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naturopathic medicine
Natural FactsNOW
THAT:
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In 1983 the World Health Organization
recommended the integration of naturopathic medicine into conventional
health care systems.
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In 1994 Bastyr University of Natural
Health Sciences, a naturopathic medical school, was awarded almost $1
million in research funds from the National Institutes of Health's Office
of Alternative Medicine to research alternative therapies for patients
with HIV and AIDS.
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Graduates of accredited naturopathic
medical colleges are required to have more hours of study in basic
sciences and clinical sciences than graduates of Yale or Stanford medical
schools.
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The "anti-cancer" diet recognized by the
National Cancer Institute was first published in a naturopathic medical
textbook in the 1940s.
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Graduates of accredited naturopathic
medical colleges receive more formal training in therapeutic nutrition
than M.D.'s, osteopathic physicians, or registered dietitians.
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The government of Germany now requires
conventional doctors and pharmacists to receive training in naturopathic
techniques because they have been found to be so cost-effective.
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Today there are over one thousand
licensed practicing naturopathic physicians (N.D.'s) in the United States.
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As of August 1996, twelve states in the
U.S. and five provinces of Canada now license naturopathic doctors as
primary-care physicians. (It is projected that all fifty states will
license naturopathic physicians by the year 2010.)
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Three accredited colleges educate and
train naturopathic doctors in North America.
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The County Council in Seattle,
Washington, established the nation's first government-subsidized
naturopathic medical clinic.
© Michael Alan Morton
Ph.D., Mary Morton (Excerpted from Five Steps to Selecting the Best
Alternative Medicine, New World Library, 1997)OU
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