A growing number of physicians who do not rely solely onpharmaceutical drugs to cure patients, but also complementary therapies such as yoga or meditation. Data in the United States shows, 3 percent of patients there to balance the body and soultherapy because their doctors recommendations.
In 2007, 38 percent of Americans use alternative medicine andcomplementary. Balance of body and soul therapies, such as yogaor tai-chi which began to be known since 2002, is currentlyexperiencing the rise in popularity to 75 percent.
Once surveyed, was more than 3 percent of people do the therapyat the instigation of his doctor. The study was conducted by the National Health Interview Survey in 2007 to 23,000 households.
The survey showed 6.3 million people use the balance of body andsoul therapies based on physician recommendations and 34.8percent do so on their own initiative. The group that followed thedoctor's advice was generally have worse health.
"The doctors advise their patients to complementary therapies as a last resort when conventional therapies fail. Therefore, we suspect, if complementary therapies were carried out early,perhaps the result is better," said Dr.. Aditi Nerurkar from HarvardMedical School who did this research.
The same trend can also be seen in urban areas in Indonesia.Although not recommended doctors, complementary therapiessuch as yoga or meditation is now more easily found, evenincluded in the program at the fitness centers.
According to dr. Surjo Dharmono, Sp.KJ (K) of the Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, a kind ofmeditation is recommended therapy to the patient rather than to treat disease. "The goal is to reduce the stress of illness. When stress is reduced, immune disease will increase so hopefully heal faster," he said, who met some time ago.
In 2007, 38 percent of Americans use alternative medicine andcomplementary. Balance of body and soul therapies, such as yogaor tai-chi which began to be known since 2002, is currentlyexperiencing the rise in popularity to 75 percent.
Once surveyed, was more than 3 percent of people do the therapyat the instigation of his doctor. The study was conducted by the National Health Interview Survey in 2007 to 23,000 households.
The survey showed 6.3 million people use the balance of body andsoul therapies based on physician recommendations and 34.8percent do so on their own initiative. The group that followed thedoctor's advice was generally have worse health.
"The doctors advise their patients to complementary therapies as a last resort when conventional therapies fail. Therefore, we suspect, if complementary therapies were carried out early,perhaps the result is better," said Dr.. Aditi Nerurkar from HarvardMedical School who did this research.
The same trend can also be seen in urban areas in Indonesia.Although not recommended doctors, complementary therapiessuch as yoga or meditation is now more easily found, evenincluded in the program at the fitness centers.
According to dr. Surjo Dharmono, Sp.KJ (K) of the Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, a kind ofmeditation is recommended therapy to the patient rather than to treat disease. "The goal is to reduce the stress of illness. When stress is reduced, immune disease will increase so hopefully heal faster," he said, who met some time ago.
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