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Alternative medicine and heavy metal poisoning
Science Centric, Bulgaria
However, it will have little impact on medicines prescribed by traditional practitioners, imported personally from overseas or bought over the Internet. Consultant Clinical Toxicologist Dr Paul Dargan of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London is working with colleagues there and Dr Indika Gawarammana of the Faculty of Medicine and South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, to investigate the risks of heavy metals found in Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient practice based on five elements and stresses spiritual balance as well as the use of herbal remedies for a wide range of illnesses. In India, there are more than 12,000 Ayurvedic colleges and hospital. There, almost 80% of the population uses Ayurvedic and other traditional medicines, often exclusively. The use of Ayurvedic medicines has become popular in North America, Europe and Australasia and has spread beyond the cultural and ethnic populations from which the traditional medicine practices originated. Dargan and colleagues point out that there have been numerous reports of clinically significant heavy metal poisoning related to its use.
New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Centers Target …
National Institutes of Health (press release)
The new centers will add to knowledge about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches and their potential in treating and preventing diseases and conditions that are common among Americans. In NCCAM’s CERC program, highly accomplished researchers across a variety of disciplines apply cutting-edge technology to projects in CAM. The new centers and their projects are as follows. Wisconsin Center for the Neuroscience and Psychophysiology of Meditation
Principal Investigator: Richard J.
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Alternative Medicine Joins Cancer Fight
WDSU, LA
We put the needles in, we take the needles out. So, it’s not like surgery,” said Terrence Mason, owner and operator of the Oriental Bodywork and Acupuncture Clinic. But alternative medicine comes at a price. Frisch and Marchand said that very few insurance companies cover the cost of treatment. Despite Frisch’s seemingly good health, she has recurrent ovarian cancer. “Right now, I’m using the Western methods just for the blood tests and scans, just to kind of keep an eye on what’s going on internally,” Frisch said. Although UW doctors have told Frisch she has ovarian cancer once again and she should feel sick, Frisch said she feels great, which makes her think the treatments are working.