The News Review:
- Critique of arguments against complementary medicine
- Relaxation Training May Improve Control Of Hard-to-treat Systolic…
- Private lives of the mob
- Hello suckers! Demi Moore uses blood-sucking leeches as a beauty…
- Sacramento doctor takes unconventional approach to autism
Critique of arguments against complementary medicine
Khaleej Times – Mar 29, 2008
It seems the aim of some of these authors is to finish off a burgeoning health industry that they believe is based on charlatans and quacks preying on the gullible and desperate. The books reflect the growing exasperation in some quarters that public opinion is not as amenable to persuasion and scientific evidence as they would hope. The language gets lurid; the mood music to pronouncements on complementary medicine is increasingly alarmist – we are living in dangerous times, an un-Enlightenment looms as tides of irrationality threaten to overwhelm the palisades erected by science. “Reason is a precious but fragile thing,” declared Richard Dawkins in his series, The Enemies of Reason, last autumn.
Relaxation Training May Improve Control Of Hard-to-treat Systolic…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 29, 2008
If we can train those patients to elicit the relaxation response, we may be able to delay or even avoid the onset of hypertension, improving their cardiovascular health, reducing dependence on medications and potentially reducing overall health care costs. The study appears in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Additional co-authors of the report are Patricia Hibberd, MD, PhD, Bei-Hung Chang, ScD, Kathryn Dusek, Jennifer Johnston, MD, and Ann Wohlhueter of the Benson-Henry Institute, and Beverly Buczynski, RN, MGH Cardiology. The study was supported by grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The Benson-Henry Institute has benefited from the interest and support of John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox. Adapted from materials provided by.
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Private lives of the mob
The Australian – Mar 29, 2008
When people’s spirit no good, maparn can clean their inside. They should see maparn first, then go to hospital. "
Lengthy discussions with the mob have resulted in tentative plans for a health centre that combines Western medicine with alternative therapies, including the use of the Martu’s spiritual healing. Lewis simply points out to disbelievers that conventional medicine alone has made halting inroads into physical and mental illnesses, and that whitefella diets are killing people. "A lot of people were born before whitefella contact, and they are the ones who seem to live longer. The ones brought up on a whitefella diet die young. "
When Lewis eventually left the desert she "felt an enormous sense of responsibility on my shoulders to get this book out in time, before the old people passed away.
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Hello suckers! Demi Moore uses blood-sucking leeches as a beauty…
dailymail.co.uk – Mar 29, 2008
That said, when a mother of three who has managed to bag aHollywood hottie 15 years her junior reveals her beauty secrets,you can't help but sit up and take notice. According to Demi, leeches are great for detoxifying your bloodand, although I'd always thought that the liver and the kidneysdid a fairly good job of that, I'm happy to try anything thatmay help. So that's why I'm in Vienna. I have come to see Dr PetraZizenbacher, who specialises in herbal medicines and alternativetherapies such as cupping, used by Gwyneth Paltrow, and, of course,leech therapy… According to Demi, leeches are great for detoxifying your bloodand, although I'd always thought that the liver and the kidneysdid a fairly good job of that, I'm happy to try anything thatmay help. So that's why I'm in Vienna. I have come to see Dr PetraZizenbacher, who specialises in herbal medicines and alternativetherapies such as cupping, used by Gwyneth Paltrow, and, of course,leech therapy. Dr Zizenbacher, who trained as a conventional doctor and went onto study naturopathy, has been using leeches on her patients formore than ten years but says that, in the wrong hands, it can bedangerous. "Here in Austria, even in the last year, people have diedfrom leech therapy. "And with that cheery thought, she introduces me to the creaturesthat will be using my body as their own personal tabled'hote. Dr Zizenbacher produces a large glass jar with a pierced lidcontaining pebbles and some clear water.
Sacramento doctor takes unconventional approach to autism
Sacramento Bee – Mar 29, 2008
“Within a couple of days of taking my younger boy off milk, he went from not looking anyone in the eye, to giving eye contact,” he said. “That told us something. “Chez understands why parents like Kaminski choose alternative medical treatments, but remains skeptical. “People don’t have faith in medicine and want a quick fix and a miracle cure,” Chez said. “I would do all these things if they actually worked. “Regardless of the professional differences, Hendren said Chez’s book may help bridge some of the chasms between the various philosophies and medical approaches to the disorder. “By taking a thoughtful look at a wide variety of treatments,” he said, “parents will have a better opportunity to make informed decisions about what they want to try.