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The NHS should stop funding homeopathy and it should no longer be marketed as a medicine in pharmacies, doctors say.
BBC News (Alternative medicine) - Wed, 30 June 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Acupuncture may help relieve menstrual cramps, which affect up to half of all young women, a systematic literature review has found.
Medscape (Alternative medicine) - Mon, 22 February 2010
http://www.medscape.com
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The guideline addresses the problem of prescribing opiates alone as a sedative, although the literature2-3 suggests that benzodiazepines are better. It also addresses the value of including patients in the decision-making process.
Archives of Internal Medicine (Alternative medicine) - Fri, 13 March 2009
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/
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The cold, dry air of winter can give you chapped lips, cracked hands, and now, a study suggests, a better chance of getting the flu. A new analysis of previous data shows that in low-humidity conditions, the influenza virus is more likely survive, possibly giving it a better shot at spreading from person to person and making its way to you.
CNN.com (Alternative medicine) - Sat, 14 February 2009
http://www.cnn.com
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In March 2008, National Public Radio featured a story about a "medical breakthrough." It focused on a girl from the United States with congenital bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia who went to China to receive experimental intravenous injections of embryonic umbilical cord stem cells for a cost of more than $20 000.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Alternative medicine) - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://archopht.ama-assn.org/
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Even if largely used in the treatment of low back pain, acupuncture has not yet received definitive efficacy demonstrations. In England, a randomized study has been now realized with a cost-efficacy analysis on patients affected by non-specific low back pain treated with acupuncture.
MedNews (Alternative medicine) - Fri, 9 March 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/