http://www.alex-ram.com Your Resource for Alternative Health Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:34:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/complementary-and-natural-healthcare-council-origins http://www.alex-ram.com/article/complementary-and-natural-healthcare-council-origins#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:35:05 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/complementary-and-natural-healthcare-council-origins The Need for Regulation In November 2000, the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology reported on complementary and alternative medicine and considered the public health policy needs and NHS provision of these treatments. In one of its many areas of consideration, the report considered the needs to provide public protection by regulating [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/complementary-and-natural-healthcare-council-origins/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/osteopathic-medicine-in-the-united-states-criticism-and-internal-debate http://www.alex-ram.com/article/osteopathic-medicine-in-the-united-states-criticism-and-internal-debate#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:36:02 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/osteopathic-medicine-in-the-united-states-criticism-and-internal-debate OMM Traditional osteopathic medicine, specifically OMM, has been criticized for many techniques such as cranial and cranio-sacral manipulation. A recent study questions the therapeutic utility of osteopathic manipulative treatment modalities. A website cites numerous studies demonstrating that there are some ailments for which the benefit of manipulative therapy has “firmly established” scientific support. Also, New [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/osteopathic-medicine-in-the-united-states-criticism-and-internal-debate/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/manual-therapy-introduction http://www.alex-ram.com/article/manual-therapy-introduction#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:34:41 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/manual-therapy-introduction Manual therapy, manipulative therapy, or manual & manipulative therapy encompasses the treatment of health ailments of various etiologies through ‘hands-on’, physical intervention. Physical treatments includes massage, soft tissue mobilization, various connective tissue techniques, myofascial release, craniosacral techniques, mobilization of joints, joint manipulation, mobilization of neural tissue, visceral mobilization, and strain and counterstrain.Adapted from the Wikipedia [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/manual-therapy-introduction/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/autism-therapies-medical-management http://www.alex-ram.com/article/autism-therapies-medical-management#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:34:38 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/autism-therapies-medical-management Drugs, supplements, or diets are often used to alter physiology in an attempt to relieve common autistic symptoms such as seizures, sleep disturbances, irritability, and hyperactivity that can interfere with education or social adaptation or (more rarely) cause autistic individuals to harm themselves or others. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to support medical treatment; [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/autism-therapies-medical-management/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/bernard-jensen-introduction http://www.alex-ram.com/article/bernard-jensen-introduction#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:36:59 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/bernard-jensen-introduction Bernard Jensen (March 25, 1908 – February 22, 2001) was a chiropractor, entrepreneur, and the author of numerous books and articles on health and healing. Jorgen Bernard Jensen was born in Stockton, California to Eugene and Anna Jensen. In 1929, Jensen graduated from the West Coast Chiropractic College in Oakland, California. Jensen went on to [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/bernard-jensen-introduction/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/new-mexico-school-of-natural-therapeutics-curriculum http://www.alex-ram.com/article/new-mexico-school-of-natural-therapeutics-curriculum#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:35:25 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/new-mexico-school-of-natural-therapeutics-curriculum The healing modalities taught at the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics—and the lifestyle it encourages—have been designed to promote health by supporting natural healing processes, rather than by fighting the symptoms of disease. The school teaches multiple aspects of natural therapeutics and massage, which have been used by indigenous cultures throughout the world. Specifically, [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/new-mexico-school-of-natural-therapeutics-curriculum/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-procedure-list-of-medical-procedures http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-procedure-list-of-medical-procedures#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:38:07 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-procedure-list-of-medical-procedures Propedeutic * Auscultation * Medical inspection * Palpation * Percussion * Temperature examination Diagnostic * Cardiac stress test * Electrocardiography * Electroencephalography * Electrocorticography * Electromyography * Electroneuronography * Electronystagmography * Electrooculography * Electroretinography * Endoluminal capsule monitoring * Endoscopy ** Colonoscopy ** Colposcopy ** Cystoscopy ** Gastroscopy ** Laparoscopy ** Laryngoscopy ** Ophthalmoscopy ** [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-procedure-list-of-medical-procedures/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/ann-romney-multiple-sclerosis-and-riding http://www.alex-ram.com/article/ann-romney-multiple-sclerosis-and-riding#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:36:09 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/ann-romney-multiple-sclerosis-and-riding During 1997, Ann Romney began experiencing severe numbness, fatigue, and other symptoms, and in 1998, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Mitt Romney described watching her fail a series of neurological tests as the worst day of his life. She initially experienced a period of severe difficulty with the disease, and later said: “I was [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/ann-romney-multiple-sclerosis-and-riding/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/richard-grossinger-biography http://www.alex-ram.com/article/richard-grossinger-biography#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:34:03 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/richard-grossinger-biography Grossinger (born Richard Towers) was born and raised in New York City, attended Horace Mann School, Amherst College, and the University of Michigan, getting a B.A. in English at Amherst and a Ph.D. in anthropology at Michigan. With his wife (then girlfriend at Smith College) Lindy Hough, he founded the ”Io” journal in 1964, and [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/richard-grossinger-biography/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/quackwatch-site-content http://www.alex-ram.com/article/quackwatch-site-content#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:43:20 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/quackwatch-site-content The Quackwatch website contains many essays and white papers, intended for the non-specialist consumer, written by Barrett, a board of advisors, and other writers. The articles discuss health-related products, treatments, enterprises, and providers that Quackwatch deems to be misleading, fraudulent, or ineffective. Also included are links to article sources and both internal and external resources [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/quackwatch-site-content/feed 0