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Mr. Schnerb said Mr. Tron is a member of an alternative-medicine association and practices reflexology.
Women Accuse French Official Christina Passariello 2011
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Olivier Schnerb, Mr. Tron's lawyer, said last week that his client is a member of an alternative-medicine association and practices reflexology.
French Minister Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations Ruth Bender 2011
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Luckily, hundreds of studies have examined the purported benefits of various alternative-medicine treatments.
Ayurvedic medicines often contaminated by toxic metals, study says 2008
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Chelation therapy — a legitimate method of removing heavy metals such as lead or mercury from the body, but now pitched in alternative-medicine circles as a cure for heart disease and other ailments — is “disproven, expensive, and dangerous,” according to Mr. Singh and Dr.Ernst. They urge patients “not to use this treatment.”
Ayurvedic medicines often contaminated by toxic metals, study says 2008
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine. www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/CM99999.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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Fayaz Kabli/Reuters EXTREME ACTION: Bashir Ahmad Mir, an unemployed Kashmiri electrohomeopathy alternative-medicine doctor, set himself on fire to bring attention to joblessness in Srinagar, India, Tuesday.
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Many other doctors, Somers says, simply don't understand bio-identical hormones as well as she does, because they "don't learn about them in medical school" or go to the alternative-medicine conferences she attends.
Uh, O! 2009
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In the alternative-medicine network which Homefirst is part of, there are virtually no cases of childhood asthma, in contrast to the overall Blue
CA Study Cites Chemicals in the Home as Possible Autism Trigger 2009
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In the alternative-medicine network which Homefirst is part of, there are virtually no cases of childhood asthma, in contrast to the overall Blue
CA Study Cites Chemicals in the Home as Possible Autism Trigger 2009
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The mineral has long been touted as a cold quasher by alternative-medicine types.
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