NEW YORK (Reuters) - One glance into Gleason's Gym reveals a snapshot that recalls the glory days of boxing, a time when the Sweet Science ruled the sporting landscape and New York was the center of its universe. In one ring, a lithe brawler with sweat spraying the canvas is practicing a left jab and right hook. In another ring ...

Some people who buy supplements to avoid Big Pharma drug companies may find themselves doing business with Big Herba, instead. Some of the same companies that mass-produce drugs in huge chemical labs also churn out vitamin and herbal pills sold in bottles with rainbows, sunrises and flowers on ...

At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is the first in an Associated Press series examining their use and potential risks. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — At ...