Alternative Medicine

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.

Fat and Blood
by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.
How to deprive rest of its evils is the title with which I might very well have labelled this chapter. I have pointed out what I mean by rest, how it hurts, and how it seems to help; and, as I believe that it is useful in most cases only if employed

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

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.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
by Health Canada
While hyperbaric oxygen therapy is recognized as an effective treatment for 13 specific conditions listed below, the operators of some private clinics claim it can also be used to treat such conditions as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, cancer, AIDS

The Cancer Revolution
Alternatives in Cancer Therapy
by Ross Pelton, R.Ph., Ph.D.
Cancer now leading killer of middle-aged. The article reported that for people aged thirty-five to sixty-four cancer had overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death. Cancer kills more women in the United States than any other illness

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

Personal Energy Crisis
The Energy Prescription : Give Yourself Abundant Vitality with the Wisdom of America's Leading Natural Pharmacist
by Constance Grauds, R.Ph., Doug Childers
Are You Suffering from a Personal Energy Crisis? In this groundbreaking book, renowned educator, natural medicine pharmacist, and initiated shamana Connie Grauds helps you tap into the wellsprings of vital positive energy that lie within you-but are often

Food for Thought
The Best Alternative Medicine
by Kenneth R. Pelletier
Many of the dietary and nutritional beliefs that were formerly accepted only by the alternative health community have in the past few decades been embraced by conventional clinicians, researchers, nutritionists, and dietitians.

Alternatives
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Cholesterol: The Latest Natural Treatments and Scientific Advances in One Breakthrough Program
by Stephen R. Devries, M.D., Winifred Conkling
Heart disease is largely preventable, but conventional cholesterol management is often inadequate. According to university cardiologist and leading prevention specialist Dr. Stephen R. Devries, avoiding heart disease requires a far more comprehensive

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.

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.

Ear Candling: No Health Benefits
by Health Canada
The practice of ear candling has recently become popular as an alternative therapy. Some promoters say it is an ancient treatment that can cure a number of medical problems. Don't listen: ear candling is dangerous, and has no proven medical benefits.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Foreword

Everyone wants good health, but most people are confused about the best ways to achieve it. Alongside the miracles of conventional medicine are problems: side effects of drugs and chemotherapy; harried doctors juggling too many patients; too much emphasis

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.