31.   Dr. Nanda is studying the effects of hormone replacement therapy on colon cancer risks for women and alternative therapies for menopause.

32.   Even the White House commission ended up at odds over alternative therapies.

33.   For his part, Jacobs felt hamstrung by the demands of every politician with a testimonial to share on the miracles of this or that alternative therapy.

34.   For a significant number of patients awaiting transplantation, he said, the lung reduction procedure should be considered a potential alternative therapy.

35.   Half of those who reported seeing a doctor for health problems in the past year also said they had used alternative therapies.

36.   Harvard Medical School is about to begin a fellowship program to train internists in how to conduct research on alternative therapies.

37.   He said that if doctors want to change medications, good alternative therapies such as ACE inhibitors and beta blockers are available.

38.   He said he recognizes that alternative therapies are sometimes criticized for diverting attention from conventional treatments.

39.   Health providers are feeling heat to cut costs in new ways, and alternative therapies may be cheaper than mainstream ones.

40.   He said he did not expect to change the minds of believers in alternative therapies, noting that many have little interest in science.