A new review recommends lifting the ban on seven complementary therapies. Nine others remain prohibited.
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Many women choose alternative medicines over hormone therapy because they have a higher risk of breast cancer. Should they give black cohosh a try?
People have died after taking the banned frog secretion Kambô, and even when things go right there’s a lot of vomiting.
There’s a common perception that supplements are harmless. But they can be dangerous at incorrect dosages.
Many elite athletes turn to alternative therapies to improve performance and enhance recovery. But are these treatments helping or hindering their quest for sporting success?
The NDIS has laudable aims but how much funding will be available to enable participation in arts therapy?
We recently submitted a complaint about the promotion of Ease-a-Cold products, which claim to be “clinically proven” to shorten your cold.
Complementary and alternative medicine could alleviate many of the access problems within primary health care in South Africa’s rural areas if it was fully integrated into the system.
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney has just announced A$1.3 of funding from Blackmores, the complementary medicine manufacturer, for a Chair in Integrative Medicine (a blending of evidence-based…
The University of Sydney’s announcement of a role funded by the Blackmores Institute raises perennial questions about whether industry-funded research can be truly independent.
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Health activist, Medreach Pty Ltd., Bond University
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Professor and Director South African Herbal Science and Medicine Institute (SAHSMI), University of the Western Cape
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Head of Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit; Director of Researcher Development Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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