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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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January 31, 1993
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ALTTHERA.ASC
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This file is from the Dallas Morning News of January 29, 1993
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Poll says Billions spent on Alternative Therapies
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BOSTON - A third of Americans seek relief from aches and pains
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outside mainstream medicine, spending nearly $14 billion a year on
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such therapies as relaxation techniques and herbal cures, a survey
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suggests.
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Although that is only $1 for every $60 spent on all kinds of health
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care, the researchers estimate that Americans actually pay more
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visits to providers of unorthodox treatments than they do to primary
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care physicians.
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The work suggests that Americans often bypass conventional medicine
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when they want help for backaches, headaches, stress and other
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complaints for which doctors too often lack the skills - or the time
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- to cure.
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"Some of these treatments are probably quackery," said Dr. Edward W.
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Campion. "Some of them are just the American version of the health
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spa."
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The most common of these therapies are, in order;
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1) relaxation techniques,
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2) chiropractic,
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3) massage,
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4) imagery,
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5) spiritual healing,
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6) commercial weight-loss programs,
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7) macrobiotics and other lifestyle diets,
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8) herbal medicine,
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9) megavitamins,
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10) self-help groups,
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11) energy healing,
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12) biofeedback,
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13) hypnosis,
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14) homeopathy,
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15) acupuncture and
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16) folk remedies.
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The level of use of unconventional therapies revealed by the survey
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is far higher than experts had thought.
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The study, based on a nationwide telephone survey of 1,539 adults,
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was directed by Dr. David M. Eisenberg of Boston's Beth Israel
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Hospital and published in Thursday's NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
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MEDICINE. It is the largest effort yet to measure the use and cost
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of alternative medicine in the United States.
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The study found that 34 percent of Americans said they used at least
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one unconventional therapy in 1990.
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Among other findings:
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Backaches are the No. 1 reason for alternative therapies, cited
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by 36 percent of those seeking help.
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The use of unconventional therapy was most common among people 25
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to 49, those with some college education, and those with annual
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incomes greater than $35,000. It was less common among blacks.
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