The News Review:
- Even ‘fake’ acupuncture helps back pain; acupressure works too
- Boy With Cancer Refuses Chemotherapy
- Where is the line on natural remedies?
Even ‘fake’ acupuncture helps back pain; acupressure works too
Billings Gazette
com’ ‘billingsgazette. Briggs director of the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. “Future research is needed to delve deeper into what is evoking these responses. “Here’s more detail on the clinical trial from a center press release:”This trial enrolled 638 adults with chronic low back pain who had never had acupuncture and who had rated the “bothersomeness” of their pain as at least a 3 on a zero-to-10 scale.
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Boy With Cancer Refuses Chemotherapy
CBS News
“The path advocated by the State is one of torture and criminal action” wrote their attorney Calvin Johnson. Daniel’s lymphoma was diagnosed in January and he was given one round of chemotherapy in February. But instead of returning for a second round of the treatment in March the Hausers opted for an alternative treatment involving a nutritious diet drinking ionized water and taking vitamins and herbal supplements. His mother testified the regimen was based mostly on information she found on the Internet. An attorney for Shiree liver the boy’s guardian ad litem wrote in final arguments that the state has not recognized complementary and alternative health care as a substitute for medical treatment.
Where is the line on natural remedies?
Physrg.com
“But I have never had someone miraculously cured from adjunctive therapy. In the past decade alternative medicine has made dramatic inroads at hospitals and clinics. It has grown into a multibillion-dollar business and acupuncturists massage therapists and reflexologists are often as much a part of a medical team as doctors and nurses. Insurers now cover therapies once viewed as ineffective and even outlandish. But for the most part medical experts say such treatments should be used in conjunction with standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation that have proven efficacy. “We don’t believe it’s an either or we believe it’s a both” said Lori Knutson executive director of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.