12% of Kids Use Complementary/Alternative Medicine Echinacea
Most Common Complementary and Alternative Treatment Given to
Children Dec. 10, 2008 -- Thirty-eight percent of adults and 12%
of children use complementary and alternative medicine, new data
from a nationwide government The survey marks the first time
information on the use of complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) by children has been collected at the national Researchers
with the National Institutes of Health and the CDC asked more
than 23,000 adults about their use and 9,400 adults about their
children’s use of 36 non-vitamin or mineral CAM therapies,
including herbal supplements, acupuncture, visits to
chiropractors, massage therapy, mediation, and even “I think
this study highlights the growing acceptance of many of these
therapies,” pediatrician Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH, of Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, tells WebMD. Author of the book,
The Holistic Pediatrician, Kemper says many treatments
considered alternative just a few year