Alternative therapy funding boost
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Patients in Northern Ireland are to get more access to alternative therapies under a new scheme announced by the health minister.
British dog owners turn to alternative medicine
Friday, February 20th, 2009British dog owners are shunning traditional medicine and instead turning to alternative therapies to keep their pet in good mental and physical health.
First of Its Kind Study Shows Complimentary Alternative Medicine Reduces Pain and Tension in Heart Surgery Patients
Thursday, February 19th, 2009MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 15, 2006–A recent study led by Vibhu R. Kshettry, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon from the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, shows that those patients who receive complimentary alternative medical therapies, including music, massage and guided imagery, before and after open heart surgery experience less pain and tension during recovery than patients who receive standard care.
Alternative therapies get a boost
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Studies presented at the North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine point to the medical establishment’s growing interest in alternative therapies ? counterbalancing recent denouncements against the field.