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- Integrative medicine: Red yeast targets cholesterol
- Guest Column: Integrated medicine should be in mix for better …
- Alternative medicine gaining acceptance but caution is urged
- US alternative medicine spend reaches $33.9 billion
Integrative medicine: Red yeast targets cholesterol
Waterbury Republican American
However side effects such as muscle aches are common (as high as 10 percent) with these drugs. Some alternative practitioners recommend using co-enzyme Q10 to prevent this type of muscle pain but a recent review showed no clear benefit from this supplement. ne popular alternative medicine product for high cholesterol is red yeast rice a dietary supplement that has been used in China for centuries. RYR contains a chemical monacolin-K that is identical to the active ingredient in the prescription statin Mevacor (lovastatin). And RYR does not seem to cause the side effects. A new study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that RYR may be a safe alternative for people who have been intolerant of statins. In this study 62 patients who had stopped taking at least one statin drug because of muscle pain were randomized to receive either red yeast rice or a placebo twice daily for 24 weeks.
Guest Column: Integrated medicine should be in mix for better …
Rockford Register Star
KinigakisSpecial to RRSTAR. CMPosted Aug 01 2009 @ 11:28 PM Recently the Rockford Register Star ran a series of articles from The Associated Press that was critical of complementary and alternative medicine. These articles failed to differentiate between CAM and integrative medicine. In integrative medicine the best of conventional and the best of alternative medicines are used to help the body facilitate healing. No NE modality has the monopoly on successes or failures including conventional medicine. Both conventional and alternative medicines have their pluses and minuses. The great technical advances in modern medicine are a benefit to us all.
Alternative medicine gaining acceptance but caution is urged
The Detroit News
A few weeks after the Gambrells were advised to remove meat and dairy products from their diets and rub eucalyptus and peppermint oils on their chests they stopped breathing treatments and haven’t had an asthma attack since. That was eight years ago. Advertisement Validity is questioned”Alternative medicine deals with herbs what God has given us — and it’s right under our noses” said Gambrell. However the validity of alternative medicine has long been questioned. In the past decade the government has spent $2. 5 billion testing alternative medicines and found that mostly they do not work. Nevertheless alternative medicines have become more widely accepted in conventional medical circles.
US alternative medicine spend reaches $33.9 billion
Nature.com (subscription)
9 billion of their health-dollars in 2007. Research by the US National Center for Health Statistics shows this was the cost of out-of-pocket spending on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in that year.
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