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Integrative medicine successfully treats chronic pain (maybe)
As controversial as integrative medicine is, a new study indicates that complementary treatments like yoga and massages can treat chronic pain and other conditions successfully, according to a report
Physicians fail to ask patients about complementary medicine despite demand
Even though proponents boast its benefits, complementary medicine often is not the topic of discussion between physicians and patients, according to a new report by QuantiaMD. In fact, more than
Docs prescribe yoga as last resort
Doctors are referring more of their patients for yoga and mind-body therapies, particularly as "last resorts" for the sickest patients whose health has not improved with conventional healthcare
Doc uses marijuana to grow practice exponentially
While laws remain in flux in several states, in Maine, where voters approved medical marijuana dispensaries in 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services last week issued 163 state
Pharmas settle $124M Medicaid fraud suit; Legislators fight for 'critical access' funding for rural hospitals;
> Four pharmaceutical companies--Mylan Pharmaceuticals, UDL Laboratories, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals-- have agreed to pay $124 million to resolve claims that
CDC warns that MDs should ask about patient supplement use
Particularly given the $34 billion size of the alternative medicine business, it's small wonder if a patient is taking some form of herbal supplement in addition to prescription medications.
Examining non-drug ADHD options
Can ADHD be treated effectively without traditional prescription medications? Some parents, concerned by the stimulant drugs their children are taking, hope that the answer is yes. Rather than give
