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“Polarized Thinking about CAM is Downright Dangerous”

25 February, 2014 by David Finer

Polarized thinking about complementary, alternative and integrative care is negative, well, downright dangerous. It undermines the health care encounter and harms individuals and nations. This can be read in an opinion piece in the journal European Journal of Integrative Medicine, written by researchers at I C. Read more

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Alleged Ideological Bias In Homeopathy Reviews

16 January, 2014 by David Finer

Homeopathy is generally superior to placebo, particularly in immune-related conditions. But it has been discounted by ideologically biased researchers, who have excluded almost all published studies, referring to virtual data, and using inappropriate statistics, writes physician Robert Hahn in a critical analysis in Forschende Komplementärmedizin. Read more

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Women´s Diaries Bridge Diverse Medical Systems

20 September, 2013 by David Finer

Women do not integrate conventional and alternative medicine because they think it is a romantic or rebellious thing to do. They do it because they must. Health providers, after all, do not build any bridges. A diary study from Australian reveals the pragmatic approach of older women towards medical pluralism. Researchers view them as role models for all of us as consumers of the future. Read more

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Policy News

Consumers Suffer As CAM Slips Through The Cracks

13 September, 2013 by David Finer

Complementary and alternative medicine slips through the cracks of the government agencies, and consumers have to pay. That is why there is a need for sceptics´and consumer organizations. Molecular cell biologist Professor Dan Larhammar, Uppsala University focused on ineffective and fraudulent alternatives in a lecture on the eve of the 15th European Sceptics Congress in Stockholm recently. Read more

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Policy News

EDITORIAL: Thank You for NCCAM, Mr President!

6 September, 2013 by Torkel Falkenberg

During the recent state visit of US President Barack Obama to Sweden, there was an almost hour-long press conference during which Obama and Sweden´s PM Fredrik Reinfeldt affirmed their debt of gratitude to each other´s countries in various respects. At I C (Integrative Care Science Center), we view the US as a role model in terms of concerted, long-term and large-scale efforts in the field of complementary, alternative and integrative care/medicine, writes Torkel Falkenberg, Head of I C in an editorial. Read more

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Policy News

Stockholm Skeptics Study Self-Deception

2 September, 2013 by David Finer

The 15th European Skeptics Congress in Stockholm mobilized speakers from around 10 countries and about 160 participants. The theme of self-deception ran through most contributions. The lectures will air on the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company´s Educational Channel later this fall. This is the first report by I C´s medical reporter David Finer. Read more

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Book Slams CAM´s Underdog Image

13 August, 2013 by David Finer

Do you like to think of alternative medicine as a David figure nobly struggling against the evil Goliath of mainstream, allopathic medicine? Well, think again, Dr. Paul Offit, seems to say in a new book. Read more

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EDITORIAL. Torkel Falkenberg: “Join Us!”

19 September, 2012 by Torkel Falkenberg

A decade ago in 2002, I had the honor of being asked to write the first draft of the WHO Strategy on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. I was also one of four people who got the opportunity to launch the strategy at the World Health Assembly, a ceremony to which all the health ministers of […] Read more

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