Integrative Medicine Alert – June 1, 2008
June 1, 2008
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Rhodiola rosea for General Anxiety Disorder
The successful treatment of General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) often requires a combination of a variety of modalities ranging from psychotherapy, behavior modification, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, and/or mind-body techniques such as meditation or self-hypnosis. -
Breast Cancer and Botanical Medicine
The following article has two objectives: to provide clinically relevant information on the use of herbs in the treatment of breast cancer and to provide a context for their use. What follows is a distillation of some of the more effective botanicals, as well as some suggestions about how to use them in the setting of breast cancer. -
Clinical Briefs with Comments from Russell H. Greenfield, MD
Goal: To determine whether use of homeopathic remedies amongst pre-schoolers is associated with any change in the frequency of use of antibiotics in the same age group.