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[Terri R.]

Alternative medicine gains ground

By Karen Augé
Denver Post Staff Writer

From prayer to echinacea, millions of Americans are turning to alternative medicine to treat everything from back pain to menopause symptoms, the largest-ever national study on the issue has found. And in Colorado, a growing number of mainstream doctors and hospitals is embracing, not fighting, the movement.

In 2002, more than one-third - 36 percent - of American adults tried herbal treatments, meditation, chiropractic therapy, acupuncture, diets or some other nontraditional care, according to a study of 31,000 people.

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