| Show t i From Page One 6A Friday May 21 1999 Medicine From 1A price Some doctors for example are incorporating alternative medicine therapy into their traditional practices Other physicians have become increasing vocal in their criticism They say many of the claims made by alternative medicine practitioners are unsubstantiated and that their colleagues now dancing to its drumbeat are only doing so because they want in on the money Especially now that managed health care is cramping salaries in the medical field “I think there’s a lack of understanding on their part” said Layton physician and acupuncturist Paul Barney Barney onto a strictly traditional family practitioner began offering acupuncture therapy at his Health and Wellness Clmic eight years ago "Professors in medical schools are telling their students herbs and alternative treatments are useless” he said “Yet they’ve never taken the time to look into the literature themselves” Barney admits the acupuncture side of his practice is doing well accounting for up to 80 percent of his business on some days But he said his interest in the procedure began as a way to help chronic pain sufferers “Rather than tell a patient there’s nothing more that can be done I can offer this” he said As well as alleviating pain Barney said the therapy has also helped his patients with abnormal menstrual cycles and poor digestion Despite critics Barney like other alternative medicine practitioners says he senses a growing acceptance for practices like his by those in the traditional medical community Some local doctors are even referring patients to him for acupuncture therapy he said But even among skeptical doc-tothere’s a growing curiosity about different alternative medicine treatments A big reason for that is because physicians want to be aware of any potential reactions an alternative treatment might have with one they prescribe to a patient For example a doctor who rs prescribes an artificial such as Prozac might want to know if their patient is taking a natural uncontrolled such as St John’s Wort and what the problems are of taking them both at the same time To help doctors with those questions Kay Lynne McDou-ga- l executive director of the Ogden Surgical Society said several alternative medicine practitioners were invited to speak at the society’s annual conference last week She said an acupuncturist who also works as an anesthesiologist a massage therapist and a Roller spoke before a crowd of primarily traditional doctors Rolling is a form of deep muscle massage “There was less resistance to this than there would have been in the past” McDougal said “During a session physicians said maybe 80 percent of their patients were participating in some form of alternative therapy” she said “The physicians will work better if he understands what other treatments his patients are taking” Sam Shoemaker acting dean of the University of Utah College mediof Medicine said first-yecal students now take six hours of alternative medicine study The school has required it since 1997 as part of its introduction to medicine course In doing so the school joined a growing number of medical schools across the country either mandating some study or providing optional courses in alternative medicine “We felt it was important for students to have some appreciation of the types of treatments their patients are taking” Shoemaker said Insurance companies throughout the US are also taking notice of consumer demand for alternative medicine An increasing number of them are covering procedures such as acupuncture and massage for certain ailments None of the three biggest insurance carriers in the state -Regents Blue CrossBlue Shield Intermountain Health Care or United Healthcare - have offered coverage You can reach reporter Ryan Oli9 ver at him at or Sports From 1A 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer Norway had 61 SLOC President Mitt Romney said adding women’s bobsled was important because “I didn’t know how to explain to my granddaughter why men could be in the Olympics in this sport but not the women who trained and competed just as hard” Adding the new events will cost SLOC $650000 officials said a curious move given SLOCs budget woes Romney explained that he hopes the addition of new sports will generate more interest and attract more sponsors The official decision won’t come until the IOC meeting in Korea on June 6 But Romney said: “We don't raise this with lightness Wee had some conversations with people that give us some confidence that our proposal will be seriously considered and even favorably reviewed” SLOC wanted to announce the addition of women’s bobsled as early as last year But the international federation which controls the sport (Federation Internatio ed track headfirst on a minimal SALT LAKE CITY -- The Sports Park track is tightly scheduled between luge and bobsled with no extra days available except “weather” days At least one of the new events will have to be held at night While the women bobsledders were aware that they were being used for leverage by both the IFBT and the USBSF it was of little concern Bobsled and skeleton athletes get along well “We had no control over any of that so getting frustrated with each other was not going to help any of our situations because we were just pawns in the politics game” said Davidson who is ranked second in the world with driver Jean Racine (hence “skeleton”) sled with their chins balanced only two inches from the ice Olympic organizations such as the International Olympic Committee the United States Olympic Committee and SLOC want “gender parity” in the Games After women’s hockey was added in Nagano bobsled was the final male-onl- y winter sport left But the FIBT which controls skeleton as well as bobsled told the US that it would not let them include women’s bobsled unless skeleton was also added as a medal sport Skeleton was an Olympic sport in 1924 and 1948 The US won the 1924 gold and the 1948 silver Athletes and officials from the sport have been trying to gain Olympic acceptance ever since Part of the current reluctance to add skeleton is the added track time and expense which is not much of a factor in women's bobsled Women only compete in the two-ma- n bobsled so its inclusion doesn’t take much track time Results software and competition officials will already be in place International Olympic Committee knew how Utah felt about liquor when the Salt Lake was picked to host the 2002 Winter Games said legislative leaders who were unwilling to contemplate even small changes to the liquor laws The state gave its blessing to the O'ympic bid on the condition it wouldn't have to bend its alcohol rules said Senate President Lane Beattie Bountiful and House Speaker Marty Stephens “The bottom line is we’re going by the commitment that was made” Beattie said Thursday Added Stephens: “I’m not a big proponent of making changes to our liquor laws to accommodate the international community We have a society here we are proud of” - 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