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May 3, 2002:
Hour Two: Alternative
Medicine
Earlier this year, the White House Commission on Complimentary and
Alternative Medicine issued a report recommending that alternative treatments
be made more widely available. The report received criticism from some,
fanfare from others.. Join us in this hour of Science Friday for a look
the report and its recommendations.. Is there really a difference between
so called 'alternative and complimentary medicine' and 'traditional'
methods? And, if so, what is it? And as alternative therapies move into
the mainstream, what does the science say about what might work and
what probably will not?
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Robert S. Baratz
President, International Medical Consultation Services, Inc.
Executive Director, National Council
Against Health Fraud, Inc.
Newton, Massachusetts
Barrie Cassileth
Chief, Integrative
Medicine Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
James S. Gordon
Founder and Director, Center for Mind
Body Medicine
Chairman, White House Commission
on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Washington, DC
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
White
House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy Home
Page
White
House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy -
Final Report
MEDLINEplus:
Alternative Medicine
About
- Alternative Medicine News and Information
American
Chiropractic Association
Alternative
Medicine Foundation, Inc., Bethesda, MD - Welcome
NIH:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Home
Page
Office
of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Home Page
NCAH
Position Statement on the White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
Quackwatch:
Analysis of the WHCCAMP Reports
This segment produced by: Annette Heist
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