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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(13):1104-1105; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.13.1104
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 13, 1104-1105, July 7, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Alternative Medicines Gain in Popularity, Merit Closer Scrutiny

Katherine Arnold

Therapies that fall under the rubric of complementary and alternative medicine are popping up with greater frequency these days as nonstandard therapies gain more attention from the media and popularity with the public. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, 42% of Americans used some form of alternative therapy in 1997, and about 39 million people sought treatment or advice from an alternative medicine practitioner, up from 22 million in 1990.

This trend has captured the attention of medical researchers and increased efforts to understand and validate these therapies.

"Just because a tradition is 3,000 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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