More people are seeking out traditional forms of medicine, from acupuncture to herbal medicines. The WHO is working to develop standards to make these healing practices implementable on a wide scale.
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Wellmania, staring Celeste Barber and inspired by Brigid Delaney’s book, asks: what does it mean to be well?
Patients who undergo transcranial magnetic stimulation say it’s painless, with few to no side effects. The treatment isn’t yet widely accessible, but for those who use it, the effects can be profound.
Research suggests that alternative treatments for migraine, including physical therapy, massage and vitamin supplements, can make a difference.
Many elite athletes turn to alternative therapies to improve performance and enhance recovery. But are these treatments helping or hindering their quest for sporting success?
From herbal remedies to acupuncture, traditional therapies are valued particularly by ethnically diverse groups.
Most countries need to find a happy balance between the American attitude that all pain needs to be cured – and the ethos in other countries that pain is to be endured.
Folk medicine has favoured apple cider vinegar for centuries and many claims are made for its supposed benefits. But what does the science say?
In many instances complementary medicines have no added benefit when compared to a placebo, or weak evidence of effectiveness.
We can’t keep blaming the MMR-autism scare – there are other forces at play.
There are several natural remedies that have can help reduce cancer cells.
Support for homeopathy within royal and political circles is a danger for public health.
Two years in the making, a statement released by the National Health and Medicine Research Council has found no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective.
There is nothing more likely to raise the hackles of any self-respecting rationalist than to be confronted with the latest celebrity story about the miraculous healing power of homeopathy or some other…
Recent German research found that more than 70% of people with cancer supplement their regular hospital treatment with complementary and alternative medicine. More worryingly, many do so without advising…
A constitutional monarch is purely ceremonial and plays no part in politics. But in the UK it isn’t quite as simple as that. The first problem is that we have no constitution. Things haven’t changed much…
A new study has found that kava, a plant-based relaxant used in the Pacific, is moderately effective at reducing anxiety symptoms in people with diagnosed Generalised Anxiety Disorder. However, while the…
Of all the cultural beliefs about health and illness that saturate the developed world, there is none so pervasive and deeply held as the idea that you can “battle” an illness by sheer force of will. We…
Practicing a particular form of meditation is associated with improved health outcomes and greater overall wellbeing, according…
Most of traditional healing practices are based on intuitive principles of diseases involving the imbalance of elemental qualities. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, whose systems of traditional healing…
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Founder of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance & Emeritus Professor, UNSW Sydney
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