Two essential resources updated.Complementary and Alternative Medicine The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for alternative medicine and complementary medicine. Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. and Multiple Sclerosis, Second Edition by Allen C. Bowling, MD, PhD, Demos Medical Publishing, 2007, 287 pp., $24.95 Health Insurance Resources: A Guide for People with Chronic Disease and Disability, Second Edition by Dorothy E. Northrop, MSW (MicroSoft Word) See Microsoft Word. , ACSW ACSW Academy of Certified Social Workers ACSW Australasian Computer Science Week ACSW Advisory Council on the Status of Women ACSW Alberta College of Social Workers ACSW Advanced Crew-Served Weapon (US DoD) ACSW Actuaries’ Club of the Southwest , Stephen E. Cooper, and Kimberly Calder, MPS, Demos Medical Publishing, 2007, 215 pp., $26.95 The first edition of each of these titles quickly became recognized as one-stop sources of information on difficult, even labyrinthine lab·y·rin·thine adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth. labyrinthine pertaining to or emanating from a labyrinth. , subjects. Dr. Bowling's second edition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is updated throughout, reflecting advances in alternative medicine since 2001. In addition to thorough looks at yoga, acupuncture, diet, and supplements in MS, this edition includes a new chapter on low-dose naltrexone naltrexone /nal·trex·one/ (nal-trek´son) an opioid antagonist used as the hydrochloride salt in treatment of opioid or alcohol abuse. nal·trex·one n. An endorphin and narcotic antagonist. and a section on integrating conventional and alternative medicines. The new edition of Northrop and coauthors' Health Insurance Resources reflects changes since the first edition in 2003, from the growth of health savings accounts to the Medicare prescription drug coverage plans that took effect in 2006. Reviewed by Deborah Miller, PhD, director of Comprehensive Care at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. |
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