The News Review:
- Drug Combo for Hypertension May Be Safer Than Recommended Alternative
- New surgeon general should back alternative medicine
- Research and Markets: 2008 Integrative Medicine and Dietary …
Drug Combo for Hypertension May Be Safer Than Recommended Alternative
New York Times United States
The findings raise questions about treatment guidelines developed by the Joint National Committee on Prevention Detection Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure the researchers said. The guidelines recommend starting treatment for high blood pressure with a single pill preferably a diuretic and then adding other drugs if necessary. (Many patients cannot control their blood pressure with just one medicine. )“The important message is that the government recommends a drug that provides 20 percent less benefit than we found” in an alternate therapy said Dr. Kenneth Jamerson lead author of the study and a professor of internal medicine at.
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New surgeon general should back alternative medicine
Buffalo News United States
For me and my patients drugs are not the only answer. And my patients are not alone in wanting a choice besides medication. Barack Obama should heed this complaint and appoint a surgeon general who takes alternative medicine seriously. The public is far ahead of medical experts and politicians on alternative medicine. A Harvard Medical School survey done 10 years ago found that more than 40 percent of Americans used some form of alternative medicine. It’s probably higher today. The study found that Americans spent as much out of pocket for alternative treatments as they did for conventional health care.
Research and Markets: 2008 Integrative Medicine and Dietary …
MarketWatch
researchandmarkets. In this 32-page issue we offer a breakdown of 2007 U. Complementary and Alternative Medicine sales data and provides a detailed analysis of new integrative medicine on the market today. Features inside this title: Dietary supplements stand to benefit as consumers practitioners focus on preventing disease before it takes hold Facing pressure from students and patients universities are incorporating integrative therapies into the curriculum for tomorrow’s doctors We chat with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine’s new director Research into the cost effectiveness of complementary therapies is crucial to improving coverage experts say Q&A with the medical director and founder of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine CAM use in general is widespread and growing in U.