List: A straw in the wind? Roger Patients, Doctors More Open to Alternative Medicine
By Anita Manning Acupuncture, meditation, drum circles and other alternative forms of medical treatment have been inching their way into conventional medical practices for years — even though there hasn't been much scientific proof that they worked. Now, science is putting these methods to the test. Researchers at respected academic medical centers are conducting controlled clinical studies to test practices that once were waved off like snake oil treatments. And a growing number of conventional medical practices offer herbs, meditation, music therapy and acupuncture along with standard medical practices. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2001-04-17-holistic-medicine.htm -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
