BACKGROUND The demand for complementary medicine (CM) is growing worldwide and so is the supply. So far, there is not much insight in the activities in Dutch CM practices nor in how these activities differ from mainstream general practice. Comparisons on diagnoses and visit length can offer an impression of how Dutch CM practices operate. METHODS Three groups of regularly trained physicians s...

BACKGROUND The frequent use of chiropractic, naturopathic, and physical and occupational therapy by patients with fibromyalgia has been emphasized repeatedly, but little is known about the attitudes of these therapists towards this challenging condition. METHODS We administered a cross-sectional survey to 385 senior Canadian chiropractic, naturopathic, physical and occupational therapy studen...

Anthroposophy is a school of thought or esoteric philosophy that goes back to Rudolf Steiner. Steiner wanted to expand the human mind through imagination, inspiration, and intuition. His own insights originated mainly from the “Akasha-Chronicle.” This is the “nontransitory history that is not perceptible to the senses,” which apparently only Steiner could access. Steiner applied his concepts in...

The article discusses the views of natural medicine advocates regarding smallpox vaccination, based on texts in popular Polish cure magazine ‘Przewodnik Zdrowia’ (‘Health Guide’), published Berlin 1895–1914. also presents theses and opinions vaccination one pamphlets issued by publishing house. Advocates naturopathy many European countries United States formed backbone 19th-century anti-vaccina...

COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency of international concern in 2019 and spread globally. The spectrum the diseases varied from asymptomatic to severe, even resulting mortality. Gender pre-existing co-morbidities were identifiable risk factors. Diabetes, hypertension, chronic respiratory cardiovascular pose severe infections manifestations. vulnerability was due ACE 2 receptors, there...