Alternative medicine
- Medline and the mainstream manufacture of misinformation Critique of the criticisms of alternative medicine
Footnotes
- ^ Bratman, MD, Steven (1997). The Alternative Medicine Sourcebook. Lowell House, p 7. ISBN 1565656261.
- ^ a b CAM Use by U.S. Adults
- ^ U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. What is CAM?
- ^ Weil, Andrew. What is Integrative Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Ernst E. "Obstacles to research in complementary and alternative medicine." Medical Journal of Australia, 2003; 179 (6): 279-80. PMID 12964907 MJA online
- ^ a b Barnes, P. M.; Powell-Griner, E.; McFann, K.; Nahin, R. L. (2004). "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002". . National Center for Health Statistics
- ^ Reasons people use CAM
- ^ Astin JA "Why patients use alternative medicine: results of a national study" JAMA 1998; 279(19): 1548-1553
- ^ Ernst, E.; A. White (2000-03). "The BBC Survey of Complementary Medicine use in the UK". Complementary Therapies in Medicine 8 (1): 32-36. PMID 10812758 doi:10.1016/S0965-2299(00)90833-1.
- ^ Eisenberg, DM, Davis RB, Ettner SL "Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States 1990-1997." JAMA, 1998; 280:1569-1575. PMID 9820257
- ^ House of Lords report on CAM
- ^ Traditional medicine. Fact sheet 134. World Health Organization (2003-05). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Michalsen A, Ludtke R, Buhring M. "Thermal hydrotherapy improves quality of life and hemodynamic function in patients with chronic heart failure." Am Heart J, 2003; 146 (4):E11. PMID 14564334
- ^ Gonsalkorale WM, Miller V, Afzal A, Whorwell PJ. "Long term benefits of hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome." Gut, 2003; 52 (11):1623-9. PMID 14570733
- ^ Berga SL, Marcus MD, Loucks TL. "Recovery of ovarian activity in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea who were treated with cognitive behavior therapy." Fertility and Sterility 2003; 80 (4): 976-981 Abstract
- ^ Kleijnen J, Knipschild P, ter Riet G. "Clinical trials of homoeopathy." BMJ, 1991; 302:316-23. Erratum in: BMJ, 1991; 302:818. PMID 1825800
- ^ Linde K, Clausius N, Ramirez G. "Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials." Lancet, 1997; 350:834-43. Erratum in: Lancet 1998 17 January;351(9097):220. PMID 9310601
- ^ Wetzel MS, Eisenberg DM, Kaptchuk TJ. "Courses involving complementary and alternative medicine at US medical schools." JAMA 1998; 280 (9):784 -787. PMID 9729989
- ^ Saxon DW, Tunnicliff G, Brokaw JJ, Raess BU. "Status of complementary and alternative medicine in the osteopathic medical school curriculum." J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004; 104 (3):121-6. PMID 15083987
- ^ Fenton MV, Morris DL. "The integration of holistic nursing practices and complementary and alternative modalities into curricula of schools of nursing." Altern Ther Health Med, 2003; 9 (4):62-7. PMID 12868254
- ^ University of Arizona position on Alternative Medicine
- ^ COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS. General Comment No. 14 (2000) The right to the highest attainable standard of health : . 11/08/2000. E/C.12/2000/4. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(symbol)/E.C.12.2000.4.en
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=247&objectid=10449883
- ^ a b Agin, Dan (2006-10-03). Junk Science: how politicians, corporations, and other hucksters betray us. Thomas Dunne Books, Ch. 8. ISBN 978-0312352417.
- ^ Alternative medicine--the risks of untested and unregulated remedies. Angell M, Kassirer JP. N Engl J Med 1998;339:839.
- ^ "There is no alternative medicine. There is only scientifically proven, evidence-based medicine supported by solid data or unproven medicine, for which scientific evidence is lacking. Whether a therapeutic practice is 'Eastern' or 'Western,' is unconventional or mainstream, or involves mind-body techniques or molecular genetics is largely irrelevant except for historical purposes and cultural interest. As believers in science and evidence, we must focus on fundamental issues—namely, the patient, the target disease or condition, the proposed or practiced treatment, and the need for convincing data on safety and therapeutic efficacy.Alternative medicine meets science. Fontanarosa P.B., and Lundberg G.D. JAMA. 1998; 280: 1618-1619.
- ^ He defines alternative medicine as a "...set of practices which cannot be tested, refuse to be tested, or consistently fail tests. If a healing technique is demonstrated to have curative properties in properly controlled double-blind trials, it ceases to be alternative. It simply...becomes medicine.Simonyi Professorship web site
- ^ A callous world. Richard Holloway. Book review Richard Dawkins A Devil's Chaplain. The Guardian, February 15, 2003.
- ^ There is no alternative medicine. There is only medicine that works and medicine that doesn't work.Dawkins, Richard (003). A Devil's Chaplain. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- ^ argues that techniques currently labeled "alternative" should be reclassified as "genuine, experimental, or questionable. Genuine alternatives are comparable methods that have met science-based criteria for safety and effectiveness. Experimental alternatives are unproven but have a plausible rationale and are undergoing responsible investigation. ... Questionable alternatives are groundless and lack a scientifically plausible rationale. ... Blurring these distinctions enables promoters of quackery to argue that because some practices labeled "alternative" have merit, the rest deserve equal consideration and respect. Enough is known, however, to conclude that most questionable "alternatives" are worthless. Barrett, Stephen. "Be Wary of "Alternative" Health Methods", Stephen Barrett, M.D., Quackwatch, February 10, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ The Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
- ^ The HealthWatch Award 2005: Prof. Edzard Ernst, Complementary medicine: the good the bad and the ugly. Retrieved 5 August 2006
- ^ "Complementary medicine is diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention which complements mainstream medicine by contributing to a common whole, by satisfying a demand not met by orthodoxy or by diversifying the conceptual frameworks of medicine." Ernst et al British General Practitioner 1995; 45:506.
- ^ Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- ^ Larkin M. "Whose article is it anyway?" Lancet, 1999; 354:136. Editorial
- ^ Flanagin A, Carey LA, Fontanarosa PB. "Prevalence of articles with honorary authors and ghost authors in peer-reviewed medical journals." JAMA, 1998; 280(3):222-4. Full text
- ^ NCCAM Funding: Appropriations History. NCCAM (2008-01-09). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ CSICOP.org article on alternative medicine
- ^ James Alcock PhD, Alternative Medicine and the Psychology of Belief, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Fall/Winter 1999 Volume 3 ~ Number 2. available online
- ^ Myoclonic status epilepticus following repeated oral ingestion of colloidal silver PMID 15111684
- ^ Gaul&Staud, 1935, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, quoted after Rosemary Jacobs My Story page
- ^ Rosemary Jacobs My Story page
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- ^ Lilienfeld, Scott O. (2002). "Our Raison d’Être". The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice 1 (1).
- ^ Risberg T, et al. Does use of alternative medicine predict survival from cancer? Eur J Cancer 2003 Feb;39(3):372-7 Abstract
- ^ Hills, Ben. Fake healers. Why Australia’s $1 billion-a-year alternative medicine industry is ineffective and out of control.. Medical Mayhem. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Swan, Norman. "Alternative Medicine - Part Three", The Health Report, ABC Radio National, 2000-10-02. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Beyerstein BL. Psychology and 'Alternative Medicine' Social and Judgmental Biases That Make Inert Treatments Seem to Work. The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine/ Fall/Winter 1999 Volume 3 ~ Number 2
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