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Friday, January 15, 2010

alternative turns conventional

http://nileherb.blogspot.com/

Start sneezing and before you know it, the people around you will start making recommendations to visit the doctor or to ingest an over the counter-drug. It's ridiculous and frequently INEFFICIENT, especially in regard to the long-term health of a patient, to be so hasty in resorting to these pharmaceutical forms of treatment. Western medicine, and more specifically medicine in the United States, relates more and more "unhealthy" symptoms to viral origins. More common than not, our nation's physicians will be quick to prescribe you an antibiotic before giving you advice the advice to go home, drink some tea, and get some rest.

Over the past three years, my interest in complementary and alternative medicine has soared. However, becoming increasingly involved in a professional health care setting has taught me to be careful before always giving CAM the upper hand. For obvious reasons, alternative medicine is given it's name simply because it is different than the conventional medicine available here in the U.S. However, many other nations use our idea of alternative medicine as their conventional method in medical practice.The NIH has began supporting research involving Complementary Alternative Medicine at their research campus located within Bethesda, Maryland. Although not a huge facility, nor a overly well-funded research agency, alternative medical approaches are emerging more regularly in conventional health care settings.
http://nccam.nih.gov/
On this website, you can find both quantitative and qualitative scientifically gathered information regarding the benefits/risks of many herbal "supplements." I have a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE desire to be a involved with NCCAM at some point in my career. Finally growing, this organization is just now looking for new investigators to implement their research ideas and goals - indicative of increased funding and grants. To learn more progressive information about what is going on the field of CAM research, as well as in depth comparisons to western forms of medicine, check out: http://nileherb.blogspot.com/.

Dr Hassan Nada born in Cairo-Egypt, graduate from Cairo University medical school 1971, earned his M.D. in general medicine, work as medical consultant. Associated with his medical career in Canada since 1990, researching on medicinal plants, and its potential to ease so many health problems facing humankind.Great amount of information about nutrition and alternative food supplements that eventually reaches the public through the 12 published books are already in the Middle East market.