21.   At her death, she was president of the Schizophrenia Foundation of New York, which provides information on alternative treatments for the illness.

22.   Because the institute is part of the hospital, Fritz thinks it might make people more comfortable seeking alternative treatments.

23.   A certified reflexologist, Bergen plans to augment her real estate practice with work at alternative treatment centers.

24.   A new law in Washington State requires insurers to cover alternative treatments.

25.   A potentially fatal blood infection soon halted the alternative treatments.

26.   But a medicine man from her native Lakota Tribe in South Dakota recommended she blend conventional with alternative treatments.

27.   But alternative treatments are usually not covered, and they would be costly to provide.

28.   But experts remain skeptical about a number of alternative treatments.

29.   But once the treatments have been approved and become part of accepted practice there are typically few attempts later to compare the results with those of alternative treatments.

30.   But researchers cautioned that these studies were the beginning of scientific investigations into alternative treatments, and not the final word.