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News on Alternative Medicine

The term alternative medicine encompasses any healing practice that does not fall within the realm of conventional, western medicine. Some examples of alternative medicine include naturopathy, chiropractic, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, massage therapy, homeopathy and acupuncture, in addition to a range of other practices.  Often these practices are used in conjunction with traditional, conventional medicine as a complementary therapy.

 

08/12/2009 - News

Americans Still Seeking Alternative Medicine Options

According to statistics released from a national health survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. adults spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on visits to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners and purchases of complementary and alternative medicine products, classes, and materials. Read more

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06/16/2009 - News

Quack Alert - Scrub the Selenium

The term "preclinical data" refers to information obtained from animal experiments, for the most part. And " observational studies" are just that - conclusions based on observations without any strong supporting evidence. Read more

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04/06/2009 - News

Hawthorn Extract for Heart Failure?

I usually write about herbal cures in my Saturday Quack, complaining that they don't work. But when they do, I'm happy to report it on a busy weekday. Read more

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04/03/2009 - News

Quack Alert - Akavar for Weight Loss

You've seen the ads - or you soon will. Read more

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02/16/2008 - News

Saturday Quack - Vitamins in Sodas

March is National Nutrition month, so it's appropriate that we arm ourselves against a new series of products that are about to be foisted on the American public - vitamin-loaded soft drinks. Read more

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02/02/2008 - News

Saturday Quack - Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy

Many women are, quite understandably, leery of taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), ever since the flap in July 2002 when results from the Women's Health Initiative study were reported. The study found statistically significant increases in rates of breast cancer, coronary heart disease, strokes and pulmonary emboli. Now HRT is usually limited to short-term use of combinations of progestins and equine estrogens that have been approved by the FDA. Read more

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02/01/2008 - News

Statins Aren't Perfect - They Don't Work in Alzheimer's

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the finding that statins reduce mortality in diabetics. Earlier I've written about the other good things statins can do, asking rhetorically if they are the 'new aspirin'. Well, in spite of some early promising findings, a report in the journal Neurology now shows that statins offer no protection against Alzheimer's disease. Read more

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01/30/2008 - News

Stomach Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes

Many patients with type 2 diabetes are obese, and are urged to lose weight as part of their treatment. An Australian study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers a new way to achieve relevant results. It involved gastric banding surgery, a common type of surgery for obese individuals. What was interesting about this study was the dramatic effect on diabetes in many of the patients. Read more

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01/26/2008 - News

Saturday Quack - Honey for Leg Ulcers?

On Saturdays I often post a short piece about debunking popular remedies that don't work as claimed. Read more

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01/02/2008 - News

Massage Relieves the Pain of Surgery

A team of doctors from Ann Arbor, Michigan, reporting in the Archives of Surgery, describe how a 20-minute back massage can help reduce the pain and anxiety that can follow major surgery. Read more

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