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Article: DEMAND FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE RISES ACUPUNCTURISTS AND CHIROPRACTORS INCREASINGLY SOUGHT
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2002
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Baby boomers seeking new solutions to their health problems are
sparking an increased demand for alternative medicine therapies,
which can include everything from acupuncture to herbal nutrition,
both traditional and nontraditional health-care specialists say.
But what they don't agree on is a prognosis for these disciplines
which, taken as a whole, are now a $21 billion-a-year industry,
according to the National Institutes of Health.
Traditionalists say they are still awaiting evidence of the
effectiveness of treatments administered under the banner of
complementary and alternative medicine. They also say that health
insurers, burdened with soaring costs, are skittish about reimbursing ...