Originally published January 24 2006
Expert examines the practice of unconventional therapies in the U.S. and abroad
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
For the Poughkeepsie Journal, Dr. Ravinder Mamtani reviews unconventional therapies, also known as alternative and complementary therapies, which have grown in popularity around the world.
The events and stories surrounding those suffering from a chronic disease are innumerable and pose challenges for all those concerned with human welfare, safety and health.
Many of these individuals suffer from debilitating and/or painful chronic problems, examples of which include musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, migraines and headache, allergies and asthma, cancer and its symptoms and depression.
So they are turning to alternative therapies such as acupuncture, herbal supplements and mind-body treatments, such as meditation, hypnosis and yoga.
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies, also called unconventional therapies, are widely used around the world.
Those suffering from health problems such as pain, headache and migraine, PMS, musculoskeletal problems, arthritic conditions, anxiety and depression are likely users of these therapies.
Evidence from scientific studies is positive for the use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies for a variety of clinical problems and troublesome symptoms associated with chronic diseases.
# Acupuncture for chronic musculoskeletal pain, headache and nausea.
Physicians who utilize these therapies in their practice report benefits both for their patients and themselves.
From the perspective of cancer patients, satisfaction is high even without the expectation of curative effects.
There are, however, many complementary and alternative medicine therapies that have little to offer and might even be harmful to patients.
Despite valid positive research findings, many health care providers, including physicians, remain unfamiliar about the usefulness and limitations of complementary and alternative medicine therapies.
It is not being suggested that complementary medicine is curative, but there is sufficient evidence that if appropriately used, this discipline of medicine can successfully complement conventional treatments so as to provide chronic disease patients with symptomatic assistance, and the best health-care that is available.
The demand for complementary and alternative medicine therapies is strong and growing.
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