Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
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Key findings of a CAM survey in the UKBritish complementary therapists’ standards of practice evaluatedPharmacists giving unsatisfactory advicePrince Charles and the NHS disagree on CAMNew government proposals for CAM practitionersBritish understatement?WHO issues guidelines on herbal medicinesHerbal medicine boom endangers speciesBritish High Court action on food supplementsNCCAM celebrates its 5th anniversaryHealth Canada advises against use of Symphytum spp.-containing productsUSA announces ban on Ephedra sinica diet supplementPractitioners of Chinese medicine exempt from US ban of Ephedra sinicaIrradiated herbal supplements sold in IrelandMentha piperita (peppermint) is ‘plant of the year 2004’The Netherlands considers tougher laws on complementary practitionersHerbal manufacturer seeks injunction against animal rights’ group SHACCan red wine slow the growth of Chlamydia pneumoniae?Britain’s NHS offers tai chi to the elderly in order to cut hip fracturesThe dream pint: anti-ageing beerFooled by a lizard: confusion among supplement buyers