Alternative goes mainstream

WHILE there have been attempts to restrict the growth of alternative medicine in North America and Europe, it seems that consumers have been voting against it with their pockets.  

New findings from a team of Harvard researchers are bound to shock some and reassure many. Alternative medicine, once relegated to the fringes of Western science, is becoming an increasingly popular part of mainstream medicine in the United States. The findings, published in the August 21st issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, suggest that many Americans, regardless of gender, geography, education or ethnicity, are relying on at least one of the 20 different therapies studied.