Homeopathic Doctor Is Charged With Selling Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Cards
Juli Mazi of Napa, Calif., also sold “immunization pellets” to patients, federal prosecutors said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Derrick Bryson Taylor Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Frauds and Swindling Alternative and Complementary Medicine Napa (Calif) California Vaccination Proof and Immunization Records Mazi, Juli A Source Type: news

Vocal Anti-Vaccine Chiropractors Split the Profession
The conflict among chiropractors has become more consequential as the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads and the rate of new vaccinations slows. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Astor Tags: Chiropractors Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rumors and Misinformation Alternative and Complementary Medicine American Chiropractic Assn Source Type: news

How These Vocal Anti Covid Vaccine Chiropractors Have Split the Profession
The conflict among chiropractors has become more consequential as the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads and the rate of new vaccinations slows. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Astor Tags: Chiropractors Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rumors and Misinformation Alternative and Complementary Medicine American Chiropractic Assn Source Type: news

Elastography helpful in breast microcalcification cases
Shear-wave elastography could be useful in helping decide whether women undergoin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: High BPE on breast MRI linked to BRCA mutation for breast cancer Mammography or COVID-19 vaccine? Experts say, 'Get both' Breast MRI useful in detecting early interval cancers High BMI linked to higher risk of interval breast cancer Majority of breast cancer patients use complementary therapies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 21, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Oncologists, Breast Cancer Patients Differ on Alternative Therapies
Oncologists underestimate patient use of complementary and alternative treatments and often differ with patients in their opinions of approaches that offer benefits (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - June 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oncologists Underestimate Patients' Use of Complementary Tx Oncologists Underestimate Patients' Use of Complementary Tx
Oncologists underestimate patients ' use of complementary and alternative medicine and often have different opinions about potential benefits.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 14, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Is it risky to push alternative medicine in Covid pandemic?
​Inhalation of steam is now being questioned as being a contributor to the black fungus, as the high temperature could potentially burn off the natural defence mechanisms that the nasal passages have against the fungus​ (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 11, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Knowledge of medicinal plants at risk as languages die out
Loss of linguistic diversity may lead to disappearance of age-old remedies unknown to science, study warnsKnowledge of medicinal plants is at risk of disappearing as human languages become extinct, a new study has warned.Indigenous languages contain vast amounts of knowledge about ecosystem services provided by the natural world around them. However, more than30% of the 7,400 languages on the planet are expected to disappear by the end of the century, according to the UN.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Plants Environment Biodiversity Indigenous peoples Wildlife Conservation World news Language Science Alternative medicine Health & wellbeing Life and style Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific Pacific islands Native Americans Source Type: news

Physicists want ban on radioactive alternative medicine pendants
A group of Malaysian physicists are recommending a ban on so-called "scala...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: X-ray isolation keeps patients and staff safe during COVID-19 High CT radiation doses affect patients worldwide (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 7, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Cells to Society: Adaptation and Advancement
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Majority of breast cancer patients use complementary therapies
Seventy-three percent of breast cancer patients use complementary therapie...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Cancer screening may still be valuable for older individuals PET/MRI advances efforts for virtual biopsy in breast cancer COVID-19 widens disparities in breast screening Does digital mammography fall short for surveillance imaging? AI, radiomics can predict cancer in lesions found on breast MRI (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 3, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Breast cancer patients embrace integrative health during treatment
(The Reis Group) Nearly three-quarters of breast cancer patients (73%) report using at least one type of complementary medicine after cancer diagnosis, while oncologists believe that less than half (43%) of patients are using these approaches during cancer care. These and other findings from a national survey of oncologists and breast cancer patients were released in conjunction with the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting. The study found that doctors report discussing integrative health with only about half of patients, leading patients to seek information outside the clinic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 3, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

ASCO: Oncologists Underestimate Patient Use of Complementary Medicine
TUESDAY, June 1, 2021 – Oncologists may substantially underestimate how many breast cancer patients are using complementary medicine, according to the results of a survey scheduled to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 1, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

DR AMIR KHAN:  Will shark pills, spices or a copper band help soothe my arthritis?
DR AMIR KHAN: This week's patient wants advice about their osteoarthritis which has affected their knees for the past ten years and whether alternative therapies will work. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Long-COVID-19 Patients Are Getting Diagnosed With Little-Known Illnesses Like POTS
The day Dr. Elizabeth Dawson was diagnosed with COVID-19, she awoke feeling as if she had a bad hangover. Four months later, in February 2021, she tested negative for the virus, but her symptoms have only worsened. Dawson is among what Dr. David Goldstein, head of the National Institutes of Health’s Autonomic Medicine Section, called “waves and waves” of “long-haul” COVID patients who remain sick long after testing negative for the virus. A significant percentage are suffering from syndromes that few doctors understand or treat, primarily postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and ch...
Source: TIME: Health - May 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cindy Loose / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news