The News Review:
- Qaim asks researchers to look for safe medical alternatives
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine is rapidly increasing
- Acupuncture adopted by patients seeking new types of treatment
Qaim asks researchers to look for safe medical alternatives
The Post, Pakistan
Government would support measures to help Eastern Medicine flourish in the country besides offering due status to its qualified practitioners, assured the chief minister. President, Hamdard Foundation -Pakistan, Saadia Rashid in her address said hindrances linked to easy accessibility of quality medical care to all Pakistanis was linked to poor planning. She identified insufficient resources and inadequate application of that which was available; reluctance to incorporate alternative medicine in national health programmes and little utilization of local herbs and dependence for its imports on foreign countries as some of the major factors preventing people to make use of alternative medicine. “There was no reason to exclude alternative medicine for health programs as Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has already approved its relevance and many universities in Pakistan were imparting its education,” said Saadia Rashid.
Use of complementary and alternative medicine is rapidly increasing
Nursing Times, UK
Britons spend £130m a year on complementary treatments and it is estimated this will exceed more than £200m over the next four years according to The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health. The term complementary and alternative medicine refers to any therapy that is not provided by orthodox health professionals like doctors, nurses and dentists. However, some techniques, for example massage therapy, are now being included in nurses’ training. The Cochrane Collaboration defines complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health systems of a particular society or culture in a given historical period.
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Acupuncture adopted by patients seeking new types of treatment
Lawrence Journal World, KS
Once a sufferer of frequent colds, chronic severe pain and sleepless nights, Kreider turned to acupuncture several years ago and now attributes it and other therapies to his improved health and taller stature. ?This is making a difference in my body,? he says. Acupuncture and other types of complementary and alternative medicine, such as massage therapy and meditation therapy, are growing areas in health care as consumers seek new ways to heal. ?The trends are positive and they continue to increase each year,? says Deena Khosh, a naturopathic doctor and research assistant professor at the Kansas University Medical Center and KU Hospital, where faculty and staff are expanding an integrative medicine program that will offer acupuncture and other services. Khosh says the movement is consumer-driven. ?People are starting to take an active role in their health,? she says. ?They?re wanting to do things on their own to help improve their health.