NASDAQ Homeopathy Rings The Closing Bell in 2010

Join The Homeopathic Community In
Ringing Out The Old on December 29, 2010 and

Bringing In The New Era of Medicine 2011

The Entire Homeopathic Community Will
Hear The Sound Around The Globe 
As All Homeopathic Organizations
Support The NASDAQ Event

Along With The Grande Opening of
The U.S. Homeopathic Graduate Program
for Medical Students 

President Todd Rowe, MD Honored to Make The Announcement

Dec 07, 2010 – [December 15, 2010] President Todd Rowe MD, MD(H) of the non-profit American Medical College of Homeopathy in Phoenix will ring The Closing Bell® of NASDAQ December 29th. The ceremony recognizes the opening of the first homeopathic medical school and doctoral program in Phoenix, and increases awareness of the importance of homeopathic medicine.

Ten Minutes of Your Time at 3:50 EST. You Can Join In The Festivities. Please let us know if you are at the closing bell of the NASDAQ or if you are watching December 29, 2010 to the live stream from Times Square of The Big Apple in New York City.

This is a LIVE broadcast of a 10 minute ceremony. It is available only at 3:50 Eastern time on December 29.

Instructions: A few minutes before 3:50 EST (12:50 PST, 1:50 MST; 2:50 CST;) one needs to activate the following link: (or cut and paste it into your browser)

http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

At first, there will be only a picture of Times Square with the NASDAQ “tower”. At 12:50 PST the program starts. You can double-click the center of the screen to get a full-screen mode. (Pressing the “Esc” key – usually in the upper left of the computer keyboard returns to normal mode.)

 Waiting to See Homeopathy Up In Lights

Recent Facts on Alternative and Complementary Medicine

• According to CNN one-half of all medical schools now offer courses in holistic health care.
• Almost one-third of American medical schools-among them Harvard, Yale, John's Hopkins, and Georgetown Universities-now offer coursework in holistic methods.
• There are five homeopathic hospitals in Great British National Service.
• One out of three drugs prescribed in Germany is an herb.
• The World Health Organization estimates that between 65 to 80 percent of the world's population (about 3 billion people) rely on holistic medicine as their primary form of health care.
• In 1993, American consumers spent almost $1.5 billion dollars on herbal remedies-ten times more than was spent on over-the-counter sleeping pills from grocery stores and drug stores.
• Approximately $22 million of U.S. government money has already been spent on alternative medical research since 1992 at the National Institutes of Health and Public Health Services.
• The American Medical Association (AMA), in Resolution #514, "is encouraging its members to become better in-formed regarding holistic medicine and to participate in appropriate studies of it.
• Mutual of Omaha says it saves about $6.50 in covering non-standard (holistic) treatments.
• One out of every ten Americans is under the care of a chiropractor.
• In 1991, Americans made more visits to unconventional health care providers (425 million) than to conventional doctors (388 million).
• One out of three Americans were using unconventional medicine in 1991.
• Americans spent almost $13.7 billion on unconventional health care in 1991.
• 75 percent of that $13.7 billion (above) was out of pocket.
• 12 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer alternative medicine as part of their health care compensation packages. That percentage was expected to increase to 18 percent by the end of 1996.
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) A nationwide government survey of more than 31,000 adults on their use of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) showed that 36 percent of U.S. adults use some form of CAM.
• The World Health Organization, estimates that between 65 to 80 percent of the world's population (about 3 billion people) rely on naturopathic or homeopathic medicine as their primary form of health care.
• Worldwide, only 10 to 30 percent of people use traditional medicine, 70 to 90 percent use naturopathic and homeopathic health care.
• 74 percent of the American population desires a natural approach to health care.
• Of the one out of three Americans who say they have used natural techniques, 84 percent said they would use it again.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine has been chosen by the World Health Organization for worldwide propagation to meet the health care needs of the twenty-first century.
• The U.S. government sponsors the use of acupuncture in drug rehabilitation programs.
• "In a [Mayo Clinic] study of 50 patients, six acupuncture treatments given over two to three weeks significantly improved their symptoms of pain and fatigue." Time, 2005
• "Americans make more visits to holistic health care providers (some 600 million a year) than to M.D.s and spend more money out-of-pocket to do so about $30 billion a year by recent estimates." Newsweek, 12/2002
• "A recent study performed by the American Massage Therapy Association revealed that 28 percent of people received a massage from a massage therapist in the past five years, up from 17 percent in 1997. Eighteen percent said they had a massage in the past 12 months. That's 10 percent higher than was reported in 1997." American Massage Therapy Association, 8/2002.