New research suggests that many complementary and alternative remedies can have significant -- even fatal -- side effects in children.
alternative remediesAlternative remedies 'dangerous'BBC News | Health | World Edition Thu, 12/23/2010 - 01:40
Alternative remedies can be dangerous for children and can even prove fatal, according to a study carried out in Australia More insurers are paying for alternative remediesHeadlines from the Associated Press Mon, 11/02/2009 - 23:00
EDITOR'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. Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remediesHeadlines from the Associated Press Sun, 11/01/2009 - 11:06
EDITOR'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. Man who lost sense of smell assumed Zicam safeHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 06/17/2009 - 13:27
He was like millions of other consumers who sometimes take vitamins or echinacea, hoping to build up his immunity or ward off a cold. |
