We are More in the Mainstream Than We Thought

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Ever feel like you are alone in your search for better

health?

 

 

“So-called complementary and alternative medicine

— or CAM, as it is known by

practitioners and adherents — is becoming more mainstream every day. In

2007, more than one in three adults and nearly one in eight children, according

to a federal study sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and

Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, used

some form of CAM — from self-prescribed nutritional substitutes to repeat

visits to alternative health care practitioners. So commonplace are the

alternative providers that chiropractors and acupuncturists, for example, are

now licensed by most states. At the same time, many traditional medical

doctors, recognizing patients' demand for alternative therapies, have signed up

for training in alternative therapies or added alternative professionals to

their staffs.”

 

Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered

With Obstacles

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/health/14patient.html