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ACR: Arthritis Patients Seek Alternative Treatments – MedPage Today


ACR: Arthritis Patients Seek Alternative Treatments
MedPage Today
"Complementary and alternative medicines use was highly prevalent in this cohort," Tamahane told MedPage Today, "even in patients with early disease. Healthcare providers need to be aware of the patients' use of these complementary medications, ...

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Traditional Chinese Medicine part of Promises Treatment Center wellness plans – Monsters and Critics.com


Monsters and Critics.com

Traditional Chinese Medicine part of Promises Treatment Center wellness plans
Monsters and Critics.com
Approximately 38 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the US use some form of complementary and alternative medicine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2007 National Health Interview Survey. ...
Promises Addiction Treatment Centers Expands Holistic & Integrative Therapies ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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The Limits of Magical Thinking – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)


Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

The Limits of Magical Thinking
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, is currently writing a book on the history of alternative medicine. He ascribes its rise to the more individualized approach and to the way it fits into the popular ...

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Book Review: Alternative Medicine-The Definitive Guide – Blogcritics.org (blog)


Book Review: Alternative Medicine-The Definitive Guide
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Alternative Medicine-The Definitive Guide by Trivieri, Anderson and Burton Goldberg is a comprehensive volume covering the different protocols for many disease processes including modalities like acupuncture, chelation, vitamins, whole foods and ...

Did Alternative Medicine Kill Steve Jobs? – MedPage Today (blog)


MedPage Today (blog)

Did Alternative Medicine Kill Steve Jobs?
MedPage Today (blog)
As first reported by Peter Elkind in 2008, Seve Jobs decided to think different, declined surgery, and explored alternative medicine treatments for his disease. Nine months later, in July 2004, the tumor had grown. Only then would he allow his doctors ...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Patients with Chronic Fatigue … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)


Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Patients with Chronic Fatigue ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Throughout the world, patients with chronic diseases/illnesses use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). The use of CAM is also substantial among patients with diseases/illnesses of unknown aetiology. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), ...

Alternative Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Study – French Tribune


French Tribune

Alternative Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Study
French Tribune
The researcher is looking forward to receive a grant on the use of the medicine. If approved, the medicine will be the next alternative treatment available to nations like Canada and the US, earlier vaccinations were the only source to cure the disease ...

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Penicillin shortage spurs supply probe – The Australian


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Penicillin shortage spurs supply probe
The Australian
... few conditions where a broad-spectrum antibiotic would be the alternative". Australian National University infectious diseases expert Peter Collignon said it was "ridiculous" that this and other essential medicines could not be readily supplied. ...
Penicillin shortage sparks superbug fearsSydney Morning Herald
AMA concerned about penicillin shortageABC Online
CSL Limited : Restricted Supply of BenPen™4-traders (press release)
Herald Sun
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Alternative and Complementary Medicine Use Rising – News Junky Journal (press release)


Alternative and Complementary Medicine Use Rising
News Junky Journal (press release)
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released new findings that Americans' use of ...

Leukaemia patients given hope by NHS drugs watchdog – Telegraph.co.uk


Leukaemia patients given hope by NHS drugs watchdog
Telegraph.co.uk
But Nice is continuing to refuse to recommend that NHS managers fund two other alternative treatments for the disease. Mike Hobday, Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “It is good news that Nice has approved nilotinib for cancer patients ...

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Integrative/alternative medicine in France? – Expat Forum


Integrative/alternative medicine in France?
Expat Forum
Are there alternative or integrative medicine MD's in France? Are they hard to find if so? How about doctors focusing on preventive medicine, avoidance of disease, nutritional supplements, etc. some are called functional medicine specialists in the US? ...

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Research Looks at CAM Use by People with Chronic Disease – Massage Magazine


Research Looks at CAM Use by People with Chronic Disease
Massage Magazine
The Adult Core Sample, Person and Adult Complementary and Alternative Medicine data files were included. NHIS's complete survey design structure (strata, cluster and survey weights) was applied in generating national population estimates for CAM usage. ...