The News Review:
- Kids find a new way to adjust: Chiropractors
- Alternative medicine to the rescue
- Herbal remedies skyrocket as health care cost rise
- Using alternative medicine to treat common ailments
Kids find a new way to adjust: Chiropractors
USA Today
Even practitioners such as Hewitt president of the American Chiropractic Association’s council on pediatrics concede their work is not backed by the kinds of studies that would be required if chiropractic care were a drug. As the government report noted “there is insufficient proof that (alternative practices) are safe and effective. ” The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine which released the report was created to fill the research gap. Chiropractors say they welcome the scrutiny. Hewitt says: “I wish there were more high-level studies. ” But she also says she is comfortable treating kids based on preliminary research 100 years of chiropractic history and her own experiences. Harm is ‘rare but possible’ ne large safety review published in 2007 did find a few serious injuries in children including one death from a brain bleed and one case of paralysis.
Alternative medicine to the rescue
San Francisco Chronicle USA
tmpl –> If only this country had a cheap easily accessible system where wellness and long-term prevention could be attended to? We do have such a system. It’s called alternative medicine. For decades mainstream medicine has looked on CAM — complementary and alternative medicine as the government labels it — with barely disguised suspicion. CAM has managed to squeeze into medical school curriculums just barely. At last count 64% of medical schools including all the elite ones offer courses outside mainstream disciplines. But only a fraction of a young doctor’s education is devoted to alternative treatment which should bother the American public since this small fraction includes minimal hours spent learning about prevention and wellness.
Herbal remedies skyrocket as health care cost rise
Tribune Review PA
Tell your doctor or other health care provider any time you plan to use an alternative treatment; recognize that these products can sometimes interfere with other drugs and may even cause dangerous side effects. Find out if your insurance health plan covers alternative medicines; many don’t. Check out the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine’s Web site.
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Using alternative medicine to treat common ailments
Stamford Advocate CT
The results indicate that use of nontraditional remedies is similar to people’s practices in 2002 the last time the survey was conducted. However respondents indicated a greater use of acupuncture yoga meditation and massage than the previous results. In the past two years Stamford and Greenwich hospitals have opened centers that provide what many call integrative care such as acupuncture yoga reflexology nutritional counseling and other therapies. Norwalk Hospital offers similar services throughout various programs at the hospital.