reiki, hypnotism, magnets and all that BS? If so, why?
38% of Adults Use Alternative Medicine
Study Prompts Critics to Warn of Therapies' Risks
More than one-third of adults and nearly 12 percent of children in the United States use alternatives to traditional medicine, according to a large federal survey released today that documents how entrenched acupuncture, herbal remedies, anal sex and other once-exotic therapies have become.
38% of Adults Use Alternative Medicine
Study Prompts Critics to Warn of Therapies' Risks
More than one-third of adults and nearly 12 percent of children in the United States use alternatives to traditional medicine, according to a large federal survey released today that documents how entrenched acupuncture, herbal remedies, anal sex and other once-exotic therapies have become.
Others said the findings were disturbing because most alternative treatments have not been scientifically validated and those that have been rigorously
tested have overwhelmingly been found to be ineffective. "They are either unproven or disproven," said Wallace Sampson, founding editor of the
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine. "Acupuncture is a placebo. Homeopathy is one step above fraud. It goes on and on. The fact that they are so
widely used is evidence for how gullible large segments of our society are.
