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eCAM 2007 4(2):135-137; doi:10.1093/ecam/nem053
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© 2007 The Author(s)
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Is There Room for Paradox in CAM?

Edwin L. Cooper

Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA, Box 951763, 63-230 CHS, Los Angeles California 90095-1763, USA

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The field of CAM is fluid, ever changing and ever approaching the essence of modern western medicine using the evidence based approach (1). However, since some ancient practices continue without scientific evidence, there are still international perceptions that CAM is mired in folk remedies. This situation is most pertinent to TCM as expressed in an editorial about the debate in China by Mark Magnier, Times Staff Writer of The Los Angeles Times, Monday, January 8, 2007 entitled: Scalpel vs. Herb in China.

The debate in China concerns ancient remedies and their value in contrast to the universally prevalent and relatively young model of Western Medicine. Members of international populations without vital traditional medicine have found that these ancient remedies possess a cornucopia of CAM options when treating various afflictions—mostly chronic. In particular, those with prognoses that escape western medicine choose a treatment regimen of CAM alone . . . [Full Text of this Article]

For reprints and correspondence: Edwin L. Cooper, Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA, Box 951763, 63-230 CHS, Los Angeles California 90095-1763, USA. Tel: (310) 825-9567; Fax: (310) 825-2224; E-mail: ecam@mednet.ucla.edu


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