귀트영 20101227 뉴스 스크립트

Nearly Half of Americans Use Alternative Medicine

In the United States, more and more patients are turning to alternative and complementary medicine as part of their health care.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say that nearly 40 percent of adults have used some type of  therapy that isn't taught in medical schools.
But more than 40 U.S. universities, including Stanford, UCLA, Duke and The George Washington University have integrative medicine centers.
The Center for Integrative Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center was founded in 1988 by Dr. John Pan, who had practiced as an gynecologist and obstetrician for more than 25 years.
He says the center has about 6,000 patient visits a year.
Most have tried conventional medicine.
"They have gone to Hopkins. They have gone to the Mayo Clinic," says Pan.
"They aren't solving their problem. They are telling them nothing can be done, you have to live with it and they are seeking the last resort."
With more Americans turning to alternative medicine, the U.S. government founded The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as part of the National Institutes of Health(N.I.H).
Practices that are considered outside mainstream medicine, including the use of dietary supplements, meditation and yoga, as well as chiropractic adjustments, acupuncture, and massage.
A survey by the NIH in 2007 indicated four in 10 Americans use one of these practices, most often to treat pain.

[ 원문 : http://www.voanews.com/english/news/special-reports/american-life/Almost-Half-of-Americans-Use-Alternative-Medicine-100980909.html ]

Words and sentence on air
* alternative medicine : 대체의학
* complementary medicine : 보조의학
   complementary : 보완적인, 보조적인
* gynecologist : 부인과의사
* obstetrician : 산과의사
   delivered a baby : 출산하다
* last resort : 궁여지책으로, 어쩔 수 없이, 최후의 수단으로
* chiropractic adjustments : 척추교정
* acupuncture : 침술

* turn to someone/something : 도움을 받기 위해 활용하다
* practice : (의사, 변호사 등 전문직에 사용 할 경우) 일을 하다(o). 연습하다(x)
* conventional : 전통적인
   convention : 대회, 총회