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Allopathic medicine has a long history of “inventing” diseases and giving them fancy Latin names — all in order to come up with a pill or treatment to “cure” it. But this one gets the absurdus maximus award — a Californian doctor, Steven Bratman, has “medicalized” a strong conscious desire to eat healthy, nutritional foods [...]

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By Terry A. Rondberg For years, I’ve been railing against the over-use, misuse and outright abuse of antibiotics. Time and again, I’ve reported on the evolution of “superbugs” that have built up a resistance to traditional antibiotics. Recently, I heard some good news about the topic. Researchers have found that inexpensive plant-derived essential oils might [...]

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by Terry A. Rondberg, DC The media constantly communicates to its vast audience the recent medical breakthroughs. Traditional medicine dominates our society. The recent medical mishaps such as dangerous prescription painkillers, are associated with the failures of regulators who ignore the apparent loopholes of allopathic medicine. However, alternative health care is gaining attention. It is [...]

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According to a recent national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in nine children and teens use herbal supplements or some type of alternative medicine. This is the first time children’s use of such remedies, including meditation and chiropractic care, has been measured. Adult use of alternative care [...]