Tag Archives: Alternative Medicine

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mark Blumenthal on Herbal and Alternative Medicine

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

American Botanical Council director Mark Blumenthal in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, June 15, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset photo below by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Botanical Council’s Mark Blumenthal discusses … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Acromegaly

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from the ACLU.ACROMEGALY By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2011 Acronyms, I think, bring out the worst in people. For example, the USAPATRIOT act is not an act for American Patriots as it would appear, … Continue reading →

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David P. Hamilton : My Remission and the Business of American Medicine

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from The Patient’s Doctor.Rheumatoid arthritis, my remission,and the business of American medicine Their deficiencies, spawned by the system’s economic organization, might be more tolerable if doctors didn’t so often act like they had been anointed by God with special … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive : Learning About our Bodies

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Apples and oranges: Rats have substantially different physiological systems.Stayin’Alive:What do we know about our bodies,And how do we know it? By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2009 [Stayin’ Alive is a periodic column on Complementary … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive : Managing Osteoarthritis with Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Skeleton Woman.” Prisma color pencil, watercolor, applique by Lucy MadelineStayin’ Alive:Hanging out in the joints with osteoarthritis By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2010 [Stayin’ Alive is a new periodic column on Complementary and Alternative … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive : Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Tree of Life,” working design for Stoclet Frieze, Gustav Klimt, 1905/09.Stayin’ Alive:Towards a conscious self-health-care continuum No system of medicine is static, and none has a monopoly on beneficial knowledge or tactics. By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Real Life Education Through YouTube

Posted on June 12, 2009 by RagBlog

Sarah Griffith with her husband, Brian Mclean, and sons Declan, 8, and Bastian, 18 months. Photo: Erik S. Lesser/New York Times.Lights, Camera, Contraction!By Malia Wollan / June 10, 2009 BY her eighth month of pregnancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist … Continue reading →

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Meditation Helps Veterans with PTSD

Posted on May 17, 2009 by RagBlog

Dr. David Kearney, standing, a veterans-hospital physician, conducts a mindfulness-based stress-reduction class that uses meditation and yoga techniques to combat chronic pain, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. In front is Stephen Brakus. Photo: Courtney Blethen, Seattle Times.Seattle hospital teaches … Continue reading →

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HEALTH : The Homeopathic Crowd Meets Academic Medicine

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Echinacea purpurea: Academic studies say it doesn’t work.‘To dismiss alternative medicine too quickly is to miss a central question: What is the role of health care?’By Kent Sepkowitz Few things rankle doctors more than alternative (aka complementary, integrative, holistic, homeopathic, … Continue reading →

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Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading →

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HEALTH : More Good News About Cannabis

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Cannabis-linked cell receptor might help prevent colon cancer August 1, 2008 A cannabinoid receptor lying on the surface of cells may help suppress colorectal cancer, say U.S. researchers. When the receptor is turned off, tumor growth is switched on. Cannabinoids … Continue reading →

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