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Extending the Boundaries of Medicine

R J H

Readers may be surprised to see the article "Separation or Synthesis: A Holistic Approach to Therapeutics" in this issue. There are no core content statements related to this article. Yet, from time to time, I exercise my editorial prerogative to publish something that is outside the usual—to stimulate, to look ahead to what may be important in the future, and to provoke our readers.

There is a great deal of interest today in alternative medicine. An article in The New England Journal of Medicine reports that nearly one third of Americans use some form of alternative medical therapy.1 There is now an Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health supporting grants in this field, and some health insurance companies recently began providing (for an added premium) coverage for these therapies.






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