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The ''Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine'' is not indexed by MEDLINE, a database of biomedical literature. Journals are selected for MEDLINE by the National Library of Medicine, according to criteria including scope and coverage, quality of content, quality of editorial work, intended audience,...
Hoffer believed that particular nutrients could cure mental illness. In the 1950s, he attempted to treat schizophrenia with niacin, although proponents of orthomolecular psychiatry say that the ideas behind their approach predate Hoffer. Carl Pfeiffer of the Pfeiffer Treatment Center continued...

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Orthomolecular MedicineThe ”Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine” is not indexed by MEDLINE, a database of biomedical literature. Journals are selected for MEDLINE by the National Library of Medicine, according to criteria including scope and coverage, quality of content, quality of editorial work, ...
Orthomolecular MedicineOrthomolecular medicine is practiced by few medical practitioners, but megavitamin treatments are increasingly found in over the counter retail products and naturopathic textbooks. A survey released in May, 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on ...
Orthomolecular MedicineHoffer believed that particular nutrients could cure mental illness. In the 1950s, he attempted to treat schizophrenia with niacin, although proponents of orthomolecular psychiatry say that the ideas behind their approach predate Hoffer. Carl Pfeiffer of the Pfeiffer Treatment Center ...
Orthomolecular Medicine”Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine” was established in 1967 by Abram Hoffer. It publishes studies in nutritional and orthomolecular medicine. There is controversy surrounding the journal, as the validity of the field of orthomolecular medicine is not widely accepted by mainstream ...
Orthomolecular MedicineOrthomolecular medicine, or megavitamin therapy, is a form of complementary and alternative medicine that seeks to prevent or treat diseases, with a goal of attaining optimal health, using nutrients prescribed as dietary supplements or derived from diets. Orthomolecular medicine focuses ...
Orthomolecular MedicineAccording to Abram Hoffer, orthomolecular medicine does not purport to treat all diseases, nor is it “a replacement for standard treatment. A proportion of patients will require orthodox treatment, a proportion will do much better on orthomolecular treatment, and the ...
Orthomolecular MedicineAccording to Abram Hoffer, “primitive” peoples do not consume processed foods and do not have “degenerative” diseases. In contrast, typical “Western” diets are said to be insufficient for long-term health, necessitating the use of megadose supplements of vitamins, dietary minerals, ...
Orthomolecular MedicineMethodology Orthomolecular therapies have been criticized as lacking a sufficient evidence base for clinical use: their scientific foundations are too weak, the studies that have been performed are too few and too open to interpretation, and reported positive findings in ...
Orthomolecular MedicineIn 1967, Hoffer found it increasingly difficult to publish reports on his studies of megavitamin therapies and claimed that his studies were rejected in a conspiracy of mainstream medicine, prompted by what he alleged to be extended conflicts of interest ...
Orthomolecular MedicineIn the early 20th century, some doctors hypothesised that vitamins could cure disease, and supplements were prescribed in megadoses by the 1930s. Their effects on health were disappointing, though, and in the 1950s and 60s, nutrition was de-emphasised in standard ...
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