Health and Medical Guide to Complementary and Alternative Therapies Complementary and Alternative Therapies Health information topics about Complementary and Alternative Therapies: Acupuncture (Acupuncture) Alternative Medicine (Alternative Medicine) Alternative Therapy for Cancer (Cancer Alternative Therapy) Botanicals (Herbal Medicine) Cancer Alternative Therapy (Cancer Alternative Therapy) Chiropractic (Chiropractic) Complementary Therapy (Alternative Medicine) Dietary Supplements (Dietary Supplements) Herbal Medicine (Herbal Medicine) Homeopathy (Alternative Medicine) Medicinal Herbs (Herbal Medicine)   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! News: Medications/Drugs News Medications/Drugs News Glaucoma medications may reduce risk of death (Reuters) Reuters - Glaucoma drugs appear to reduce the likelihood of death among patients using them compared with those patients receiving no treatment but it is not clear why, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 8, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Glaucoma Drugs May Play Role in Longer Life (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) --People who take medication to treat glaucoma appear to outlive those who don't treat the eye disease, new research has found. Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP) AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests. Ratiopharm fields decisive takeover bids-sources (Reuters) Reuters - Generic-drug makers Teva and Actavis, backed by Swedish buyout firm EQT, have placed make-or-break bids for German peer Ratiopharm but drug major Pfizer is expected to also be a contender, sources said. Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 5, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 4, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Government to Pay for More Than Half of U.S. Health Care Costs (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As jobless Americans lost private health insurance coverage and joined the Medicaid rolls during the recession, U.S. health spending jumped 5.7 percent to $2.5 trillion in 2009, government projections show. Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 3, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 2, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 1, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Diabetes Drug Helps Dieting Teens Lose Weight (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A medication used to treat type 2 diabetes appears to help overweight teenagers lose weight when combined with a program designed to help them change their lifestyle habits, researchers report. Herbal Remedies Can Cause Cardiac Problems (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The growing number of Americans who are taking traditional herbal medications for heart problems are unaware of the dangers those treatments pose, a new report says. Herbal remedies, heart drugs don't mix: review (Reuters) Reuters - Taking ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday. Study links hormone to addiction, risk-taking (Reuters) Reuters - People with high levels of the hormone dopamine in the brain, and low sensitivity to it, tend to be greater risk takers and may be more prone to addictive behavior, drug abuse and gambling, a study has found.