Article Archives
Month: August 2015
Posts published on PBBK 1 in August 2015, covering medical treatment, alternative medicine, and health care policy.
Archive Index
Posts from August 2015
8 entries
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Alternative medicine
Why alternative medicine should be incorporated into conventional health care
A proposal to restructure primary health care in South Africa offers an opportunity to formally integrate complementary and alternative medicine into the country's health system. Complementary and alternative medicine is any practice of medicine outside of traditional conventional medicine, allopathic medication.
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Alternative medicine
Labels like “Alternative Medicine” don’t matter. Science does.
Commentary on how evidence, rather than the label attached to a practice, should determine how treatments are assessed and used.
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Health care policy
Government Hospitals in Karnataka that provide advanced medical treatment
Notes on government hospitals in Karnataka offering advanced medical treatment within the public system.
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Health care policy
Federal Court Blocks Part of Trans Ala Medical Treatments Act.
Reporting on a federal court ruling that blocked part of Alabama's trans medical treatment law.
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Medical therapy
Economic advantages of surgery compared to medical therapy in drug-resistant epilepsy
Analysis comparing the economic advantages of surgery with medical therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy.
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Health care policy
Federal court blocks part of Alabama’s trans medical treatment law
Follow-up coverage on the court decision affecting portions of the Alabama medical treatment statute.
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Alternative medicine
Uganda: bee venom therapy as alternative medicine
Report on the practice of bee venom therapy as a form of alternative medicine in Uganda.
About the Archives
Past articles on PBBK 1 are organized by month and year, spanning dates from December 1993 to January 2019. The archive index covers historical coverage of medical science conflicts, treatments, and health care policy debates.