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- Greenwich doctors embrace integrative medicine but differences remain
- Americans buy into untested unregulated supplements treatments
- Skin Deep Seeking Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes
Greenwich doctors embrace integrative medicine but differences remain
Greenwich Time
There are still doctors who are skeptical however. Alfred Padilla an endocrinologist in town for more than 25 years is an outspoken critic about the use of alternative medicine at the hospital. He says there are few real studies on supplements and other alternative therapies and that they have the potential to harm people by masking the symptoms of more serious diseases interfering with regular medications or causing patients to avoid proven treatments. Supplement manufacturers do not have to get approval from the U. Food and Drug Administration before selling their products and the agency doesn’t have a lot of oversight on safety.
Americans buy into untested unregulated supplements treatments
Wausau Daily Herald
“It’s self-hypnosis” that can help patients relax he said. “If you tell yourself you have less pain you actually do have less pain. “Alternative medicine has become mainstream. It is finding wider acceptance by doctors insurers and hospitals including the shock trauma center at the University of Maryland Medical Center. People turn to unconventional therapies and herbal remedies for everything from hot flashes and trouble sleeping to cancer and heart disease. They crave more “care” in their health care. They distrust drug companies and the government.
Skin Deep Seeking Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes
New York Times
The study was paid for by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the ffice of Dietary Supplements. Results are due in the fall and the study’s researchers are hoping it will help determine the efficacy of the ingredients associated with menopause symptom relief. But the fact remains that even if black cohosh for example is found to deliver on its promise to reduce hot flashes women may still find themselves confused when they are about to reach for something off the shelf. “There could be a lot of sawdust in there” Dr.
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