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Complementary and alternative medical practices - which include health products and therapies that aren't generally considered part of conventional medicine - are frequently a part of Americans' health care regimens. That's the finding of a new survey released this month by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), which is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Read More.... 

Many years ago while vacationing in Europe, I went to a pharmacy to buy something for a headache. While I was browsing the shelves, I noticed that many of the medication were homeopathics. Europeans are as likely to use these preparations as to pop antibiotics. Read More.... 

 There are many aspects of cancer which makes it such a frightening disease. For example, it often does not exhibit symptoms until the time when most people think it is "too late" to do anything. This makes it almost a silent killer. It makes people feel helpless, and cancer sometimes spread very rapidly. It seems to afflict anyone, anywhere, too. Read More...

Nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital incidents of sudden cardiac arrest occur among U.S. residents each year. For every minute care is delayed, survival is decreased. Read More...