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- Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Q & A
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers Key Points Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine (see Question 1). It is important that the same scientific evaluation that is used to assess conventional approaches be used to evaluate CAM therapies (see Question 3). The National Cancer Institute and...
- More Than One-Third of U.S. Adults Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, According to New Government Survey
According to a new nationwide government survey¹, 36 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 years and over use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is defined as a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. When prayer specifically for health reasons is included in the definition of CAM, the number of U.S. adults using some form of CAM in the past year rises to 62...
National Institutes of Health
- Your Medicine Cabinet Needs an Annual Checkup, Too
by Carol Lewis What kind of medicines and other health products should you keep on hand to treat minor ailments or injuries? More importantly, where's the best place in the house to keep them? Here's what doctors, nurses and pharmacists at FDA recommend: Closet Analgesic (relieves pain) Antibiotic ointment (reduces risk of infection) Antacid (relieves upset stomach) Antihistamine (relieves allergy symptoms) Syrup of ipecac (induces vomiting) Decongestant (relieves stuffy nose and other cold...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Homeopathy:
Real Medicine or Empty Promises?
by Isadora Stehlin Some of the medicines of homeopathy evoke positive images--chamomile, marigold, daisy, onion. But even some of Mother Nature's cruelest creations--poison ivy, mercury, arsenic, pit viper venom, hemlock--are part of homeopathic care. Homeopathy is a medical theory and practice that developed in reaction to the bloodletting, blistering, purging, and other harsh procedures of conventional medicine as it was practiced more than 200 years ago. Remedies made from many...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Breast Reduction Often Good Medicine
by Marilynn Larkin Breast size usually isn't considered an appropriate topic for social conversation. But for a woman suffering the medical and social consequences of having large, pendulous breasts, talking with someone who has undergone breast reduction can be a "life-changing experience," says Mary-Margaret Richardson, a public affairs specialist with the Food and Drug Administration in St. Louis, Mo. Before surgery, Richardson, 53, had adapted to a "lifetime of...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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- Blood Pressure Medicine: How to Take Your Medicine Properly – And Why You Should
WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- US mulls backing 'medicine rice'
BBC - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:27 EST
- Three New Honorary Doctors At Karolinska Institutet
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Cold medicine not for little children
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:46 EST
- Tekturna(R) - The First New Type Of High Blood Pressure Medicine In More Than A Decade - Receives Its First Approval In The US
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
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- RCT of the Naturopathic Anti-Inflammatory Diet
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00334919 - Recruiting
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Prediabetes
- Alternative Medicine Approaches for Women with Temporomandibular Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00009594 - Completed
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Complementary Naturopathic Medicine for Periodontitis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00010634 - Completed
Periodontitis
- Clinical Integration of Genetic Risk Assessment in Family Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00339794 - Active, not recruiting
Genomics
- Use of Herbal Medicine in Internal Medicine Wards
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00564473 - Not yet recruiting
Herb-Drug Interactions

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