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Global Health & Environment
MONITOR
Spring 2001, Vol. 9, Issue 1

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Sizing Up Alternative Medicine

Inside this Issue:

• Complementary Therapies Surge, Challenge Conventional Wisdom
  —by Dr. Andrew Vickers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
• CECheck-Up
  —by Dr. Sushma Palmer, CECHE, Washington DC
• Plant Power: Rediscovering the Roots of Modern Medicine
  —by Mr. Joel Swerdlow, an Ass't Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Wash., DC
• Sifting Through Supplements: Consumers, Industry Confront Myths and Realities of “Natural Products”
  —by Mr. Bruce Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC
• Ayurveda’s Ancient Ways Promote Contemporary Healthy Living
  —by Shri Kant Mishra MD; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Vies for Place in Western Medical Practice
  — by Dr. Boping Wu, Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, Miami, FL
• Cancer: Does CAM Measure Up?
  — by Dr. Sushma Palmer, CECHE, Washington, DC
• Scientists Tap CAM for Arthritis, Rheumatism Treatments
  — by Peter Fisher MD; Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK
• Rigorous Research, Sound Policy—Key to Integration of CAM and Conventional Medicine
  —by Ms. Linda Engel and Steven Strauss MD; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Global Health & Environment
MONITOR
Spring 2001, Vol. 9, Issue 1
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