More people are turning to alternative medicines, according to the largest government survey ever on this subject. As of 2002, of more than 30,000 citizens surveyed, over one-third of the population was using either prayer (43 percent), herbs and natural products (19 percent), meditation (8 percent), or diets such as Atkins or Ornish (4 percent), according to news releases. A frequent use of these alternatives is for pain and other chronic conditions for which conventional medicine seems to provide no relief.
In a recent television story, for example, Tom Cruise was shown helping World Trade Towers rescue workers remove toxins from their bodies by using sweat baths, an approach advocated within Scientology, but something conventional medicine overlooks.
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We were reading again, just last night, about the beneficial effects of infared sauna. We've toyed with the idea of getting one but the cost ... the space needed ... things to consider. Still, ones health is important!
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