Posts tagged: Alternative

Can someone help me find ACCURATE AND CREDIBLE journal articles about alternative medicine?

it is for my biology class i am in college…i cant find any good ones, anything involving alternative medicine as long as its a good journal article not only someones opinion. facts as well thank you !

When an alternative medicine product “detoxifies” what exactly does it do?

I went to an alternative medicine store yesterday and a lot of the products claimed that it “detoxifies” the body. What exactly does it remove? What toxins are they talking about?

Do those who practice alternative medicine keep themselves aware of the advances of modern science?

The advances of science, particularly those in metabolism, genetics, and nanotechnology, promise unprecedented medical techniques that will revolutionize the practice of medicine in the coming years. Things like targeted drug delivery, RNA interference, patient specific therapy, gene therapy, stem cell therapy, cloning, etc, will do so much in the fight against disease. As an example, work on T-cell engineering, combined with advances in our understanding of cellular communication in the immune system, will soon allow physicians to expose immune cells to particular antigens and tell them to attack and kill any cell that has it, or not to. Imagine what such techniques could do for cancer, or organ transplantation. We could train immune cells to target specific cancer cell lines, and they will wipe them out with ease. We could transplant organs from any person into any person. This is a tiny fraction of the possibilities promised by the advances of immune based therapy, and there are so many more fields. I could go on for days about the future of modern medicine. The ability to deliver RNA molecules to specific cells is already becoming a reality. Imagine the ease with which diseases like Type I diabetes mellitus, or cystic fibrosis could be treated when we can simply stick RNA into the cell that will activate the necessary genes, or serve as a template for the missing proteins. Imagine how quickly disease like Huntington’s will be wiped out.

Will the alternative practioners stay in the loop as modern science advances? If they elect the not to, how long do they really think they’ll have a customer base?

I am very much interested in studying and practicing alternative medicine?

I am currently a 3rd year biology major and really want to practice and learn alternative medicine. Any information from someone working in the field would be greatly appreciated. I need someone to direct me where to go!

Does anyone else spend lots of money on alternative medicine?

I spend $100’s of dollars a month on supplements and I can’t really afford it but I can’t figure out any other way to deal with some medical problems I’m having. Does anyone have any experience with saving money with alternative medicine? I find the supplements really help me but spending money I don’t really have is hurting my health!