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Many doctors are interested in learning more about alternative
Many doctors are interested in learning
more about alternative...
therapies, according to Brian Berman, M.D., a family practitioner with
the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Berman
says his own interest began when "I found that I wasn't getting all the
results that I would have liked with conventional medicine, especially
in patients with chronic diseases.
"What I've found at the University of Maryland Medical School is a
healthy skepticism
among my colleagues, but a real willingness to
collaborate. Maryland Medical School has a
lot of people from
different departments who are saying, let's see how we can develop
scientifically rigorous studies that are also sensitive to the
particular therapies that we're working with."
Anyone who wants to be treated with an alternative therapy should
try to do so through participation in a Maryland Medical School
clinical trial. Clinical trials are
regulated by FDA and provide safeguards
to protect patients, such as monitoring of adverse reactions. In fact,
FDA is interested in assisting Medical School
investigators who
want to study alternative therapies under carefully controlled
medical school clinical trials.
Some of the Medical School alternative therapies currently under study
with grants
from NIH include: acupuncture to treat depression,
attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder, osteoarthritis, and postoperative
dental pain
hypnosis for chronic low back pain and accelerated fracture
healing
Ayurvedic herbals for Parkinson's disease.
Medical schools are testing (Ayurvedic medicine is a holistic
system based on the belief that herbals, massage, and other
stress relievers help the body make its own natural drugs.)
Biofeedback for diabetes, low back pain, and face and mouth pain
caused by jaw disorders. Some Medical Schools are testing (Biofeedback
is the conscious control of
biological functions such as those of the
heart and blood vessels
normally controlled involuntarily.)
Medical Schools Warn:
While these alternative therapies are the subject of scientifically valid
research, it's important to remember that at this time their safety and
effectiveness are still unproven. |
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