The News Review:
- Without research Nigeria’s alternative medicine can’t develop …
- Health Buzz: Curbing Childhood besity and ther Health News
- Alternative medicine increasingly popular among Americans
- Consumers get sweet on herbal meds
- Can city combine natural and traditional medicine?
- YourHealth: Healing with pin pricks
- Redwoods Rural a good fit for Dr. Wendy Joiner
Without research Nigeria’s alternative medicine can’t develop …
The Punch Nigeria -
? Recently the Chairman of the National Association of Industrial Pharmacists Mr. Emmanuel Ekunno said that the group would work with relevant authorities to stop such claims. Unlike China and India alternative medicine in Nigeria is devoid of science. Artemisinin a new malarial drug was extracted from a traditional plant. For thousands of years Artemisia (a Chinese plant) was used by Chinese herbalists in the treatment of skin diseases and malaria. The Chinese government started a research into the plant in 1960 and in 1972 a Chinese researcher discovered artemisinin which is now used globally to treat malaria. Such collaboration does not exist between Nigerian scientists and alternative medicine practitioners.
Health Buzz: Curbing Childhood besity and ther Health News
U.S. News & World Report DC -
Membership in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association in Bel Air Md. has more than doubled in the past decade to about 2000 and hundreds of other vets have been certified in these therapies. Meanwhile top veterinary schools such as those at Tufts University and Colorado State University have been developing programs in. "I believe in a team approach across the disciplines" says Regina Schwabe who integrates 30-plus years of clinical veterinary experience with advanced training in acupuncture chiropractic and homeopathy at Pamplin Animal Wellness Services in Pamplin Va.
Alternative medicine increasingly popular among Americans
Personal Liberty Digest Alabama -
Almost 40 percent of adults and over 10 percent of children sought alternative medicine help for a range of health problems – such as chronic back pain – in 2007 according to a joint survey by the National Institutes of Health and the U. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr Josephine Briggs director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the NIH says she was struck at these numbers adding that people also seek complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy to treat neck pain musculoskeletal pain and headaches. Therapies most often used in CAM to threat pain include chiropractic care acupuncture as well as massage.
Consumers get sweet on herbal meds
The Keene Sentinel NH -
“Nonvitamin nonmineral natural products” including fish oil and herbal medicines were the most commonly used alternatives taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007 the report said. Among those users roughly a quarter said they delayed or didn’t get conventional medical care because of the cost. Report co-author Richard Nahin of the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine offered cautionary advice on the topic. People taking herbal and other supplements should let their doctor know what they’re using said Nahin acting director of the center’s branch that oversees outside research the agency funds. Supplements and other alternative treatments don’t require rigorous testing and government approval. They also can interfere with prescription drugs and combined can be life-threatening in rare cases Nahin said. His agency also conducts its own research on alternative medicine and offers information about some of the most popular products at its Web site.
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Can city combine natural and traditional medicine?
Business Gazette MD -
While nothing is certain regarding what services will be provided after the hospital moves Stocks did not rule out a potential partnership with naturopaths. "We would like to see some form of this [integrated approach] on this campus" he said. "You wouldn't want to talk about alternative medicine by itself and I think in the future you're not going to want to think about traditional medicine by itself you're going to want to think about the two and how they work together. … They just fit. "While initial reaction to the idea of an integrated medical facility in the city was positive the actual implementation of such a system remains speculative. nly 15 states or districts in the United States recognize naturopathic medicine as a legitimate system and Maryland isn't one of them. Wu said she's hoping to change that.
YourHealth: Healing with pin pricks
New Straits Times Malaysia -
The first acupuncture clinic in the US is claimed to have been opened by Dr Yao Wu Lee in Washington DC on July 9th 1972. The Internal Revenue Service allowed acupuncture to be deducted as a medical expense beginning in 1973. The World Health rganisation the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the American Medical Association (AMA) and various government reports have studied and commented on the efficacy of acupuncture. There is general agreement that acupuncture is safe when administered by well-trained practitioners using sterile needles and that further research is appropriate. From Nov 3 to 5 1997 an independent panel of experts of the NIH Consensus Development Conference stated that “promising results have emerged showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult postoperative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in postoperative dental pain”. “There are other situations such as addiction stroke rehabilitation head-ache menstrual cramps tennis elbow fibromyalgia myofascial pain osteo-arthritis low back pain carpal tunnel syndrome and asthma in which acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management programme. “The conclusion of the NIH Consensus Statement was “There is sufficient evidence of acupuncture’s value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiology and clinical value.
Redwoods Rural a good fit for Dr. Wendy Joiner
Redwood Times CA -
”I wasn’t unhappy up there” she says “but I’m new to the area and I don’t have deep roots. When I heard about this clinic and started to realize more of its alternative and natural mindset and knowing that my background leans towards that as well it seemed like a perfect fit. ” An interest in natural healing and alternative therapies was uncommon in klahoma Dr. ”They don’t know much about alternative medicine. They’ve never even heard of that and don’t quite know what the word organic means. So to be interested in alternative medicine in klahoma was a rare thing and there weren’t a lot of resources for learning about alternative or integrative medicine.