In Brief: Natural Medicine Clinic
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Natural Medicine Clinic: Nation's first publicly-funded natural medicine clinic will open in September. Run by Bastyr University and located within Kent, Wash.'s Community Health Center, the clinic will be staffed by a team of "natural medicine specialists to provide naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition and counseling," according to Bastyr. Clinic researchers will conduct studies comparing "natural" and "conventional" therapies for conditions including ear infections, asthma, migraines and hypertension. Funding comes from a $750,000 state grant that stipulates that the project "benefit low income, immigrant, and refugee patients"...