Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons. A Report to the National Institutes of Health on Alternative Medical Systems and Practices in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 372 pages |
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... example , can be requested and “ administered " at any time , and charm cures are sometimes delivered by telephone . Meanwhile , community - based systems also thrive in urban areas . These systems include the popular weight loss ...
... example , can be requested and “ administered " at any time , and charm cures are sometimes delivered by telephone . Meanwhile , community - based systems also thrive in urban areas . These systems include the popular weight loss ...
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... example of an urban community - based healing system for help- ing people whose lives are damaged by the con- sumption of alcohol to stop drinking . Founded in 1935 by Bob Smith , M.D. , and Bill Wilson , two alcoholics , it is a ...
... example of an urban community - based healing system for help- ing people whose lives are damaged by the con- sumption of alcohol to stop drinking . Founded in 1935 by Bob Smith , M.D. , and Bill Wilson , two alcoholics , it is a ...
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... example , conventional medi- cine practitioners tend to give their patients standardized treatments ( typically drugs or sur- gery or both ) and medical advice on the basis of whether the patient fits into one of a number of broadly ...
... example , conventional medi- cine practitioners tend to give their patients standardized treatments ( typically drugs or sur- gery or both ) and medical advice on the basis of whether the patient fits into one of a number of broadly ...
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... example ) when an organ is imbalanced , it is either too yang or too yin . Therefore , qi ( the Chinese term for energy ) must be transferred from the yang organ to the yin organ to restore balance and reestablish harmony among the ...
... example ) when an organ is imbalanced , it is either too yang or too yin . Therefore , qi ( the Chinese term for energy ) must be transferred from the yang organ to the yin organ to restore balance and reestablish harmony among the ...
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... example , manipulative therapies such as chiropractic were considered fringe therapies 20 years ago but now are gaining increasing acceptance in mainstream medicine in the United States ( Cherkin et al . , 1989 ) . In a recent survey of ...
... example , manipulative therapies such as chiropractic were considered fringe therapies 20 years ago but now are gaining increasing acceptance in mainstream medicine in the United States ( Cherkin et al . , 1989 ) . In a recent survey of ...
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Page 130 - As used in this subsection and subsection (e), the term "substantial evidence" means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug involved, on the basis of which it could fairly and responsibly be, concluded by such experts that the drug will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended,...
Page xxxvii - The Constitution of this Republic should make special provision for Medical Freedom as well as Religious Freedom.... To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are unAmerican and despotic. They are fragments of monarchy and have no place in a Republic.
Page 226 - Nutrition intervention trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation with specific vitamin/mineral combinations, cancer incidence, and disease-specific mortality in the general population.
Page 197 - Relationship between substances in diets low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables and cancer risk. ( 1 ) Cancer is a constellation of more than 100 different diseases, each characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Cancer has many causes and stages in its development. Both genetic and environmental risk factors may affect the risk of cancer. Risk factors include a family history of a specific type of cancer, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight and obesity,...
Page xxxv - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC 20012 1 Director Walter Reed Army Institute of Res.
Page 238 - Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to obesity and dieting in Mexican Americans and Anglos. The San Antonio Heart Study.
Page 230 - Folate, methionine, and alcohol intake and risk of colorectal adenoma, J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 85 (11), 875-884, 1993.
Page 295 - Herbal medicines may contain excipients in addition to the active ingredients. Medicines containing plant material combined with chemically defined active substances, including chemically defined, isolated constituents of plants, are not considered to be herbal medicines.
Page 215 - The goals of the programs are to provide needy persons with access to a more nutritious diet, to improve the eating habits of the Nation's children, and to help America's farmers by providing an outlet for distributing foods purchased under farmer assistance authorities.
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