Alternative Medicine
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Healing or hokum?Alternative medicine enters the mainstreamEDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is the first in an Associated Press series examining their use and potential risks. Read More... |
Philippines Royal Oil & Alternative Energy, Inc. Becomes BIO-Genex Laboratories, Inc. Under Symbol BGNX
Marketwire via Yahoo! FinancePhilippines Royal Oil & Alternative Energy, Inc. announces the completion of its corporate reorganization. This corporate action will take effect at the open of business Tuesday 5/19/2009.
Teen gets 1st chemo round
St. Cloud TimesAlternative methods also will be tapped
Obama appears open to some health insurance mandates
Chicago TribuneIn a letter to Sens. Kennedy and Baucus, he stands by plans for a government alternative to private coverage. Major healthcare bills are expected in the next several weeks. With lawmakers poised to begin a major push to reshape the nation's healthcare system, President Obama on Wednesday signaled new openness to the idea of the government requiring that most Americans get medical insurance -- a ...
Medicine, religion collide in chemo refusal
USA TodayFederal authorities are on the lookout for a mother and her 13-year-old son who have been refusing the chemotherapy that doctors say could save the boy's life.
Steve Aschburner: Yao's injury woes an all-too-familiar NBA tale
Sports IllustratedThe best book ever written about the game and business of professional basketball, possibly the best book ever written about sports, is entitled The Breaks of the Game.
Nigeria: 'Palm Oil is Alternative Source of Fuel'
AllAfrica.comNigeria should consider using oil palm to produce bio-fuel, an alternative source of fuel, the Executive Director, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Professor Emmanuel Asuquo Obot, has urged.
Faith, medicine at odds in chemo refusal
USA TodayThe case of a missing Minnesota mother and her cancer-stricken son has rekindled the debate over parents who reject conventional medical treatments for their sick children because of religious beliefs.
Judge to decide case of Minnesota boy resisting chemo
Grand Forks HeraldA Minnesota judge is weighing whether to force a 13-year-old boy who claims to be a medicine man in his church to get chemotherapy for his cancer - a treatment the boy and his parents have resisted for religious reasons. Free driving range for all season ticket holders! RAY RICHARDS GOLF COURSE - Ends May 14, 2009
Grand jury lauds drug disposal program
San Mateo Daily JournalIn its nearly three years of existence, the county’s pharmaceutical disposal program has diverted more than 7.25 tons of potentially dangerous drugs and is a good alternative to potential environmental contamination by flushing them away, according to a civil grand jury report.
GOP scam artists take aim at universal care
The Record and Herald NewsHere's what I would like: to eat anything I want and never gain weight and to spend to the limits of my credit cards and never have them come due.