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- The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Alternative Therapies
- By Judith Horstman a two-time Fulbright Scholar and award-winning
editor of Arthritis Today magazine
- Attempts to be a "common-sense guide through the maze of
the most-used complementary therapies for arthritis, to help
you choose wisely among the many options available," and succeeds.
It explains 22 complementary therapies, from acupuncture,
meditation, tai chi, and yoga, to less accepted treatments
like copper bracelets, magnets, and bee stings. It describes
each therapy and how it is used, presents scientific evidence
and expert opinion, and gives tips on how to find a practitioner
and information on costs, advice, cautions, and resources
in a helpful and reader-friendly style.
- Well illustrated. The "Nature's Medicines" section discusses
more than 40 herbs and supplements.
- There are also guidelines for working with your doctor,
choosing a therapist, and avoiding rip-offs. It proposes that
alternative therapies cannot "cure" arthritis or replace conventional
medical treatments, but that they can ease symptoms and improve
your outlook... and enhance the effects of your conventional
treatments.
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- The Arthritis Action Program: An Integrated Plan of Traditional
and Complementary Therapies - By Michael E. Weinblatt, Harvard
Medical School professor of medicine (2000) - Explains symptoms,
common treatments, various drugs, their brand names, standard
doses, and estimated costs. Special attention is paid to newer
treatments (including COX-2 inhibitors like Celebrex and Vioxx,
and biological-response modifiers such as Enbrel) including benefits
and risks for each. Also deals with many complementary and alternative
therapies, from A (acupuncture) to Z (zinc supplements).
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- Arthritis: How You Can Benefit from Diet, Vitamins, Minerals,
Herbs, Exercise, and Other Natural Methods (Getting Well Naturally
Series) - By Michael T. Murray (1994) Dr. Murray, a leading
authority on natural medicine, provides specific natural courses
of treatment and guidelines for whole-body wellness to combat
and reverse the effects of arthritis.
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- Arthritis Relief: Breakthroughs in Natural Healing - By
Deborah L. Wilcox-Jamieson, Deborah L. Wilcox. Paperback (January
1999)
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- Finding Ways: Recovering from Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Alternative
Medicine - By Barbara Jay Nies. Paperback (May 1997)
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- Arthritis: How You Can Benefit from Diet, Vitamins, Minerals,
Herbs, Exercise, and Other Natural Methods (Getting Well Naturally
Series) - By Michael T. Murray. Paperback (1994) Dr. Murray,
a leading authority on natural medicine, provides specific natural
courses of treatment and guidelines for whole-body wellness to
combat and reverse the effects of arthritis.
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- Beyond Aspirin: Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's
Disease - By Thoams M. Newmark and herbalist Paul Schulick
(2000) hardcover
- The book's theme is that the remarkable improvement over in
arthritis treatments represented by COX-2 inhibiting drugs such
as Celebrex and Vioxx... is also attainable through the use of
herbs that have been used for centuries whose "biochemistry ...
is infinitely more complex, balanced, effective and safe than
the silver bullet approach of using one synthetic molecule."
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- The Unofficial Guide to Overcoming Arthritis (The Unofficial
Guide Series) - By Lisa Iannucci (1999) - Info on alternative
therapies and treatments: the benefits of water and land-based
exercise programs, current antibiotics and prescription drugs,
finding support groups and treatment facilities. The author can
be reached at lisai@compuserve.com
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- The Bible Cure for Arthritis (Fitness and Health) - By Donald,
Colbert, MD and Don Colbert (1999)
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- Natural Care Library Garlic: Safe and Effective Self-Care for
Arthritis, High Blood Pressure and Flu - By Stephanie Pedersen
(2000) - Garlic as a remedy for Arthritis, High Blood Pressure
and Flu.
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- Natural Treatments for Arthritis (The Natural Pharmacist)
- By Ron Hobbs (2000) - Natural Treatments for Arthritis includes
up-to-date information on arthritis and glucosamine, chrondroitin,
SAMe, fish oil, devil's claw, boswellia, bromelain, turmeric,
boron, capsaicin, willow bark, vitamin C, vitamin E, ginger, beta-carotene,
pantothenic acid, selenium, and conventional medical treatments.
- Bee
Pollen and Venom
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- Bees Don't Get Arthritis - By Fred Malone (1989) - How bee
stings can be used as an arthritis remedy.
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- Bee Venom: The Natural Curative for Arthritis and Rheumatism
- By Joseph Broadman (June 1997) - A reprint of the the classic
text on bee venom therapy. The author was a New York City physician
who came across bee venom therapy at a time when the only effective
conventional arthritis treatments were steriods. He was so impressed
with the effectiveness of bee venom therapy he wrote this book.
- "Health & the Honeybee" by Charles Mraz
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- The Bible of Bee Venom Therapy: Bee venom, its nature, and its
effect on arthritic and rheumatoid conditions - By Bodog F.
Beck - A reprint of another classic bee venom book by another
NYC physician. While the Broadman book emphasizes administration
of bee venom with a syringe, the Beck book also covers the use
of live bee stings. Both books are good and are published by the
same publisher.
- Chinese
Remedies
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- Arthritis and Chinese Herbal Medicine - By Hong-Yen Hsu
(1996)
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- Arthritis Relief at Your Fingertips: Your Guide to Easing Aches
and Pains Without Drugs - By Michael Reed Gach (1990) - From
the Acupressure Institute of America
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- Arthritis: The Chinese Way of Healing and Prevention - By
Jwing-Ming Yang, Audio Cassette (1997) - Teaches Chinese meditative
QiGong to develop the body's natural energy to fight Athritis.
