Alternative Therapies on the Horizon - Page 2
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Laboratory chief Leda M. Cummings, a former genomic researcher at the Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville and at NIH, is using sophisticated tools of genomics to look at how gene expressions linked to diseases may be changed through homeopathy and other alternative medicines.
So far, these studies and the specialists have determined that alternative therapies are on the horizon and that they are productive in their correlation to health and wellness of those individuals incorporating them into a health regime.
"A body of doctors are missing out today on a lot of opportunities in preventative health. Alternatives are bringing diet and nutrition and stress management into everyday care," said Lee, whose center is focused on integrating alternative and conventional medicines, such as getting doctors to consider prescribing acupuncture as well as prescriptions drugs for pain.
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- Alternative 'Touch Therapies' May Relax Heart Patients, Says The Harvard Heart Letter. Harvard Health Letter. BOSTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire.
- Charles study backs NHS therapies. BBC News, UK Edition. Wednesday, 5 October 2005.
- Laboratory launched to study benefits of medicinal alternatives. Gazette.Net. Friday, October 7, 2005. Steve Berberich, Staff Writer.
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