Recently, there has been heightened suspicion regarding orthodox medicine as people are taking more interest in alternative medicine. The consensus is that orthodox drugs are artificial chemicals that ...

Jim and Louise Laidler lost their faith on a trip to Disneyland in 2002, while having breakfast in Goofy's Kitchen. The Laidlers are doctors, and their sons, Ben and David, had been diagnosed with ...

With no approved drugs for the new coronavirus, some people are turning to alternative medicines, often on the advice of their governments. This is most evident in China and India, both densely ...

Americans spend %2434 billion a year on alternative and complementary medicine Yet alternative medicine is subject to far less oversight than conventional health care The Food and Drug Administration ...

From 1876 to 1943, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a grand hotel, spa, and wellness center. He is perhaps better known for his invention of cornflakes, ...

There are many ways to define health and wellness. In turn, there are many ways to achieve what one might consider good health or wellness. Some might say seeing a doctor and taking prescription ...

Integrative medicine (IM) is an approach that combines conventional medicine with complementary treatments. The aim of IM is to treat the whole person, not just a health problem. Because IM is ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Paul Offit is chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and author of the book “Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of ...

Nearly 40 percent of Americans incorrectly believe that alternative medicine can cure cancer, a new study out Tuesday finds. The survey finds that 38 percent of people who care for cancer patients ...

Steven Novella, MD, is a faculty member at Yale School of Medicine, a practicing neurologist, and the host of the wildly popular podcast "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," where he and his group ...

They're among the nation's premier medical centers, at the leading edge of scientific research. Yet hospitals affiliated with Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and other top medical research centers also ...

There’s nothing like reading about the history of disease to make you appreciate modern times. Until just a century or two ago, most people died horribly of contagious diseases we barely remember the ...