Alternative Medicine Alert articles from September 2004

Alternative Medicine Alert archives from September 2004

Away with seasonal allergies: butterbur (Petasites hybridus).
September 1, 2004... ALLERGY SEASON IS APPROACHING AND CLINICIANS OFTEN FIND themselves in the position of helping their patients negotiate the various pharmacologic and behavioral therapies, balancing side effects and inconveniences along the road to (hopefully) a...

Faltering promise: vitamin E and heart disease.
September 1, 2004... UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN human health has grown considerably in recent years. With it has grown interest in the potential benefit of antioxidants for disease prevention. As the leading cause of death in the United...

Reiki: a subtle, vibrational energy therapy.
September 1, 2004... REIKI (PRONOUNCED RAY KEE), IS A SUBTLE VIBRATIONAL, energy therapy most commonly facilitated by light touch. Reiki is believed to strengthen the body's ability to heal itself and balance a person's biofield. (1) The biofield is "an energy...

CME questions.
September 1, 2004... CME Instructions: Physicians participate in this continuing medical education program by reading the articles, using the provided references for further research, and studying the CME questions. Participants should select what they believe to...

Multivitamins and AIDS.(Clinical Briefs)
September 1, 2004... Source: Fawzi WW, et al. A randomized trial of multivitamin supplements and HIV disease progression and mortality. N Engl J Med 2004;351:23-32. Goal: To determine whether vitamin and/or micronutrient supplementation has a beneficial effect...

A new portrait of CAM use in the United States.
September 1, 2004... THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND RELIABLE FINDINGS TO DATE ON AMERICANS' USE OF COMPLEMENTARY and alternative medicine (CAM) were released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Center...