Doctors hold concerns about the impact of Stynes’ use of exotic ‘cures’. JIM Stynes fought his aggressive melanoma as hard as anyone could. Along with conventional treatment from cancer specialists, Stynes experimented with a vast array of alternative treatments, some widely known, some seemingly bizarre. He took up meditation, yoga and reiki massage, embarked on a strict raw food diet, underwent    .. more …

Study Suggests Post-Exercise Massage Decreases Inflammation and Could Enhance Muscle Growth By Brenda Goodman, MA WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Feb. 1, 2012 — There may be more to love about massage than just the ” ahhhhh .” A new study shows that kneading muscles after hard exercise decreases inflammation and helps your muscles recover.The study hints that massage after    .. more …

Delray Beach is fast becoming the place to find alternative and holistic medicine practices, with healing centers offering everything from nutrition to alternative allergy treatments, acupuncture , yoga, massage and meditation.”I felt like this was a hot bed,” said Nick Kusturic, a doctor of Chinese medicine and owner of DU20 Holistic Oasis, which opened in the city’s downtown in October.    .. more …

SOUTHERN CROSS University has rejected claims its courses in alternative and complementary medicine are non-scientific “quackery”.A group called Friends of Science in Medicine has written to the vice-chancellors of 19 Australian universities calling on them to axe alternative and complementary medicine degrees.The group includes world-renowned biologist Sir Gustav Nossal, the creator of the    .. more …

Smart but small companies need promotion, which they usually cannot afford; smart and generous open access/source innovators need promotion even more. The five winners of the NLM challenge included got a chance to present and demonstrate their applications at an award ceremony held at NLM on Nov. 2. An archived videocast of the ceremony is available at Besides WebLib’s NLMplus, other winners    .. more …

What you should know Alternative and complementary medicine has grown in popularity. It includes a broad range of supplements, techniques and care philosophies that have not been used frequently by medical doctors or osteopaths in the U.S.Research shows that alternative and complementary medicine is used by nearly two out of five adults. This statistic might understate the true use of    .. more …

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released new findings that Americans’ use of complementary and alternative medicine continues to increase annually. Other studies have shown even greater increases in use of complementary and alternative medicine outside the United    .. more …

Alternative and Complementary Medicine
The next time you visit one of your doctors, ask if they use alternative or complementary medicine. According to a new study, 76 percent of healthcare workers say they use CAM (complementary and alternative medicine), compared with 63 percent of the general working public.

Results of the new study, published in Health Services Research , may surprise some    .. more …

16 July 2011 New research shows that acupuncture at acupoint GV20 (DU20, Hundred Meetings, Baihui) increases blow flow to the brain without raising arterial blood pressure or pulse rate. The researchers sought to measure cerebral blow flow in an attempt to understand the mechanisms by which acupuncture induces a therapeutic effect. GV20 is well regarded for it ability to treat disorders related    .. more …

A single 500 milligram dose of the fermentate from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was associated with rapid changes in levels of compounds called cytokines associated with immune function, according to findings published in the Journal of Medicinal Food . “The data presented were generated by using a study protocol that was carefully planned to be able to control for normal circadian variations in    .. more …