Posts Tagged ‘Alternative Medicine’


What’s the best way to find a local primary care doctor with more of an “alternative medicine” leading?

I’ve got Blue Cross coverage, and I can’t tell from their directory of doctors who would be more likely to have an alternative medicine leaning (in other words, if there’s a problem, the first answer isn’t just a pharmeseutical one, but might involve nutrition/natural remedies.) Any thoughts of how to find a doctor like this? [...]

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Older Adults: Holistic Approaches to Healthy Aging

Product DescriptionThe field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is expected to grow tremendously in the next few years. In addition to an increase by the general population, the baby-boomer generation, many of which have utilized CAM in their younger years, is also quickly entering retirement and thus is foreseen to utilize CAM increasingly as [...]

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Alternative Medicine: Knowing What Works and Buying Into the Real Thing

These days it seems there are far too many claims that a particular herbal supplement can do many extraordinary things that not even doctors can figure out. The people selling these ‘miracle drugs’ attempt to impulse you straight to your pocket book…and succeed every day. Fortunately, there are ways to protect yourself from fraudulent claims [...]

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Natural Healing Tips : Natural Cold Remedies

Mix a natural cold remedy that combines garlic, lemon, honey and ginger to reduce bacteria, fever and stuffy noses. Use other natural antibacterial and antifungal ingredients to get rid of colds with the help of this free video on alternative medicine from a natural healing specialist. Expert: Lauren Roy Contact: www.sugarhollowfarm.org Bio: Lauren Roy has [...]

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A-Z of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A guide for health professionals

Product DescriptionA-Z of Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides a pocket-size quick reference of CAM, allowing conventional and complementary health practitioners to ascertain: – what the CAM intervention is – what it does – contraindications, precautions and interactions. With entries grouped under therapies, the guide provides easy access to many unfamiliar terms therefore providing an excellent [...]

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Does anyone have any scientific evidence supporting alternative medicine?

Please, do no tell me anecdotes, personal stories, or anything like that. The last thing I want to hear is about how alternative medicine worked for you. I think that is wonderful but it hardly serves as proof. I want to see some sort of hard evidence. The ideal would be a randomized, double blind, [...]

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives

Product DescriptionChapman Univ., Orange, CA. Analysis of the present legal status of complementary and alternative medicine. For clinicians, legal professionals, patients, and institutional health care providers and insurers. Softcover; also available in hardcover. … More >> Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives

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Benefits of Alternative Medicine

Alternative medicine is something that is different from the normal and conventional medicine. The comfort in using as well as the easy recovery due to the treatments followed in alternative medicines makes this method of treatment popular.   The practices followed by alternative medicine practitioners are different from the conventional allopathic medicine methods. Even though [...]

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