The New York Times guide to alternative health
Subtitle: a consumer reference
By: by Jane E. Brody, Denise Grady, and the reporters of the New York Times.
Contributors: Brody, Jane E.; Grady, Denise.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books/Henry Holt
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Alternative medicine -- Popular works.; Consumer education.
Genres: Popular works.
Other titles: Guide to alternative health; Alternative health; New York times.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Patients seek kinder, gentler cures: alternative medicine as a social trend; title: Offerings many, rules few: the booming alternative industry and its frustrated regulators; title: Some help, some harm, many remain mysterious: herbal remedies; title: They are essential, but not in megadoses: vitamins and minerals; title: A pill for every purpose: other supplements, from andro to zinc; title: Acupuncture, magnets, massage, and exercise: alternative therapies; title: Prayer, laughter, meditation, and the power of placebos: the mind-body connection; title: Menopause, breast cancer, and wrinkles: a lucrative market: women and alternative medicine; title: Skeptics, misadventures, and charlatans: cautionary tales; title: Gingko candy bars and ketchup for what ails you: food as medicine.