The News Review:
- Yes we CAM
- Is Alternative Medicine the New Mainstream?
- Regulate alternative medicine – HPC
Yes we CAM
Ottawa Citizen, Canada
Some CAM techniques and treatments have long been recognized by conventional medicine. Other practices and products have little or no value and may, in fact, cause harm. It’s easy to understand the appeal. CAM therapies and systems emphasize the whole patient, not just the diseased part.
Is Alternative Medicine the New Mainstream?
HealthNews, CA
The probability of users visiting an alternative medicine practitioner increased from 36. 3%, which totaled an estimated cost of over $21 billion, with at least $12 billion out-of-pocket, that is, paid by the patients themselves and not insurance companies. This increase was attributed to more people seeking complementary care, and not to more visits per patient. More than one-third of hospitals now offer one or more complementary therapies, according to a survey by the American Hospital Association completed last September.
Regulate alternative medicine – HPC
The Press Association
The professions are not currently subject to statutory regulation but the HPC formally recommended a system was introduced to make it easier to ensure people were “meeting standards”. HPC chief executive Marc Seale said: “The HPC has made a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Health advocating the regulation of acupuncturists, medical herbalists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. “The HPC was set up in order to protect the public and we strongly believe that statutory regulation can more effectively assure that practitioners are meeting standards and are fit to practise. “A Department of Health steering group report in June said regulation was “in the public interest”.
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