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    Jan 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment

    The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].
    The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chiropractors

    2. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback

    Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
    Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s. "Childhood Cough Is Given...

    Tags: Human Body, Chemicals, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body

    3. Feb 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Remote-control surgery grows, despite inconclusive evidence

    Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like a three-legged spider.
    Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like a three-legged spider. One...

    Tags: Concerts, Companies and Corporations, University of Chicago, Science and Technology, Human Body

    4. Dec 12, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Study's doctors have had their share of troubles

    More than a dozen physicians involved with the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy have run into trouble with federal regulators, state medical boards and even, in some cases, the law: •Dr. L. Terry Chappell, testified at Rep. Dan Burton's 1999...

    Tags: Dan Burton, Judges, Justice System, Chicago Tribune, Diseases and Illnesses

    5. Dec 12, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Troubled study at heart of therapy debate

    With $30 million of taxpayer money, researchers set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever of an alternative medical treatment, a controversial therapy for coronary artery disease.
    With $30 million of taxpayer money, researchers set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever of an alternative medical treatment, a controversial therapy for coronary artery disease. The project was marred with problems from beginning to end....

    Tags: Dan Burton, Health Organizations, Health and Medical Professionals, Northwestern University, Fraud

    6. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. How we got details on questionable federal health research funding (You can look, too)

    On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM.
    On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM. Sen. Tom Harkin...

    Tags: Medical Research, Media Industry, Drugs and Medicines, National Institutes of Health, Health

    7. Dec 11, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Energy healing sparks debate

    Energy healers say they can detect and channel a "universal energy" and even manipulate this energy within another person.
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    Energy healers say they can detect and channel a "universal energy" and even manipulate this energy within another person. Science has not proved that this energy exists, that anybody can detect it or manipulate it, or that it has anything to do with...

    Tags: Medical Research, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Drugs and Medicines

    8. Dec 11, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine

    Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could not.
    Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...

    Tags: Scientific Institutions, Health and Medical Professionals, Northwestern University, Yale School of Medicine, Medical Specialization

    9. Dec 23, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Science journal retracts controversial research paper

    A scientific paper embraced by many chronic fatigue syndrome patients as a ray of hope has been retracted after a tumultuous year that included allegations of data manipulation and felony charges involving stolen property against the study's lead researcher.
    A scientific paper embraced by many chronic fatigue syndrome patients as a ray of hope has been retracted after a tumultuous year that included allegations of data manipulation and felony charges involving stolen property against the study's lead...

    Tags: Crimes, Autism, Behavioral Conditions, Prisons, Science

    10. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Our whooping cough story, and why medical reporting is so interesting

    One especially fascinating aspect of my job is sifting through medical history, something I was more than happy to do for my story on the resurgence of reported cases of whooping cough in Illinois and across the nation. You can find that story, which ran Friday, <a title=&quot;here" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-whooping-cough-20120106,0,3041101.story">here</a>.
    One especially fascinating aspect of my job is sifting through medical history, something I was more than happy to do for my story on the resurgence of reported cases of whooping cough in Illinois and across the nation. You can find that story, which...

    Tags: Chemicals, ProQuest Company, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses

    11. Jan 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Killer bird flu? What's behind the controversy over bird flu research

    "Engineered Doomsday." "Mutant Bird Flu." These may sound like the names of disaster movies, but they are headlines on recent news reports about experiments involving the H5N1 influenza virus. The H5N1 virus is known as a "bird flu" because it mainly...

    Tags: Northwestern University, Genes and Chromosomes, University of Michigan, Flu, Bird Flu

    12. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Whooping cough facts

    Whooping cough, or pertussis, infects babies, children and adults and looks a lot like the common cold at first &#8212; runny nose, sneezing and a mild cough or fever, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Whooping cough, or pertussis, infects babies, children and adults and looks a lot like the common cold at first — runny nose, sneezing and a mild cough or fever, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After one to two...

    Tags: Whooping Cough, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Common Cold, Diseases and Illnesses

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