Alternative Medicine - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/alternative_medicine/?source=rss&aim=alternative_medicine en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT Why "placebo" is not a dirty word By Robert Burton Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2008/08/01/placebo_effect/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2008/08/01/placebo_effect/index.html?source=rss Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments. My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face! By Cary Tennis Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/03/migraines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/03/migraines/index.html?source=rss I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it! Daniel Amen responds to "Brain scam" By Daniel Amen, M.D. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/12/amen_response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/12/amen_response/index.html?source=rss The host of the PBS special "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" addresses the critical Salon article about him. My chiropractor had a breakdown By Cary Tennis Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/18/chiropractor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/18/chiropractor/index.html?source=rss He did good work at first ... but I don't want the hands of a crazy man around my neck. What Kevin Trudeau doesn't want you to know By Christopher Dreher Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/07/29/trudeau/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/07/29/trudeau/index.html?source=rss The author of the bestselling "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" claims to be a consumer advocate in the Ralph Nader mold. But the infomercial king just wants your cash. Doctor's orders: Get high By Chris Colin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/31/marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/31/marijuana/index.html?source=rss A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality. Letters to the editor Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/20/park/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/20/park/index.html?source=rss Does the debunker need debunking? Plus: Up with the Sponge! "Mission to Mars" doesn't get off the ground. Green medicine By Andrew Webster Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/26/medicine_verde/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/26/medicine_verde/index.html?source=rss How Cuba is integrating natural remedies into its public health care. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/07/09/microsoft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/07/09/microsoft/index.html?source=rss Microsoft's not the only Web host that wants your content; George W. is a puppet and a paper tiger. Generation R.I.P. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/09/genx/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/09/genx/index.html?source=rss The Village Voice pronounces Generation X as dead as Kurt Cobain and as irrelevant as a Cheesy Poof. Plus: Alternative health stories that don't suck. Alternative juju By Jenn Shreve Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/02/althealth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/02/althealth/index.html?source=rss Unconventional remedies are ripe for journalistic inquiry, but are weeklies up to the job? Plus: The secrets of mosquitoes, Osama bin Laden's hiding place and Internet IPOs revealed!