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Alternative Therapies took a scientific look at a controversial subject. What, if anything, do approaches outside modern Western medicine have to offer?
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OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by whatif
11 Dec 2008
It's not the benefits of having one's feet massaged that is hard to understand it's the cost for 15 minutes Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by whatif
11 Dec 2008
Hey Dan Absolutely so. ...but you through it away a bit towards the end. (did you go to the Festival of Lights in O'Connell Street this year?) Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Hypnotherapy
Comment posted by IEPSTEIN
04 Dec 2008
IEPSTEIN has started a thread discussing Hypnotherapy. Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Hypnotherapy
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by Unknown
11 Apr 2008
I am not a reflexologist or a practitioner of any other form of alternative medicine. I am a social scientist. Kathy Sykes appears to me to be the acceptable face of Richard Dawkins. Whereas Dawkins... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by DBaker
07 Apr 2008
Statement from the Association of Reflexologists (AoR) on the BBC 2 Programme Alternative Therapies 23rd March 2008 As the largest reflexology organisation in the UK we fully appreciate the... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by Unknown
30 Mar 2008
As a qualified reflexologist I was also very dissapointed in the programme. No mention was made in relation to the professional bodies that we belong to and the rules that we have to- adhere to.... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by Unknown
27 Mar 2008
I am also a Reflexologist very disappointed in this programme. As this presenter was a scientist I would have hoped that she would have been more professional and that all avenues of research would... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by 360degreesliving
25 Mar 2008
I watched the Reflexology show last night and was disappointed with it on many levels. I am a qualified reflexologist therapist myself and there were numerous details missed out. I do not feel that... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology
Comment posted by Unknown
24 Mar 2008
I thought that the evidence in today's show was very compelling regarding how touch can help dampen our reactions to threatening things ie electric shocks. However, a quick note - I thought the... Read more : OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Reflexology