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Complementing end-of-life care
Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...Tags: Massage Therapy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vomiting, Health Treatments, Acupuncture
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Alternative medicine: Hype or hope?
There’s a very interesting and unusually civilized debate going on over at the Atlantic.com, where David H. Freedman has written a boldy-headlined piece called “The Triumph of New Age Medicine.”
In the essay, Freedman explores why...Tags: Stress, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials
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State looks to remove autism panelist with links to suspended doctor
A day after Dr. Mark Geier's medical license was suspended in Maryland over allegations of putting children with autism at risk, state officials were seeking to remove his son from a state commission that advises the governor on the disorder.
The...Tags: Arts and Culture, Diseases and Illnesses, David A. Geier, Chicago Tribune, Vaccines
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First person: Acupuncture could help pets
The trouble began in early January 2012, when Hershey, my then nearly 11-year-old chocolate Lab, developed the first in a series of urinary tract infections. Eventually, the problem worsened to include full-blown incontinence, with Hershey waking up in...
Tags: Glaucoma, Diseases and Illnesses, North Miami, Seizures, Miami Beach
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Alternative treatment: A look at acupuncture
Acupuncture may be ancient — estimates range between 3-4,000 years old — but it is not an ancient Chinese secret. It's used all over the world by acupuncture practitioners as well as medical doctors. We spoke with two experts to learn more....
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Asthma, Diseases and Illnesses, Neck Pain, Symptoms
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Laurel healing institute receives university accreditation
Maryland will soon be home to a new university — one in which students can train in acupuncture, Chinese herbs and other forms of integrative medicine. The Tai Sophia Institute, a Howard County holistic health training center, has received state...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Herbal Medicines, Howard County
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Owen Brown resident advocates a healthy dialogue on wellness
Bob Duggan frequently refers to "our national disease-care system" when he talks about his new book, employing a term he has used across his 40-plus years as a healing-arts clinician and educator. As co-founder and former president of Tai Sophia...
Tags: Meningitis, Health Insurance Cost, Diseases and Illnesses, Economy, Business and Finance, Lupus
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More doctors going the alternative route
After a stressful day of seeing sick and sometimes dying patients, Dr. Aaron Michelfelder doesn't reach for a beer to decompress. Instead, this family medicine doctor at Loyola University Medical Center opts for acupuncture or self-hypnosis.
While...Tags: Arts and Culture, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Chicago, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Ayurvedic medicine aims to correct energy balance
Q: Is ayurvedic medicine a safe approach to managing health? A: Ayurvedic medicine is a holistic approach to health care that is considered a form of alternative medicine in the U.S. It includes a variety of practices that may be beneficial. However, at...
Tags: Ayurvedic Medicine, Asthma, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Health Treatments
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Woman takes a new approach to improving her life
PETOSKEY — This past summer, Karen Bissonette asked her doctor if she could have just three more months. The 63-year-old Indian River woman was on medication to control high blood pressure. Her doctor wanted her to take cholesterol lowering...
Tags: Asthma, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest, Physical Therapists
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More hospitals allowing visits from patients' pets
Ask patients in some area hospitals which caregivers they most look forward to seeing, and they'll say the ones with hairy faces and bad breath.
For Sean Harris, they were his dogs Diesel and Wilson. For Michael Friedman, it was the family pooch,...Tags: Family, Sean Harris, Rentals, Pets, Vaccines
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Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream
Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket.
His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it...Tags: Echinacea (dietary supplement), Duke University, Zocor (drug), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Attack
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