A Different Way to Heal?

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Summary: Acupuncture. Herbal remedies. Magnet therapy. Consumers and patients have made alternative and "complementary" medicine a billion-dollar industry. But do these and other alternatives to traditional Western medicine really work? Many claims exist for the efficacy of such treatments, but they are rarely supported with scientific testing and evidence. This classic episode of Scientific American Frontiers follows research projects and clinical trials attempting to test such claims with scientific methods.

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2009], c2001.

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General Note:	Multi-User. Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 16, 2009. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: A Different Way to Heal (1:49) -- Skepticism of Alternative Medicines (2:15) -- Cause and Effect (1:12) -- Redirecting Chi (1:21) -- Dietary Supplements (1:24) -- A Supplement for Everything (1:41) -- Herbal Hope (1:55) -- Running Out of Options (1:51) -- Studying PC SPES (1:34) -- DES in PC SPES (1:06) -- Comparing DES to DES (1:36) -- Assessing Alternative Therapies (1:37) -- Ignoring Conventional Medicine (2:17) -- Adjusting the Joints (2:05) -- Invention of Chiropractic (1:20) -- Expression of the Nervous System (1:15) -- Chiropractic Exam (1:15) -- Subluxations (1:25) -- Cracking Sounds In Chiropractic (1:09) -- Chiropractic Adjustments (1:19) -- Leg Measuring Procedures (1:23) -- Fooled by Expectations (1:01) -- Paralysis Caused by Chiropractic (1:07) -- Strokes Cause by Chiropractic (0:59) -- No Scientific Basis for Chiropractic (1:03) -- Chinese Medicine (1:08) -- Acupuncture in America (1:09) -- Science of Acupuncture (1:29) -- Acupuncture's Main Idea (1:27) -- Blood Pressure Study (4:01) -- An Opiate Effect (2:02) -- Healing Touch (2:37) -- Chinese Energy Therapy (1:58) -- Placebo Effect of Therapeutic Touch (2:11)
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