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An energy therapy clinic operating on James Cook University's Townsville campus has been shut down by the institution.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health, university-and-further-education, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedMark Rayner is part of the thriving nationwide medicinal cannabis underground which is flouting the law, daring police to lay charges.
Topics: cannabis, law-crime-and-justice, alternative-medicine, adelaide-5000, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's first university-based healing touch clinic opens in Townsville to offer students the chance to learn more about the therapy.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health, education, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedSeventy per cent of Australians take a vitamin or other dietary supplement, despite evidence that they are only useful for treating specific deficiencies.
Topics: alternative-medicine, vitamins, australia
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| UpdatedWhen Leslie Lobo's wife Desiree was diagnosed with aggressive ovarian cancer he was by her side, and his unwavering support continued when she chose alternative treatments over chemotherapy.
Topics: ovarian-cancer, alternative-medicine, medical-procedures, australia
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Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, vegetables, cancer, southport-4215
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| UpdatedA small pilot looking at whether ginger supplements can ease nausea caused by chemotherapy shows some promising results.
Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, cancer, southport-4215
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| UpdatedMedical experts are calling for vitamins and supplements sold in Australia to be independently tested, after a review found a number of complementary medicines contained chemicals, natural toxins, heavy metals or pesticides that put people at risk.
Topics: health, alternative-medicine, herbalist, safety, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedTwo medicinal cannabis education trailers are operating in Tasmania in an attempt to encourage people to talk about its use.
Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, drug-use, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000
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Alarmed by stories of patients self-diagnosing their illnesses and "scaring themselves silly in the middle of the night", a group of Queensland health professionals embarks on the Words for Wellbeing project.
Topics: alternative-medicine, brain-and-nervous-system, health, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, internet-technology, people, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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Topics: alternative-medicine, acupuncture-and-chinese-medicine, livestock, koonwarra-3954
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Individuals and companies can now apply for licences and permits to grow medicinal marijuana, but medical experts doubt its success as a cash crop.
Topics: alternative-medicine, rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, cannabis, health, wa, australia
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It is about to become legal to cultivate and manufacture medicinal cannabis in Australia, which means that people can apply for a licence to grow their own cannabis crop. But how is that going to work across the country?
Topics: health, alternative-medicine, doctors-and-medical-professionals, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedA clinical trial being led by Queensland researchers is looking into whether the tropical fruit known as the mangosteen could offer a gentler treatment for schizophrenia.
Topics: alternative-medicine, diseases-and-disorders, brain-and-nervous-system, psychosis, medical-research, qld, australia
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A Sydney naturopath pleads not guilty to charges relating to a raw food diet she allegedly devised for a breastfeeding mother, whose baby nearly starved to death.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, naturopathy, alternative-medicine, parramatta-2150, sydney-2000, nsw
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Dr Ben Goldacre, who seeks to expose bad science peddled by drug companies, alternative medicine and scaremongering journalists.
Topics: medical-research, medical-ethics, alternative-medicine, australia
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A Sydney naturopath is committed to stand trial over a raw food diet she allegedly devised for a breastfeeding mother, whose baby nearly starved to death.
Topics: alternative-medicine, naturopathy, courts-and-trials, leppington-2171, nsw
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A Canberra-based medicinal cannabis user roundly welcomes a move to establish a scheme for the drug in the ACT.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health-policy, cannabis, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedWe find out more about the alternative therapy
Topics: sport, swimming, olympics-summer, health, alternative-medicine, brazil, china, united-states
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| UpdatedMany mothers who have tried hypnobirthing swear by it as a powerful and transformative experience, but does it actually work?
Topics: reproduction-and-contraception, pregnancy-and-childbirth, pain, medical-procedures, medical-research, infant-health, child-health-and-behaviour, alternative-medicine, community-and-society, babies, babies---newborns, children, family, parenting, women, womens-health, health, family-and-children
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| UpdatedDeveloped countries could learn a lot from the traditional worldviews of health and wellbeing for many Indigenous groups in the Pacific, a New Zealand Academic says.
Topics: alternative-medicine, naturopathy, pacific, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is asked asked to investigate medical claims made by South Yarra clinic Hypermed over its hyperbaric chamber treatments.
Topics: health, alternative-medicine, south-yarra-3141
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A growing body of evidence suggests regular yoga practice can improve mobility, ease pain and help relieve stress. If you suffer from neck and back tension, these seven simple yoga poses could help.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health, exercise-and-fitness, australia