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		<title>Ayurvedic medicines often contaminated by toxic metals, study says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22265/"><img src="http://rnbpull.99streets.netdna-cdn.com/graphicspics/ayurvedic-medicines.jpg" alt="Alternative healing" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Book review of Trick or Treatment"></a> A fifth of the nearly 200 concoctions tested contained levels of the toxic metals that, if taken at the maximum recommended doses, would surpass California's safety guidelines.<br /><br />Also: a review of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393066614/ref=nosim/buytoday-20">Trick or Treatment</a>, in which Simon Singh and Dr. Edzard Ernst report the results of hundreds of studies on the purported benefits of various alternative-medicine treatments.]]></description>
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		<title>Does Reiki have a place in Judaism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient Japanese tradition of Reiki is emerging in Israel, and its fresh presence is posing a simple question in the heart of the Jewish world: Is there a place for Reiki in Judaism? Reiki, &#8220;universal life energy&#8221; in Japanese, is more popular in Israel now than it was five years ago, says Eli Navon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative medical treatments gain interest, funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE &#8211; (KRT) &#8211; Johnnie Thomas spent 22 years trying to get teenagers to behave. As a building superintendent for a dormitory first run by the YMCA, now by Marquette University, he saw more than his share of late-night shenanigans. It took a toll, and in 1994, he underwent open-heart surgery. While recovering from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You did what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your body is pretty complex, sometimes needing an unconventional approach to soothe ills. Rosamund Burton checks out some wacky alternative therapies. Alternative medicine is more popular than ever so as new therapies become available it&#8217;s important we know how to use them. &#8220;Many therapies work in a way we understand little about, so it&#8217;s hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Remedies Gaining Popularity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2004 10:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Majority in U.S. Try Some Form, Survey Finds A majority of Americans are now trying to cure their ills with prayer or unconventional remedies, including herbal tonics, acupuncture, massage and yoga, federal researchers reported yesterday. A new government survey of more than 31,000 U.S. adults nationwide, the most comprehensive assessment of the use of alternative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicine for the soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 07:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the moment a patient walks into his consulting room, Jan de Vries studies every tiny detail. The way they walk. The way they talk. Hair. Eyes. Not so different, then, from the professional interviewer. So here is that very first glimpse of the interviewee: up through the stairwell of his Edinburgh clinic, Jan de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Strange Case of Homeopathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 07:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: PT examines whether treating illnesses with homeopathy is simply unconventional nonsense or a medicinal cure thatis here to stay. In 1994, NASA computer scientist Amy Lansky of Portola Valley, California, began wondering about her two-year-old son. Max knew the alphabet and could beat adults at memory games, but he barely spoke and, despite normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Call It Meditation in Motion, but Does Tai Chi Heal Ills?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI BEACH, April 12 — On a languid March evening, Jeff Morris, a lean, muscular man with a calm smile and shaved head, led a class of three men and two women with slow, fluid, continuous movements through the formalized postures of tai chi, the centuries-old Chinese Taoist martial art. For 75 minutes, the participants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient knowledge gets a modern makeover</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new government policy on paranormal and alternative healing therapies is expected to be unveiled in the near future. In a similar way to other countries which have recognized certain nonscience-based health care therapies like acupuncture, the Ministry of Health is now taking a close look at its own indigenous alternative medicine, including paranormal therapies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeopathic Remedies Thrive in Mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a lack of supportive studies, the drugs are gaining popularity. A 101-year-old L.A. firm benefits from the trend. Jay Borneman braced for the worst when ABC&#8217;s &#8220;20/20&#8243; aired a segment in January claiming to expose homeopathic medicines as little more than a scam. The negative publicity, he figured, would result in a flurry of [...]]]></description>
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