco's Sean Curtis, started with a search on alternative medicines, which led them to a Wikipedia page, then to different examples of alternative medicines and a list of doctors who practice alternative medicine. ...

Examiner.com

Alternative care for breast cancer: Sheryl Crow did, should you?
Examiner.com
When celebrities try an alternative medicine treatment such as acupuncture or herbal medicine for a serious disease like cancer, people pay attention. When Sheryl Crow was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a lumpectomy followed by seven weeks ...

Poppies for medicine?
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands
By Pieternel Gruppen Buy the complete harvest of poppies, support the cultivation of alternative crops or legalise opium for the production of medicines? The best way to fight the narcotics problem in Afghanistan has been the subject of debate for ...

Alternative approach benefits some people
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
Regarding "Here's Why It's Called Alternative Medicine," March 20 letter: I am aware of a number of physicians and patients who are very positively affected by complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Bob Ready states that "real medicine," is ...
OPINION: Let people choose what works for them DesMoinesRegister.com
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Promoting Malaysian Herbal Industry To Global Market
Bernama, Malaysia
Herbal Asia 2009 will showcase a diverse offering of herbal-based and alternative medicine and health products, medical and diagnostic machinery, including branding and packaging, health lifestyle offerings and services, raw and semi-finished herbal ...

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Taiwan Review, Taiwan
The study found that 75 percent of respondents had resorted to CHM, and that combining mainstream and alternative medicine had become common practice in Taiwan. "Individuals have already integrated the two on their own. Today, they use one method and ...

More medicine regulation
Business Day, South Africa
Neil Kirby: There’s two categories - one is alternative the other is traditional. In South Africa we have separate legislation for what is called African Traditional medicine that’s dealt with separately. Alternative medicine - which is not African ...

The plant called medicine (3)
The Guardian - Nigeria, Nigeria
Ginger is sometimes recommended as an alternative to aspirin for people who can not take aspirin because of its irritating effect on the gastrointestinal tract. With all the benefits to the average person, ginger should be included in the diet every ...

Health Notes, Indian River County, updated March 30
TCPalm, FL
A free lecture, "Lowering Cholesterol Naturally," will be given from 6 to 7 pm April 7 at Alternative Medicine Family Care Center, 3408 Aviation Blvd., Vero Beach. A complimentary lecture on Vascular Disease and Varicose Veins will be April 8 at 10:45 ...

Examiner.com

Best of the best in alternative medicine...Charlottes top ...
Examiner.com
Dr. Buttar practices integrative medicine to restore health to individuals suffering from neurological impairment, stroke, cancer, heart disease, autism spectrum disorders and numerous other conditions. His state of the art facility offers a broad ...

Alternative Treatment: More hospitals are mixing unconventional ...
Monroe News Star, LA
It's one of the more unusual types of therapies known as complementary and alternative medicine being offered more and more in hospitals. Nationally, one in four hospitals now offers therapies in complementary and alternative medicine to address ...

Millions Embrace Acupuncture But Evidence is Thin That it Works
The Ledger, FL
A study published in December by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a part of the National Institutes of Health, found that 3.1 million adults and 150000 children used acupuncture in 2007, seeking relief from ...

I love needles
Chapel Hill News, NC
According to unconventional wisdom of alternative medicine practitioners, my back would not likely heal without some sort of treatment. Rather, congestion and scar tissue would build up. The surrounding muscles would merely compensate for the failing ...

The Western Gazette

Breast Show organizer on inspirations, natural medicine and ...
The Western Gazette, Canada
“I’ma nurse with feet in ‘both doors’ — mainstream medicine and natural medicine,” Kennedy says. Besides being a sanctioned registered nurse, Kennedy is also a certified colon hydrotherapist and thermographer. Thermography is a digital imaging ...

Daily Mail

Dodgy Originals? This remedy from Prince Charles's company is more ...
Daily Mail, UK
However, this month Professor Edzard Ernst, one of Britain's leading experts in alternative medicine, said the detox tincture did not work. Prof Ernst, director of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter's Peninsula Medical School, ...

WCBD

Device proves option to warfarin in stroke study
Reuters
By Lewis Krauskopf ORLANDO, Fla., March 28 (Reuters) - A new device implanted in the heart proved in a large clinical study to be a potential alternative to a standard blood thinner for helping patients with irregular heart beats prevent stroke, ...
New Device Treats Common Heart Rhythm Disorder U.S. News & World Report
PROTECT-AF: Device closure of LAA may provide alternative to ... TheHeart.Org
New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation EfluxMedia News
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