Monthly Archives: May 2009

As a woman is hypnotised into believing she's had surgery: Yes … – Daily Mail


As a woman is hypnotised into believing she's had surgery: Yes ...
Daily Mail, UK
Does this show that modern medicine is a sham and we need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to our understanding of the human body? First, we must recognise that the term 'alternative medicine' is misleading. There is medicine which works ...

Back pain patients to be offered acupuncture on the NHS – Daily Mail


Back pain patients to be offered acupuncture on the NHS
Daily Mail, UK
NICE's green light for alternative medicine comes despite the fact that two years ago it turned down drugs for people with moderate Alzheimer's disease, costing just £2.50 a day. It also turned down bowel cancer drugs Avastin and Erbitux. ...

Sunburn: ten natural remedies – Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Sunburn: ten natural remedies
Examiner.com
... such as lidocaine or benzocaine. There is little evidence that they work, and they can irritate the skin. Want to read more articles by the Phoenix Alternative Medicine Examiner? Please subscribe at the top of this column to receive e-mail updates.

Miracle Rattlesnake Cure? – KTLA


Miracle Rattlesnake Cure?
KTLA, CA
Dr. Hirt says more than 90 percent of cancer patients are using some form of alternative medicine, and that it makes sense. "We are using venoms from many different plants and animals in medicine. We think that these venoms that we purify in western ...

NHS to promote acupuncture for back pain – Telegraph.co.uk


NHS to promote acupuncture for back pain
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
Professor David Colquhoun, research fellow in pharmacology at University College London, and a leading opponent of the alternative medicine industry, said: "This is an official endorsement of mumbo jumbo and the implications of that are terrible, ...

Here's what's in those weight-loss supplements – Los Angeles Times


Here's what's in those weight-loss supplements
Los Angeles Times, CA
The NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine says there "have been reports of fainting, heart attack and stroke in healthy people after taking bitter orange supplements alone or combined with caffeine. ...

Leader defends group in spotlight in chemo dispute – guardian.co.uk


Leader defends group in spotlight in chemo dispute
guardian.co.uk, UK
The attention on Landis concerns some in the field of alternative medicine. "A lot of people are attaching themselves to the alternative medicine field," said Lorenzo Cohen, director of the Integrative Medicine Program at the MD Anderson Cancer Center ...

Choice in healthcare- including alternative medicine practices – Creative Loafing Tampa


Choice in healthcare- including alternative medicine practices
Creative Loafing Tampa, FL
The Flexner Report was commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation and completed in 1913 by Abraham Flexner, an educator. It was the foundation of “evidence-based medicine” that led to the dismantling of alternative health care in the US.

Environmental illness and its treatment – Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Environmental illness and its treatment
Examiner.com
A recent article took a brief look at the issue of clinical ecology (http://www.examiner.com/x-7281-Detroit-Alternative-Medicine-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Clinical-ecology-briefly-explained), introducing the concept of an alternative medical approach to ...

New Age Therapies Help Oncology Patients at New York Hospital – Nurse.com


New Age Therapies Help Oncology Patients at New York Hospital
Nurse.com, VA
As time goes on, more and more people are choosing alternative medicine therapies in conjunction with traditional medicine. We believe that this can be an important adjunct to care that can enhance the healing process.” Beth Israel offers integrative ...

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine buys building in Tempe … – Phoenix Business Journal


Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine buys building in Tempe ...
Phoenix Business Journal, AZ
The use of naturopathic care among American adults increased by 50 percent between 2002 and 2007, according to a study released by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. As of December 2008, 38 percent of American adults had ...

Father of missing boy: 'Please bring Danny home' – In-Forum


USA Today

Father of missing boy: 'Please bring Danny home'
In-Forum, ND
The St. Paul-based National Health Freedom Coalition, which assists legal efforts nationwide to increase access to alternative medicine, called the Hausers "heroes for health freedom" in a statement on the case. "When it comes to alternative medicine ...
Video: Search Continues for Mom, Cancer-stricken Son The Associated Press
Boy Who Traded Chemo for Alternative Medicine Leaves Town Beliefnet.com
Americans often seek cancer treatment in Mexico Minnesota Public Radio
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Ginkgo biloba: Can it prevent memory loss? – MayoClinic.com


Ginkgo biloba: Can it prevent memory loss?
MayoClinic.com
Accessed March 3, 2009. Kelly BJ, et al. Alternative medicine and Alzheimer disease. Neurologist. 2008;14:299. Birks J, et al. Ginkgo biloba for cognitive impairment and dementia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007:CD003120.

Survivor's dad roots for chemo kid on lam – Boston Herald


Survivor's dad roots for chemo kid on lam
Boston Herald, United States
The Hausers are part of a Native American religion whose followers believe in natural medicine. Authorities said the mother and son were spotted Tuesday in Southern California and said they believe the duo may be headed to Mexico for alternative ...

Top 5 reasons to consider alternative medicine – Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Top 5 reasons to consider alternative medicine
Examiner.com
The following are 5 reasons why you may want to consider looking into alternative healthcare: 1. Gentle and Natural - Alternative Medicine practices (also known as complementary medicine or natural healthcare) tend to be gentle and non-invasive. ...

Acupuncture Relieves Lower Back Pain Better Than Traditional … – Natural News.com


Acupuncture Relieves Lower Back Pain Better Than Traditional ...
Natural News.com, AZ
"The findings of this research show that acupuncture-like treatments, including simulated acupuncture, can elicit positive responses," said Josephine P. Briggs, MD, director of National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. ...

Woman died of natural causes despite dose of of pain-reliever – Irish Times


Woman died of natural causes despite dose of of pain-reliever
Irish Times, Ireland
Dr Stephen Higgins, a consultant in palliative medicine from Our Lady's Hospice in Dublin, told the Dublin county coroner the 65-year-old patient received “a 48-hour dose within one hour”. The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of ...

Medical Board – StarNewsOnline.com


Medical Board
StarNewsOnline.com, NC
I am a Harvard trained physician and was on the faculty of the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill for 24 years before leaving to practice alternative medicine which I find generally considerably safer and often more effective than more conventional ...

'Reorganizational Healing' Model Puts Emphasis On Self-awareness … – Science Daily (press release)


'Reorganizational Healing' Model Puts Emphasis On Self-awareness ...
Science Daily (press release)
This is a manuscript that deserves study in all teaching and therapeutic institutions," says Dr. Kim A. Jobst, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Describing ROH as "a health change model whose time has come," ...

Rural Adults Seek Complementary Med Courses – UNM Today


Rural Adults Seek Complementary Med Courses
UNM Today, NM
“Higher Education as an Alternative Point of Access to Holistic Health” is being published in the May 2009 issue of thejournal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine(one of the main peer-reviewed journals in the field). ...