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Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
Ancient Healing Arts
Our Dec. 2 cover story on alternative medicine moved many readers to share their own positive experiments with "old, experienced ways of healing." Some wrote in praise of homeopathy; one missed the mention of ayurveda. But a naysayer chided, "Get medicine back under scientific authority."
Miracle Cures or Quackery?
As a practitioner of alternative medicine, I thought your Dec. 2 cover story, "The Science of Alternative Medicine," looked like it had been sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry. Alternative doctors are colorfully painted as nutty, their therapies as dangerous. Thousands of years of experience in Chinese, ...
- Alternative medicine: from new age to mainstream.
- Magazine article from: Montana Business Quarterly Seninger, Steve December 22, 1998 700+ words
...of benign prostatic hyperplasia, alternative medicine is growing in popularity. Alternative medicine, once considered a new age approach...have been using nontraditional, alternative medicine modalities such as chiropractic...
- Alternative Medicine on the Rise.
- Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review January 1, 1997 700+ words
In recent years, alternative medicine has produced a devout following...have begun to recognize alternative medicine as a legitimate field and...students, and patients. Alternative medicine has become so widespread...
- Alternative Medicine: More Than A Harmless Option.
- Magazine article from: Journal of School Health Lamarine, Roland J. March 1, 2001 700+ words
...2) explore selected features of alternative medicine; 3) compare and contrast alternative...that no harm results from using alternative medicine; and 6) offer recommendations...related to inappropriate use of alternative medicine. BACKGROUND Several sources provide...
- Oxford launches alternative medicine network.
- Newspaper article from: Disease State Management March 1, 1998 700+ words
Oxford launches alternative medicine network Program helps providers...million members were using alternative medicine services such as acupuncture...the United States to offer alternative medicine coverage. Now the Norwalk...
- Reportlinker Adds Global Alternative Medicine Industry.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 30, 2009 700+ words
...Reportlinker Adds Global Alternative Medicine Industry http://www...Reportlinker-Adds-Global-Alternative-Medicine-Industry.html The global outlook series on Alternative Medicine provides anecdotes, market...
- Galveston, Texas, University Brings Alternative Medicine to Its Curriculum.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 20, 2003 700+ words
...students the opportunity to learn about alternative medicine -- from acupuncture to herbs...develop strategies for encouraging alternative medicine education, research and practice...teach medical students to practice alternative medicine, but to teach them to be the intermediary...
- Science, Faith, and Alternative Medicine.
- Magazine article from: Policy Review DWORKIN, RONALD W. August 1, 2001 700+ words
...nothing more than superstition. Alternative medicine is not a recent phenomenon, and...000 years. What today is called alternative medicine covers a wide range of disciplines...healing. Still, the definition of alternative medicine is just as confusing as the science...
- Alternative Medicine
- Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2008 700+ words
Alternative Medicine Alternative medicine is defined as the medical and therapeutic techniques...organizations. The National Institutes of Health classifies alternative medicine as an unrelated group of non-orthodox therapeutic practices...
