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March 09, 2004 01:17 PM US Eastern Timezone

The Science Behind `Energy Medicine' Is Focus of Journal of Alternative

& Complementary Medicine Special Issue

LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2004--Energy medicine

encompasses many different practices, interventions and therapies, some

very ancient, such as prayer, spiritual healing, light and color

therapies, Feng Shui, and Qigong, that utilize various forms of energy

moving within and acting upon the body to bring about healing. A

sampling of papers from the February 2004 issue of Journal of

Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal

published by Ann Liebert, Inc. entitled " Science and Healing: From

Bio-Electromagnetics to the Medicine of Light " is available free online

at www.liebertpub.com/ACM.

Energy medicine is the generic term that refers to methods of treatment

and diagnosis using different energies ranging from electromagnetic,

electrical and other bio-photonic and bio-physical processes that are

the result of the latest sophisticated developments in science and

technology. Such approaches to healing arguably may dramatically

diminish the need for drugs and surgery. The field of energy medicine

recognizes that all matter is energy and that more and more subtle

levels of energy can be accessed and utilized to facilitate healing.

These energies can be measured, monitored and evaluated scientifically

using new technologies. For example, Positron Emission Tomographic

scanning (PET), Functional Magnetic Resonance scanning (fMRI), and

Electroencephalography (EEG) have shown objective blood flow,

biochemical, and electrophysiological changes in response to

acupuncture, meditation, massage, and cranial osteopathy. Newer

technologies such as Kirlian photography, Gas Discharge Visualization

(GDV) scanning, and other electromagnetic scanning devices can show that

not only does all matter have an electromagnetic aura or signature, but

that it can and does change with treatment or intervention, according to

Guest Editor Bruce D. Curtis, M.A., M.Div., who is also an Associate

Editor of the Journal.

" We live at a time when the apparently non-material can be visualized

and measured by emergent technologies of breathtaking sophistication and

simplicity, " says Journal Editor-in-Chief Kim A. Jobst, M.A., D.M.

Scientists all over the world " are discovering and demonstrating that

physical matter is but a sea of energy " and that " thought, feeling,

intention and intuition " all influence matter and outcomes.

The issue includes a guest editorial by Kakkib li'Dthia Warrawee'a, the

official keeper of ancient aboriginal medical knowledge, entitled

" Wisdom, Knowledge, and Information: Have We Lost Our Way In Our

Understanding and Practice of Medicine? " A varied selection of original

scientific research papers focus on the effects of healing intention on

cultured cells and the effects of music, noise, and healing energy on

seed germination. Practices such as yoga meditation, acupuncture, and

bio-energy awareness training are the subjects of several papers. Other

reports discuss the role of vital force and intuition in energy

medicine.

Also included are Photoessays showing the effect of thought and

intention on the crystalline structure of water, and of different

processes on living systems such as plants, Perspectives, Case Reports,

and Paradigms that focus on light and electromagnetic energy, energy

transfer mechanisms in living systems, and bio-information processing.

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is a peer-reviewed

journal published bimonthly in print and online that facilitates more

effective communication and data collection and analysis, explores

research methodologies and results, and stimulates inquiry and dialogue.

The journal includes observational, clinical, and scientific reports and

commentary, and features clinical case reports intended to help

healthcare professionals and scientists evaluate and integrate therapies

into patient care protocols and research strategies. A complete table of

contents and free sample issue may be viewed online at

www.liebertpub.com/ACM.

Ann Liebert, Inc., is a privately held, fully integrated media

company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in

many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including

Alternative & Complementary Therapies, Natural Pharmacy, and Journal of

Medicinal Food. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering

News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most

widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 60

journals and books is available at www.liebertpub.com.