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The New York Times guide to alternative health : a consumer reference
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- Creator
- by Jane E. Brody, Denise Grady, and the reporters of the New York Times
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- New York times
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Times Books/Henry Holt, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780805067439, 0805067434
- OCLC
- ocm45806389
- Includes index.
- 1. Patients Seek Kinder, Gentler Cures: Alternative Medicine as a Social Trend -- 2. Offerings Many, Rules Few: The Booming Alternative Industry and Its Frustrated Regulators -- 3. Some Help, Some Harm, Many Remain Mysterious: Herbal Remedies -- 4. They Are Essential, but Not in Megadoses: Vitamins and Minerals -- 5. A Pill for Every Purpose: Other Supplements, from Andro to Zinc -- 6. Acupuncture, Magnets, Massage and Exercise: Alternative Therapies -- 7. Prayer, Laughter, Meditation and the Power of Placebos: The Mind-Body Connection -- 8. Menopause, Breast Cancer and Wrinkles: A Lucrative Market: Women and Alternative Medicine -- 9. Skeptics, Misadventures and Charlatans: Cautionary Tales -- 10. Ginkgo Candy Bars and Ketchup for What Ails You: Food as Medicine
Subjects
- Alternative medicine -- Popular works.
- Consumer education.
- Complementary Therapies -- popular works.
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- Health Education -- popular works.
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- Health -- popular works.
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