MEDICAL SCHOOL TEACHES NATURAL MEDICINE

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL SCHOOL EMBRACES NATURAL REMEDIES SANDIEGO — Whether it’s using St. John’s Wort to fight minor depression or acupuncture to help manage a migraine, experts say San Diego is fertile ground for natural medicine. In recent years, some of the region’s largest and most traditional health care systems have begun to integrate holistic and […]

FUTURE SCIENCE: BREAST CANCER TESTING MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH BLOOD TEST

BLOOD TEST HOLDS PROMISE FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING 2.10.12 Rada Rouse Medical Observer   A SIMPLE blood test could in future replace the mammogram to screen for breast cancer, researchers say. Cancer Research UK is pumping more than £1 million ($1.6 m) into a project to investigate whether a blood test can distinguish between women […]

NATURAL THERAPIES HOLD THE ANSWERS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS

UNFIT TO PRACTICE The Forces Against Health in Australia ‘Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite’ Dr. Ian Brighthope, M.D. Orthomolecular Medicine, 25.6.12 According to Dr Ian Brighthope: “There is not a single medical school in Australia teaching adequate nutritional science to future doctors to ensure […]

NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS MAY PREVENT DISEASE

EATING A BALANCED DIET WILL NOT PREVENT NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AND DISEASE – NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS PRESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR BIOLOGICALLY UNIQUE BODY PROBABLY WILL The Forces Against Health inAustralia Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite. Commentary by Ian Brighthope, M.D.                                                        Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 25, […]

HOW NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS ARE PROVING THE VALUE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

13.6.12 John Weeks Huffington post   “In the mid-1980s, leaders of the reemerging naturopathic medical profession faced a tough challenge. They had to make the case for a scientific basis for their field prior to any history of federal support for naturopathic research. The naturopathic physician authors of such pioneering volumes as the Textbook of […]

What Evidence Exists That ‘Mainstream’ Medical Treatments Are Safe or Effective?

There has been much discussion, commentary and debate over a recent newspaper article urging universities to shut down natural medicine courses. ATMS Board Member David Stelfox shares his response: Dwyer’s approach has always been to present the illusion that all Complementary and Alternative medical approaches are without research-based evidence while all conventional medical treatments are […]