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AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream
BALTIMORE At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping the man alive.
They are doing Reiki therapy, which claims to heal through invisible energy fields. The anesthesia chief, Dr. Richard Dutton, calls it "mystical mumbo jumbo." Still, he's a fan.
"It's self-hypnosis" that can help patients relax, he said. "If you tell yourself you have less pain, you actually do have less pain."
Alternative medicine has become mainstream. It is finding wider acceptance by doctors, insurers and hospitals like the shock trauma center at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
People turn to unconventional therapies and herbal remedies for everything from hot flashes and trouble sleeping to cancer and heart disease. They crave more "care" in their health care. They distrust drug companies and the government. They want natural, safer remedies.
But often, that is not what they get. Government actions and powerful interest groups have left consumers vulnerable to flawed products and misleading marketing.
Dietary supplements do not have to be proved safe or effective before they can be sold. Some contain natural things you might not want, such as lead and arsenic. Some interfere with other things you may be taking, such as birth control pills.
"Herbals are medicines," with good and bad effects, said Bruce Silverglade of the consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Contrary to their little-guy image, many of these products are made by big businesses. Ingredients and their countries of origin are a mystery to consumers. They are marketed in ways that manipulate emotions, just like ads for hot cars and cool clothes.
Even therapies that may help certain conditions, such as acupuncture, are being touted for uses beyond their evidence.
An Associated Press review of dozens of studies and interviews with more than 100 sources found an underground medical system operating in plain sight, with a different standard than the rest of medical care, and millions of people using it on blind faith.
How did things get this way?
Fifteen years ago, Congress decided to allow dietary and herbal supplements to be sold without federal Food and Drug Administration approval. The number of products soared, from about 4,000 then to well over 40,000 now.
Ten years ago, Congress created a new federal agency to study supplements and unconventional therapies. But more than $2.5 billion of tax-financed research has not found any cures or major treatment advances, aside from certain uses for acupuncture and ginger for chemotherapy-related nausea. If anything, evidence has mounted that many of these pills and therapies lack value.
Yet they are finding ever-wider use:
–Big hospitals and clinics increasingly offer alternative therapies. Many just offer stress reducers like meditation, yoga and massage. But some offer treatments with little or no scientific basis, to patients who are emotionally vulnerable and gravely ill.


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Rose Hill Acres, Texas is located in Hardin County. Nearby cities and towns include Lumberton, Bevil Oaks, Pinewood Estates, Beaumont, Pine Forest, Rose City, Silsbee, Vidor, Evadale, China, Sour Lake, Kountze, Nome, Central Gardens, Fannett, Mauriceville, Nederland, Port Neches, Buna, Taylor Landing, Groves, and Bridge City. Rose Hill Acres is a rural community with a population of 456. The median household income is $68,436. In Rose Hill Acres, 62% of residents are married, and families with children reside in 43% of the households. Half the population of Rose Hill Acres commutes 20 minutes or less to work, with 58% of residents holding white collar jobs and 42% residents holding blue collar jobs. The median age of homes in Rose Hill Acres, TX is 28 years, with 86% of those homes owned, 11% rented, and 3% not occupied. In the previous year, 8 Rose Hill Acres properties were sold. The median sale price of a home in Rose Hill Acres in the previous year was $150,113.
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Here in North Alabama Sig pistols aren't looked on very highly. They are top of the line guns, easy to work on, easy to fire. The only drawback I have is the shape of the grips, hard to get a really high hold with the thumbs high like on a 1911. I have the P220, P225, P226, P228 and P229. For the 40 S&W's I have 357 Sig barrels. I consider the Sigs to be the best guns I have. Why have they not caught on any better then they have?
IMO, they are fairly expensive guns that aren't the best for anything. They have the DA/SA triggers that make them slower and require 2 different trigger techniques to shoot the first 2 shots well, they position the borer axis higher above the hand than just about anything but a Hi-Point.
Why pay more for a Sig, when all the guns that are fast, accurate and reliable enough to regularly win national competitions cost less (M&P, Glock, XD, CZ, etc.)?
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Race for Massachusetts AG Heats Up
BOSTON (AP) — The Democratic race for Massachusetts attorney general is turning out to be one of the state's most closely watched contests in the Sept. 9 primary.
While candidates Warren Tolman and Maura Healey agree on many topics, they have been scrambling to distinguish themselves to voters.
They hardly seem to differ on issues like the update of the state's gun laws and a new law tightening security around abortion clinics.
But the two have split on the best way to handle the Market Basket feud, with Tolman saying it's a time for leadership and Healey saying it's not the job of the attorney general to settle a business dispute.
The Democratic primary winner will face John Miller, the lone Republican in the race.
Attorney General Martha Coakley is running for governor.


