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PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:55 pm    Post subject: Alternative Medicine finds a New Home Reply with quote

Posted on Tue, Jul. 27, 2004

Alternative medicine finds a new home

By DAWN SHURMAITIS
Special to the Times Leader


FORTY FORT - In an ever-eager quest for healthier minds and bodies, Americans are spending more than $47 billion a year on non-traditional or "alternative" medical practices and products.

The alternative catch phrase covers everything from megavitamins and massage therapy to acupuncture and qi gong, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

With such evidence at hand, it's no wonder the InterMountain Medical Group recently opened an alternative center called Wellspring in Forty Fort. The 10,000-square-foot facility offers physical rehabilitation, physical and aqua therapy, and alternative therapies including therapeutic massage and acupuncture.

InterMountain's Chief Executive Officer Mark Stephens said patient surveys revealed that more area people are turning to non-traditional health care, which reflects national findings.

"What we found is that, number one, people know about non-traditional services. Number two, they're using them," Stephens said. "And number three, they're not telling their physicians out of fear their physicians wouldn't approve.

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