Traditional Chinese Medicine Finds Users Among Hong Kong Protesters

Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors Are Secretly Helping Hong Kong Protesters by Alice Su.  The Los Angeles Times.

Alternative Medicines For Children: Patient/Doctor Dialogue

Talking To Your Child's Doctor About Alternative Medicine by Amitha Kalaichandran, M.D. Sunita Vohra, M.D. And Roger Zemek, M.D.  The New York Times.  March 6, 2018. 

Combat-Related PTSD Calmed By Yoga Therapy

Combat-Related PTSD Calmed by Yoga Therapy by Annabel Mansfield.  MedicalXpress.  November 8, 2017. 

Mayo Clinic Holistic Approach Provides Alternative To Opioids For Some

May Pain Expert:  Holistic Approach Helps Patients Ditch Opioids by Michelle Andrews.  Kaiser Health News.  August 29, 2017. 

Marijuana Replacing Over-The-Counter Medicine

A New Survey Shows Marijuana Is Replacing Over-The-Counter Medicine by Dan Seitz.  Uproxx.  August 3, 2017. 

Clinical Trial Of Chiropractic For Lower Back Pain

Chiropractic Treatment May Help A Bad Back, To A Degree by Amy Norton.  WebMD.  April 11, 2017. 

Nondrug Approaches To Common Pain Conditions Found Effective; Massage Therapy Found Effective For Neck Pain

NIH Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective For Treatment Of Common Pain Conditions.  National Institutes Of Health.  September 1, 2016. 

Americans Spend $30.2 Billion Out-Of-Pocket On Complementary Health Approaches

Americans Spend $30.2 Billion Out-Of-Pocket On Complementary Health Approaches.  NIH/National Center For Complementary And Integrative Health.  June 22 2016. 

Yoga And Fish Oil Show Significant Increases In Complementary And Integrative Health

Yoga Shows Highest Growth In Natural Therapy by Kimberly Leonard.  US News.  February 10, 2015.

Western Medicine Seeks To Emulate Chinese Medicines Holistic View, Back Approach With Science And Data

A Push To Back Traditional Chinese Medicine With More Data by Shirley S. Wang.  The Wall Street Journal.  November 3, 2014.

With Millions In The West Using Chinese Medicine, The Need For Good Translation Of Text Is Addressed In New Resource

'Lost In Translation' Issues In Chinese Medicine Addressed By Researchers.  Science Daily.  July 2, 2014.

Funded Study: Are Crustacean Shells A Key To Combating Inflammation, Which Is Perhaps The Cause Of All Chronic Disease?

Crab, Other Crustacean Sheels May Hold Key To Preventing, Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  Science Daily.  June 24, 2014.

Georgia Regents University Creates Cancer Center, Confucius Institute For Study Of Traditional Chinese Medicine

GRU Had "Productive Year," Azziz Says by Tom Corwin.  The Augusta Chronicle.  April 10, 2014.

GRU becomes the first academic health center in the Western hemisphere to be focused on traditional Chinese medicine.

Magical Medicine: Tibetan Medicine Seeks to Govern The Body By Tapping The Forces Govern The Heavens--An Exhibition

A Medicine Of Oneness, Body, Soul and Stars by Edward Rothstein.  Exhibition Review.  The New York Times.  March 14, 2014.

A review of the exhibit "Bodies in Balance:  The Art of Tibetan Medicine" with a perceptive discussion of Tibetan medicine and how it differs from western medicine.

Placebo Effect Shows Effectiveness-- Fake and Real Acupuncture Both show Results

Acupuncture, Real Or Not, Eases Side Effects Of Cancer Drugs  by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  December 26, 2013.  

(1)  While the results could be attributable to a placebo effect, they could perhaps also result from ______________ some scientists suggest.

Quest For Integrated Approach To Health Attracts Many Including Celebrities

Here's To Good Health (But No Toast) by Bee Shapiro.  The New York  Times.  December 4, 2013.

A profile of Dr. Frank Lipman whose appeal illustrates a strong desire by many for an integrated approach to medicine and health.

Heart Association: Alternative Therapies And Blood Pressure

Alternative Therapies May Help Lower Blood Pressure.  Science Daily.  April 22, 2013.

The American Heart Association reviewed data on behavioral therapies, non-invasive procedures and devices, and three types of exercise.'  They also examined  yoga, meditation, and other techniques.  Among the surprising results is the impressive improvement with isometric hand grip exercises, though the article warns against use of these exercises for those with severely-uncontrolled high blood pressure.

Music Found To Be More Effective Than Prescription Drugs In Reducing Preoperative Stress

Music Amps Immunity And Cuts Stress by Katherine Gombay.  Futurity.  March 28, 2013.

The research of the McGill University team uncovered in an extensive literature review the neurochemical mechanisms by which music impacted mood management, stress, immunity, and social bonding.

Study of Vitamin D Found in Supplements Found Label Doesn't Match Contents

Vitamin Labels May Be Wrong by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times Well Blog.  February 18, 2013.

Standards set by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention requires that pills contain 90 percent to 110 percent of the listed potency.  The study in JAMA Internal Medicine found that the vitamin D bottles samples contained between 9 percent to 140 percent.

Tai Chi May Reduce Falls In Stroke Survivors

Tai Chi Exercise May Reduce Falls In Adult Stroke Survivors.  Medical Xpress.  February 6, 2013

Stroke survivors experience seven times as many falls as healthy adults.  In this study conducted by the University of Arizona College of Nursing, it was found in a limited study group that Tai Chi reduced falls more than the national program under the registered trademark name SilverSneakers.