St. John’s Wort (Hypericum Perforatum)
... If you surf the web or read your local newspaper, you’ve probably seen something about herbal supplements and their role in treating depression. Although dozens of people swear by it, St. John''s Wort...

Art Therapy
... What is art therapy Art therapy is a human service profession that uses art media, the creative process, and client responses to the created products and interaction between therapist and client. The ...

Energy Healing: Exploring Frontiers in Medicine
... Understanding alternative medicineAlternative and complimentary medicine encompasses a wide variety of modalities, ranging from the use of herbs, nutrition and lifestyle changes to practices that util...

Herbal Products: Potential and Pitfalls
... Since 1994, the marketplace has exploded with herbal products. In the last one to two years, Americans spent more than $20 billion on alternative medicine therapy. Sadly, many of these products are so...

Music Therapy
... What is music therapy? Music therapy is provided by a clinically trained music therapist who uses music to meet the psychological, physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs of patients and thei...

Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine
... The Cleveland Clinic''s Center for Integrative Medicine combines the best of traditional medicine with research-proven complementary approaches to prevention and healing. Integrative medicine addresse...

FDA Warns Consumers About Use of "Litargirio" - Traditional Remedy That Contains Dangerous Levels of Lead
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public not to use “LITARGIRIO” for any health-related or personal purposes. Litargirio is a yellow- or peach-colored powder manufactured by Roldan...

Selected Vegetables/Sun''s Soup (PDQ®)
... This complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information summary provides an overview of the use of Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup as an anticancer treatment. The summary includes a brief his...

714-X
... This complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information summary provides an overview of the use of 714-X as a treatment for cancer. The summary includes a brief history of the development of 714...

Cancell/Entelev
... This complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information summary provides an overview of the use of Cancell/Entelev as a treatment for cancer. The discussion in the summary is limited to Cancell/...

Mistletoe Extracts
... This complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information summary provides an overview of the use of mistletoe as a treatment for cancer. The summary includes a brief history of mistletoe research...

Oxygen Bars: Is a Breath of Fresh Air Worth It?
... By Linda Bren Peppermint, bayberry, cranberry, wintergreen. Breath mints? Scented candles? No--they're "flavors" of oxygen offered at your local oxygen bar. Since oxygen bars were introduced in th...

More Than One-Third of U.S. Adults Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, According to New Government Survey
... According to a new nationwide government survey¹, 36 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 years and over use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is defined as a group of dive...

Homeopathy: Real Medicine or Empty Promises?
... by Isadora Stehlin Some of the medicines of homeopathy evoke positive images--chamomile, marigold, daisy, onion. But even some of Mother Nature's cruelest creations--poison ivy, mercury, arsenic, ...