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...spine to be effective in relieving lower-back pain. Orthopedic surgeons have even been known to refer patients to back crackers, and some 30 U.S. hospitals have chiropractors on staff. Because almost every nerve in the body runs through the spinal cord, chiropractors maintain that they can treat all manner of ills by "adjusting" the vertebrae. However, beyond the lower back, there is no proof -- aside from reams of anecdotal testimony -- that the method works...
...skeptic accustomed to conventional medicine quickly misplaces all familiar landmarks when trying to assess the possible medical value of such treatments. Surely the notion that your entire body can be treated via the feet stretches credence to the breaking point -- especially when you consider that chiropractors say the same thing about the spine, while iridologists (yes, another specialty) say the eyes are the windows to your inner health. Why, there are even acupuncturists who claim you can treat virtually any spot in the body by poking needles at various points around...
...disease researcher Dean Ornish knows from experience, funding for such research is extremely difficult to come by. Despite impeccable credentials from Harvard and Baylor University, Ornish was at first unable to get grants from the government or the American Heart Association for his work using diet and relaxation to treat cardiac patients. "They said it was impossible to reverse heart disease. They said you need to use drugs, because you can't motivate people to change their ways over a long time." Ornish eventually turned to real estate barons and oil moguls for funding. "Medical training is funded by drug...
...instance, even though Minke is aware of the pull of old custom, he is a wholly modern figure. Upon meeting the Nyai--a woman stigmatized in Indonesian society--he wonders, "Should I offer my hand as to a European woman, or should I treat her as a Native woman and ignore...
...nefarious H. pylori has also been linked to ulcers and gastritis -- inflammation of the stomach lining. Parsonnet and others believe that people with chronic duodenal ulcers should consider a course of antibiotics to knock out the bug rather than rely on costly medications like Tagamet and Zantac, which treat the symptoms, not the cause. Meanwhile, studies are under way in Colombia and Mexico to determine if a similar strategy of antibiotics could play a role in cutting the world's incidence of stomach cancer...