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Health Briefs
July 24, 1996
Web posted at: 1:45 a.m. EDT
NIH gives credence to alternative medicine
From Correspondent Rhonda Rowland
(CNN) -- A number of behavioral and relaxation techniques can relieve chronic pain and insomnia, according to a panel of experts from the National Institutes of Health.
The results are best when the therapy is combined with conventional medicine such as drugs or surgery, the NIH panel said in an article published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
Experts say, though, there are barriers to alternative medicine. One is the unwillingness on the part of some insurance companies to pay for the treatments. Some doctors, too, continue to oppose alternative therapy.
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