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The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health – Introduction

Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health (FIH) was a small British charity promoting the marrying together of healthy lifestyle choices (good food, work, access to nature, exercise) with orthodox and complementary interventions to create an environment that promotes wellbeing. Created in 1993, it was sometimes referred to as being one of The Prince’s Charities of which [...]

Rheumatism – Treatment

A vast number of traditional herbal remedies were recommended for “rheumatism”. Modern medicine, both conventional and complementary, recognises that the different rheumatic disorders have different causes (and several of them have multiple causes) and require different kinds of treatment. Nevertheless, initial therapy of the major rheumatological diseases is with analgesics, such as paracetamol and non-steroidal [...]

Ralph W. Moss (science writer) – Introduction

Ralph W. Moss (born 1943) is an American science journalist who specializes in the investigation of new cancer treatments. He has written twelve books on medical topics, and has coedited the medical textbook ”Complementary Oncology”. Moss served on the Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health. He is currently president of [...]

Veterinary chiropractic – Education, certification and regulation

Pre-requisites North American applicants must have graduated from an accredited veterinary school or CCE-accredited chiropractic school and hold current licenses from their respective provinces or states. In Australia a first professional degree in chiropractic, osteopathic or veterinary medicine is required for admission into the Masters of Chiropractic Science program. Education Most veterinary chiropractic programs are [...]

Australian bush flower essences – Origins

The Australian flower essences were developed by Australian wiccan naturopath Ian White. White began working in New South Wales as a naturopath and took a keen interest in using the English flower essences. At the same time, he was also aware of the possibility of using Australian flowers in the same way. Things developed further [...]

Thieme Medical Publishers – Introduction

Thieme Medical Publishers is a German medical and science publisher in the Thieme Publishing Group. It produces professional journals, textbooks, atlases, monographs and reference books in both German and English covering a variety of medical specialties, including neurosurgery, orthopaedics, radiology, anatomy, chemistry, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, audiology and speech language pathology, and complementary and alternative medicine. Thieme [...]

Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment – Introduction

Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is variable and uncertain, and the condition is primarily managed rather than cured. Only two treatments, cognitive behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy, have demonstrated reproducible evidence for their efficacy in ambulant (non-severely affected) patients. Other proposed treatments include medications, medical treatments, and complementary and alternative medicine. Adapted from [...]

History of alternative medicine – A brief history of complementary & alternative medicine (CAM) in the UK

Since before recorded history, what is now the UK has been a destination for invaders, migrants, refugees, scholars and travellers. Part of their legacy is a diversity of medical and health practices that are today referred to as ‘complementary and alternative medicine’ (CAM). The terms ‘alternative’ and ‘complementary’ tend to be used interchangeably to describe [...]

William Donald Kelley – The Gonzalez regimen

In the 1980s, New York physician Nicholas Gonzalez started to develop and investigate Kelley’s methods further. A randomized phase III clinical trial for the possible treatment of pancreatic cancer with the Gonzalez Regimen was funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and co-sponsored by the National Cancer [...]

Treatment of Crohn’s disease – Complementary and alternative medicine

More than half of Crohn’s disease sufferers have tried complementary or alternative therapy. These include diets, probiotics, fish oil and other herbal and nutritional supplements. The benefit of these medications is uncertain. Acupuncture Acupuncture is used to treat inflammatory bowel disease in China, and is being used more frequently in Western society. There is evidence [...]

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