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- Curing Arthritis Naturally with Chinese Medicine - By Douglas
Frank (1997) - Provides information on Chinese self-care and home
remedies for arthritis, including self-massage, magnet therapy,
and Chinese herbal medicines.
- CMO
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- CMO: A Natural Treatment for Arthritis & Other Joint-Related
Diseases - By Rita Elkins (1997)
- Cyclosporin
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- Autoimmunity, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cyclosporin A - By
Y. Mizushima (1991)
- Devil's
Claw
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- Devil's Claw Root: And Other Natural Remedies for Arthritis
- By Rachel Carston (1998)
- Flax
Oil
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- Flax Oil As a True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction,
Cancer and Other Diseases - By Johanna Dr. Budwig (1996) -
What flax oil can do for your body. Lectures by seven-time Nobel
prize nominee now translated into English. Dr. Budwig is considered
by many to be the foremost authority on fats and healing.
- Ginger
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- Arthritis Miracle: How Extract Can Reduce Inflammatory Joint
Pain - By Earl Mindell and Virginia Hopkins (2000) - Master
herbalist Earl Mindell R.Ph., Ph.D. shows how to use Ginger and
Ginger extracts to treat arthritis. Earl Mindell, is the author
of Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible, which has sold more than 7 million
copies in over twenty-seven languages.
- Glucosamine
and Chondroitin
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- The Arthritis Cure: The Medical Miracle That Can Halt, Reverse,
and May Even Cure Osteoarthritis - By Jason Theodosakis, MD,
(1998) - This best selling book argues in favor of treating osteoarthritis
with glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates supplemented with a
program of nutrition and exercise. (the book is more conservative
than its title implies and the author bases his program on European
and Asian double-blind, placebo-controlled studies) paperback
audio
cassette
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- Maximizing the Arthritis Cure: A Step-By-Step Program to Faster,
Stronger Healing During Any Stage of the Cure - By Jason Theodosakis,
(1999) A supplement to the original "The Arthritis Cure"
by Jason Theodosakis, MD.
- Magnets
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- The Pain Relief Breakthrough: The Power of Magnets to Relieve
Backaches, Arthritis, Menstrual Cramps, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
Sports Injuries - By Julian Whitaker and Brenda D. Adderly
(1998)
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- Pain-Free with Magnet Therapy: Discover how Magnets can Help
Relieve Arthritis, Sports Injuries, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic
Pain - By Lara Owen (2000) - A good starting point for anyone
who wants to try using magnets to treat arthritis. Explains in
plain English what science knows about magnets and what they can
and cannot do. Includes the most recent scientific evidence on
the effects of magnets and electromagnetic-field therapy on chronic
pain and arthritis. Includes interviews with top researchers and
stories from patients from all walks of life. The author also
speculates on the relationship between megnet therapy and alternative
medical systems/treatments such as acupuncture, homeopathy, reflexology
and similar medical systems that rely on energetic, rather than
biochemical, intervention.
- Minocycline
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- The New Arthritis Breakthrough - By Henry Scammell (1998)
- This best selling book examines Minocycline as a safe and
cheap rheumatoid arthritis treatment and alterntiave to expensive
drugs such as Celebrex and Enbrel. The author presents what
appears to be compelling evidence that a bacteria causes rheumatoid
diseases, and that they can be treated with antibiotics.
- Based clinical trials sponsored by the American College
of Physicians. If you are paying for Celebrex and Enbrel without
the help of a health plan... this book is a must read.
- The book is full of hope for those with autoimmune diseases:
rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scheroderma, and others.
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- Arthritis Breakthrough - By Henry Scammell (1993) - How
to treat arthritis as an infection with the antibiotic monocyclin,
a derivative of tetracyclin. The author explains that a common
bacteria (mycoplasm) that is present in everyones body may grow
beyond normal levels and trigger immune reaction that produces
arthritis.
- MSM
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- MSM-The Super-Supplement of the Decade - By Martha M. Christy
(1998) - Information about research on the therapeutic value
of MSM (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane) a form of dietary sulfur. Explains
what MSM is and how it functions in the body.
- Pantothenic
Acid
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- Overcoming the Pain of Inflammatory Arthritis: The Pain-Free
Promise of Pantothenic Acid - By Phyllis Eisenstein (1997)
- How to use pantothenic acid to treat inflammatory arthritis.
- Prolotherapy
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- Prolo Your Arthritis Pain Away: Curing Disabling & Disfiguring
Arthritis Pain With Prolotherapy - By Ross A. Hauser (2000)
- Prolotherapy as a substitute for surgery, cortisone shots, and
anti- inflammatory medications. "A must read for anyone experiencing
chronic musculoskeletal pain" C.Everett Koop, M.D. former United
States Surgeon General. "The most successful treatment that we
have at the Atkins Center for Complimentary Medicine for chronic
pain and sports injuries is Prolotherapy." Robert C. Atkins, M.D.
New York Times Best-Selling Author
- SAM-e
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- Sam-e S-Adenosylmethionine: The European Arthritis and Depression
Breakthrough - By Sol Grazi, Marie Costa (1999) - "Comprehensive
and well-written - a compelling assortment of real-life stories
that illustrate the tremendous healing potential of homeopathy.
A must-read for anyone who is considering antidepressant medication."
Jennifer Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., President-elect, American Institute
of Homeopathy. "An invaluable resource for patients facing
the difficult choice of taking long-term antidepressant drugs.
The authors give hope to patients and families searching for a
natural alternative." Roger Morrison, M.D.
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- Sam-e: The Remarkable Substance That Promotes Detoxification,
Relieves Arthritis, and Fights Depression - By Rita Elkins
(1999)
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