Science & Medicine
Doctors increasingly encourage patients to round out their traditional treatment with acupuncture, visualization and other complementary therapies.
Nov. 12, 2001
World & Nation
No longer dismissed as fringe ideas, such ‘traditional’ therapies as acupuncture and herbs are going mainstream. Once-wary doctors are using them to complement conventional medicine.
Jan. 1, 1996
Many people swear by nontraditional therapies such as acupuncture and herbs. To determine the value of these alternatives to consumers, government researchers are testing unconventional medicine.
March 18, 2002
With no treatment for the new coronavirus, some people are trying alternative medicines. In China and India, the government has advised them to do so.
April 17, 2020
California
Alternative medicine is edging into the mainstream, with Californians leading the way. The appeal is complex, and debate rages about its effectiveness and scientific oversight.
Aug. 30, 1998
In what is surely one of the most convincing signs yet that alternative health is moving into the mainstream, two Los Angeles-area hospitals have announced that they will begin offering services such as acupuncture and herbal medicine.
Sept. 8, 1997
Americans willing to try unorthodox remedies to relieve asthma, back pain, insomnia and other ailments are gradually pulling the practice of alternative medicine into the mainstream.
Aug. 22, 1993
Sabanita Herrera has been walking the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico for nearly half a century, handpicking medicinal herbs to ease a slew of ailments.
Feb. 14, 1993
Testing: When medicines come from outside the mainstream, government and established researchers often must be persuaded to provide the funds and studies that will validate--or debunk--them.
Sept. 1, 1998
Health: Seattle school trains naturopaths, who diagnose and treat illness with alternative remedies, such as massage and herbs, along with a focus on the well-being of the whole person.
March 31, 1996