Alternative Medicine
72 Articles & Excerpts
Safe Use of Natural Health Products
by Health Canada
More Canadians are using natural health products (NHPs). Health Canada has developed new regulations that will help ensure that natural health products are well prepared, safe to use, effective and come with instructions on how they are to be used.
Mental Health Alternative Treatments
by SAMHSA
An alternative approach to mental health care is one that emphasizes the interrelationship between mind, body, and spirit. Although some alternative approaches have a long history, many remain controversial.
Arthritis: The Disease, the Drugs, and Why Avoid Them
 Healing Joint Pain Naturally: Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Other Joint Diseases
by Ellen Hodgson Brown
For the more than 43 million sufferers of arthritis and similar afflictions, a safe, effective, natural method for reversing such diseases without drugs or potentially harmful side effects.
A Brief History of an Ancient Practice
 The Chiropractic Way: How Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Pain and Help You Regain Your Health Without Drugs or Surgery
by Michael Lenarz, D.C., Victoria St. George
Manipulation and/or adjustment of the spine have existed since the beginning of human civilization. An ancient Chinese text indicates that manipulation techniques were being used in that country as early as 2700 b.c.e.
The Principles
The Chiropractic Way: How Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Pain and Help You Regain Your Health Without Drugs or Surgery
by Michael Lenarz, D.C., Victoria St. George
Chiropractic has become America's most popular form of alternative health care, offering lasting relief from pain--and many other health benefits - to more than 25 million patients annually. Yet many people still wonder exactly how chiropractic heals
Unprepared
 The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery
Creatine : Background and Uses
by MedlinePlus
Creatine is naturally synthesized in the human body from amino acids primarily in the kidney and liver, and transported in the blood for use by muscles. Approximately 95% of the body's total creatine content is located in skeletal muscle.
Homeopathy: Homeopathic Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Homeopathy consists of highly individualized treatments based on a person's genetic history, personal health history, body type, and present status of all physical, emotional and mental symptoms.
Homeopathy: Real Medicine?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Marigolds, onions, poison ivy, and hemlock are just a few of the substances used - in minute quantities - to make homeopathic medicines. In many ways, FDA regulates them differently from other drug products.
Childhood Cancer : Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by National Cancer Institute
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) includes a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies. A therapy is generally called complementary when it is used in addition to conventional treatments.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
 The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
As consumers, we're bombarded with information every day about the latest study on this or that new drug or supplement. We're taught to think that the medicine we're given by doctors has been stringently studied before we take it.
Finding a Complementary or Alternative Medicine Practitioner
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Just as when you're looking for a new doctor or nurse-practitioner, when you set outto find an alternative practitioner you want to find someone who's not only well qualified, but who's also a good match for your personality and needs.
Holistic Medicine
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Holistic medicine; alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but they're not exactly interchangeable.
A Guide to Integrating Conventional and Alternative Pregnancy Medicine
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Pregnancy is a magical and mysterious time of life. As it progresses and you move toward parenthood, you're aware of all the profound ways life is about to change it will be filled with joy and responsibility, challenges and love.
Convergence
 Heal Thy Self
by Saki F. Santorelli, Ed.D.
Long ago, in ancient Greece, the great hero god Heracles was invited to the cave of the centaur Pholos. Chiron, a wise and beneficent centaur and a great master of healing, was also present.
What Is Homeopathy
 Family Guide to Homeopathy
by Dr. Andrew Lockie
Homeopathy is an exceptionally safe form of medicine that treats the whole individual. It is equally concerned with maintaining good health and aiding recovery from ill health, and like all forms of medicine - even those that use powerful drugs
The Mysterious Mix of Science and Spirit
 The Chemistry of Joy : A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom
by Henry Emmons, M.D.
Depression is a holistic illness that affects every aspect of who we are as human beings. It only makes sense to address it from every available angle, both with regard to our bodies and brain chemistry and vis-à-vis our psyches and spirits.
The World of Caffeine
 The Caffeine Advantage
by Bennett Alan Weinberg, Ph.D., Bonnie Bealer
Is there a substance that enables you to run farther and faster, think more cogently and fluently, feel happier, more self-confident, and more relaxed, eat less, and that even acts as a powerful antioxidant?
Supplements: What Works and What Does Not Work, Part 2
 The Best Alternative Medicine
by Kenneth R. Pelletier
Overall, SOD research is intriguing, but there is no form of SOD available to the public that will raise levels of SOD in the cells. It is much too early to recommend any use of SOD as an oral supplement, although it may have applications in specific
Supplements: What Works and What Does Not Work
The Best Alternative Medicine
by Kenneth R. Pelletier
Recently, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed that supplement use among adults ranges from about 36 to 51 percent. Furthermore, about 48 percent of children ages three to five take supplements.
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