Wednesday, December 10, 2008

About 1 in 9 US kids use alternative medicine (AP)

Graphic shows herbal remedies used by children and reasons for taking alternative medicine; 2 c x 2 3/4 in; 96.3 mm x 69.85 mmAP - Just like their parents, kids are taking herbal supplements from fish oil to ginseng, a sign of just how mainstream alternative medicine has become. More than one in nine children and teens try those remedies and other nontraditional options, the government said Wednesday in its first national study of young people's use of these mostly unproven treatments.


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