Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

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“For anyone who has ever wondered about the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of . . . alternative therapies.”—Susan Okie, Washington Post Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this groundbreaking analysis lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. Over thirty of the most popular treatments—including acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines—are examined for their benefits and potential dangers. What works and what doesn’t? Who can you trust, and who is ripping you off? In its scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, this book also strives to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy. 16 illustrations

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Older Adults: Holistic Approaches to Healthy Aging

The field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is expected to grow tremendously in the next few years. In addition to an increase by the general population, the baby-boomer generation, many of which have utilized CAM in their younger years, is also quickly entering retirement and thus is foreseen to utilize CAM increasingly as it ages.

Although CAM research as applied to aging is just beginning and health professionals receive no special training in CAM and aging, the United States population still continues to employ it. For diagnoses that accompany aging such as cancer, neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and physical disabilities, CAM has been noted to be used in addition to or in place of unsuccessful conventional methods of treatment.

This new and up-to-the-minute compendium of reliable and authoritative information on complementary and alternative therapies seeks to provide information that older adults may use as they seek to improve their health and quality of life. Covering dietary means; physical, mental, and spiritual methods of treatment; and various types of therapies, this handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on complementary and alternative medicine available today.

Each chapter or article includes:

Brief definition of modality Anecdotal reports of usefulness Discussion of scientific evidence for and against modality List of resources that reader can use to find further information

Features include:

Clear and concise Edited by two highly skilled and knowledgeable professionals in CAM research and practice Contributions from national sample of recognized experts in relevant fields

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Examining Alternative Medicine: An Inside Look at the Benefits & Risks

Herbal therapy. Homeopathy. Acupuncture. Energy healing. Yoga. Therapeutic

touch.

These are just a few of the many new health care alternatives that have recently

joined the more established practices of chiropractic care, massage, weight-loss

programs and vitamin therapy. Today alternative medicine is not only mainstream

but also very big business.

Some surveys show that there are as many patient visits to alternative health

care providers each year as to traditional providers. Two of the best-known

advocates of new perspectives on health, Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra, each

sell millions of books and enjoy prime-time media attention.

How should you evaluate these new options? Is alternative health care simply a

fad–or is it here to stay? What are the benefits and risks of nontraditional

therapies? Do some health care alternatives have spiritual underpinnings at odds

with Christian faith and practice?

Medical doctor Paul Reisser, former alternative health care practitioner Dale Mabe

and writer Robert Velarde team up to answer these questions in Examining

Alternative Medicine. Sound, frank and even-handed, their book is essential

reading for anyone seeking new roads to health.

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