many people have lost faith in modern medicine because researchers have been unable to find cures for a variety of problems, form cancer to the common cold. some people turn to alternative medicine out of curiosity, others out of desperation. what many have realized is that often treatment picks up where another leaves off. One medical technique can complement another. It seems likely that in the future the practice of medicine will consist of a combination of approaches drown from a variety of cultures. We can hope that this approach will prove to be the best one of all.