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Cocoa for high blood pressure? Massage for depression? That's right. Doctors say these and other alternative remedies really work to help heal our everyday ailments. Full story
The U.S. military is offering such alternative treatments as acupuncture for combat veterans with post-traumatic stress syndrome for whom conventional therapies have failed. Full story
Nov. 18: A new study finds males of many species have more varied personality traits than the females. Dr. Nancy Snyderman gives her take on this, along with ancient heart disease and longevity pills in “The Spin Doctor.”
Oct. 19: TODAY’s Ann Curry talks to actress Suzanne Somers, who was misdiagnosed with full-body cancer, about her search for alternative medicine and her new book, “Knockout.”
Oct. 12: Arizona investigators are looking into the possibility of criminal negligence after two people died, and more than a dozen sickened, in a sweat lodge retreat. Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks with alternative medicine specialist Dr. Tom Bolte about the qualifications of new age healers.
Sept. 8: Because violence has prompted many physicians to leave Iraq, alternative medicine is becoming more popular. NBC's Ghazi Balkiz reports.
Bashir Ahmad Mir, an unemployed Kashmiri electrohomeopathy doctor, is seen in flames after he tried self-immolation to demand for jobs in Srinagar May 19, 2009. Mir suffered burn injuries on his back and his condition is stable, according to police. Electrohomeopathy is a form of alternative medicin
PRIVATE PRACTICE - "In Which We Meet Addison, A Nice Girl From Somewhere" - At the invitation of her friend, fertility specialist Naomi Bennett, Addison leaves her job in Seattle and heads to Los Angeles to start a new job at Oceanside Wellness Group and to begin a new life. Not expecting Addison's
A combination photo shows Bosnian Serb wartime leader and indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in an undated recent file photo and Petar Glumac, an alternative medicine healer, who claims that Karadzic based his false identity on him in the village of Banatsko Novo Selo July 27, 2008. Kara