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The fourth month of the year is a pretty busy one. For starters, it's Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month. All in just 30 days, April yields the observances of Passover and Easter, Arbor Day, baseball's opening day, Earth Day, and we can't forget April Fool's Day. April 2nd is even National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. So before you chalk this month up as just a whole lot of rain, take a look at these twelve baby names inspired by the notable figures and historical happenings of April—some could even make a perfect choice for a springtime baby.
April – Still the most popular month name, up against sister spring months May and June, April is said to be derived from the Latin word Aprilis, from the verb apertus, meaning "to open." An alternate derivation comes from the goddess Aphrodite, whose festival begins the month.
by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names
My seven-year-old daughter didn't inspire my interest in American Girl dolls, one of their names did.
My daughter hasn't expressed any interest in American Girl dolls and doesn't own any.
But an American Girl doll has one of my favorite names. A retired doll from the historical line has an emerging name that has been slowly climbing the Social Security list. More about that later.
For the benefit of those who aren't familiar with American Girl dolls, here's the rundown:
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On previous Presidents' Days, we've looked at the first and last names of the Chief Executives, their wives and their children's appellations. So what's left?
Their middle names! And in this era of middle-name mania, we think they merit our attention.
Many of the early people in this position did not have middle names, having come to the office before the practice became so prevalent. A significant number bore their mothers' maiden names; a few others switched the first and middle and so became know by the name listed below. One—Gerald Ford—changed his name completely.
So, if you don't like any of the Presidents' first or second name, here's an alternative option.
by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names
Ever since I was a kid I've been fascinated by lost civilizations, towns that have been wiped off the planet for one reason or another. And I happen to live near lost towns–with the added allure of being submerged under water.
The sacrifice of the town residents, most who are long gone, cannot be overlooked. They left their beloved small towns so that people living 65 miles away in Boston could have drinking water.
These towns' disappearance was a part of recent history. In 1938 four central Massachusetts towns in the Swift River Valley were disincorporated to create the state's largest inland body of water, the Quabbin Reservoir. The towns were: Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott.
Anything left from these towns, the artifacts, the relocated buildings, the old photos, the names of these towns' last residents are all forever stuck in the 1900's – 1930's.
As a fan of old-fashioned names, I couldn't help but notice some of the names as I read about the people who left these early 20th century small towns.


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Whitehawk, California is located in Plumas County. Nearby cities and towns include Valley Ranch, Clio, C-Road, Gold Mountain, Mabie, Blairsden, Iron Horse, Graeagle, Mohawk Vista, Delleker, Calpine, Plumas Eureka, Portola, Johnsville, Sattley, Lake Davis, Sierra City, Beckwourth, Cromberg, Sierraville, Greenhorn, Loyalton, Downieville, Spring Garden, Sierra Brooks, Graniteville, Goodyears Bar, Little Grass Valley, Chilcoot-Vinton, La Porte, Alleghany, and East Quincy. Whitehawk is a rural community with a population of 109. The median household income is $57,499. In Whitehawk, 48% of residents are married, and families with children reside in 24% of the households. Half the population of Whitehawk commutes 17 minutes or less to work, with 53% of residents holding white collar jobs and 47% residents holding blue collar jobs. The median age of homes in Whitehawk, CA is 15 years, with 31% of those homes owned, 4% rented, and 64% not occupied. In the previous year, 3 Whitehawk properties were sold. The median sale price of a home in Whitehawk in the previous year was $427,333.
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