Monthly Archives: June 2009

Taking the high road: Boulder medical-marijuana clinic celebrates … – Daily Camera


Taking the high road: Boulder medical-marijuana clinic celebrates ...
Daily Camera
Jay Epstein prepares buds of marijuana for sale at the newly opened Boulder Alternative Medicine on Wednesday. ...

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Boise, Idaho Acupuncture Clinic Now Accepting Insurance – PR Web (press release)


Boise, Idaho Acupuncture Clinic Now Accepting Insurance
PR Web (press release), WA
Boise, ID (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- In the United States, approximately 38 percent of adults (about 4 in 10) and approximately 12 percent of children (about 1 in 9) are using some form of complementary and alternative medicine. ...

Well, Well, Well: Really crazy talk – VUE Weekly


Well, Well, Well: Really crazy talk
VUE Weekly
I don't watch Oprah, but to say her show is deserving of the adjective "seamy" for hosting advocates of alternative medicine and to refer to those people as ...

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Acupuncture, herbal medicine become more popular in US – Xinhua


Acupuncture, herbal medicine become more popular in US
Xinhua
Dr. Yu's remarks echoed the recent press reports that alternative medicine is finding wider acceptance by doctors, insurers and hospitals in the US People ...

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Eastern and Western explanations for how acupuncture works – Examiner.com


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Eastern and Western explanations for how acupuncture works
Examiner.com
Like most alternative medicine, there are many theories but no one answer as to how and why acupuncture works. That it does work is pretty much a given, although it may not work for everyone. Animal studies demonstrate its effectiveness as well as ...
The Integrative Healing Society Creates Opportunities to Study ... PR Web (press release)
Acupuncture: hype or hope? Examiner.com
Down Economy Creates Need for Affordable Acupuncture PR Web (press release)
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Swallowing China's economic medicine – guardian.co.uk


Swallowing China's economic medicine
guardian.co.uk, UK
There is no alternative to communist rule, which is why I think it will be able to get away without applying the enlightenment values Will Hutton believes it needs to espouse. What Hu and Wen are doing is quite understandable. ...

Natural Sports Medicine: Cherry Juice Reduces Inflammation and Pain – Alternative Health Journal


Natural Sports Medicine: Cherry Juice Reduces Inflammation and Pain
Alternative Health Journal, California
... Sports Medicine conference in Seattle pointed to evidence that tart cherry juice might help maintain muscle strength for individuals suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic pain and fatigue disorder. Bob Condor blogs for Alternative Health Journal ...

FDA approved drugs – are they really safer than alternative medicines? – Examiner.com


FDA approved drugs - are they really safer than alternative medicines?
Examiner.com
The anti-alternative medicine camp is at it again, with new headlines popping up today referring to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as "unorthodox" and "mystical mumbo jumbo". (see recent article in the Idaho Statesman) The implication is ...

Our cash wasted on unproven medicine – Adelaidenow


Our cash wasted on unproven medicine
Adelaidenow
IS "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE" A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY? Have your say in the poll to the right of this page and in the comment box below. ...

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Article is not fair to alternative medicine – Chicago Daily Herald


Article is not fair to alternative medicine
Chicago Daily Herald
Ms. Marchione, however, seems to want to paint alternative medicine practitioners as a bunch of uneducated witch doctors. She also fails to cite the ...
Why no funding for heart disease cure?Chicago Daily Herald

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Herbal viagra' a hit, stocks run out – Times of India


Herbal viagra' a hit, stocks run out
Times of India, India
As 16 tonnes of the herb-based aphrodisiac Laboob Sageer' has been sold out in two months from a single outlet and as enquiries are pouring in from everywhere, the Tamil Nadu Medical Plant, Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd (Tampcol), ...

Reflexology helps to heal the body – Examiner.com


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Reflexology helps to heal the body
Examiner.com
It is a form of alternative medicine that heals the body by massaging certain parts of the feet (and sometimes the hands and ears) in a systematic order. This is sometimes called foot zoning. Each part of the foot has a correlating part of the body, ...

Acupuncture: hype or hope? – Examiner.com


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Acupuncture: hype or hope?
Examiner.com
According to the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the government information clearinghouse for all alternative medical treatments and therapies, "relatively few side effects have been reported. ...
The effectiveness of acupuncture Examiner.com
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Scientific validation of yoga – the science of alternative … – Examiner.com


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Scientific validation of yoga - the science of alternative ...
Examiner.com
This is the final piece in a series of articles examining the science behind alternative medicine. Today's focus is the scientific validation of yoga. Yoga stems from Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine from India. The practice of yoga involves ...

Integrative medicine: Alternative approach to thyroid? – Deseret News


Integrative medicine: Alternative approach to thyroid?
Deseret News
Have a question related to alternative medicine? E-mail fitnesssacbee.com.) You can be the first to comment on this story.

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Health notes: Exercise and carrots good, body fat bad, wine may be … – CalorieLab Calorie Counter News


Health notes: Exercise and carrots good, body fat bad, wine may be ...
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News, NV
The only exception found by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine was that ginger may be effective for nausea caused by chemotherapy. Acupuncture was also shown to be effective for some health problems, and yoga, meditation and ...

ICF Intl. Gets 5-Yr Deal Worth More Than $60 Mln From National … – RTT News


ICF Intl. Gets 5-Yr Deal Worth More Than $60 Mln From National ...
RTT News, NY
... and outreach initiatives for multiple NIH Institutes and Centers including the National Library of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the Office of Dietary Supplements, ...
ICF International Awarded Contract with NIH Valued at More Than $60M PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
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Dr. Manoj Jain: Alternative care isn't safe as a substitute – Memphis Commercial Appeal


Dr. Manoj Jain: Alternative care isn't safe as a substitute
Memphis Commercial Appeal, TN
But I was struck that this woman, whose job involves ensuring that hospital practices are supported by scientific evidence, had chosen to consult a provider of alternative medicine. "My teacher looks at me as a whole person," she explained. ...

Government investigates chelation-heart disease study – Martinsburg Journal


Government investigates chelation-heart disease study
Martinsburg Journal, WV
The $30 million study, with 1500 participants so far, is one of the largest alternative medicine experiments ever launched. It tests high doses of vitamin and mineral supplements and chelation, a treatment used for lead poisoning that has not been ...

$2.5B spent, cures elude – Martinsburg Journal


$2.5B spent, cures elude
Martinsburg Journal, WV
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is the third in an Associated Press series ...