Complementary Medicine

Alternative Medicine: Safety Tips

latimes.com | Tammy Worth | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

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It's unlikely that Americans will lose their love affair with complementary medicine, so the best thing to do is to make the practice as safe as possi...

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Snake Oil Medicine

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

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Lee Schneider

Acupuncture doesn't hurt anybody. Many believe that it works. While "believe" might be the operative word there, the evidence to satisfy the skeptics isn't here yet.

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How to Deal with Stress in the Recession

James S. Gordon | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Meditation, Complementary Medicine, Stress Relief, Economic Recession, Anxiety, Recession, Stress Reduction, Living News
James S. Gordon

I have been practicing psychiatry for 40 years, but I've never seen this much stress and worry about economic well-being and the future. I've found there are simple strategies for helping people cope.

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"$2.5 Billion Spent, No Alternative Cures Found"

Cassandra Vieten | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

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Cassandra Vieten

Those of us who study mind-body approaches need to step up our own creativity and discipline so that we meet acceptable standards of scientific conduct, while also developing innovative ways to study treatments.

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Killing the Killers: How We Can Eliminate Heart Disease and Cancer

Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

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Dr. Larry Dossey

We need to wake up to the obvious: the solution is already here, and it rests on prevention, not invention.

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Woodstock Wisdom

James S. Gordon | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

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James S. Gordon

I hadn't planned on going, but then another doctor as young as I was then called me up, desperate for help. That's how I found myself on a plane to Bethel, N.Y. with Joan Baez.

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Old Drug, New Drug . . . Red Drug, Blue Drug?

James S. Gordon | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

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James S. Gordon

This letter of mine appeared in The New York Times yesterday (in somewhat shortened form), under the title, "Alternatives to New Drugs." I thought yo...

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When Depression is Treated as a Disease

James S. Gordon | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychotherapy, Depression, Antidepressants, Antidepressant Effectiveness, Disease, Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Psychology, Complementary Medicine, Ssris, Do Antidepressants Work, Health, Living News
James S. Gordon

Acting on our own behalf, working in concert with physicians and therapists who value our efforts, we can overcome the helplessness and hopelessness that are the hallmarks of depression.

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