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Oct 26, 2009 5:46 pm US/Eastern

Alternative Health Care Offsets Cost Woes

MIAMI (CBS4) ― Health care costs are soaring. Thousands of people are without jobs and without the benefits afforded them. Now, those people are turning to preventative or alternative measures to stay healthy.

Dinah Hale's been working in the family business at Hale's Health Food Store in Miami Lakes for decades. She said she's seen an increase in business, because "people are realizing they just can't afford to get sick."

Hale says her business has increased 25 to 30 percent. That's not a surprise when compared to survey numbers. The National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) shows 38 percent of adults and 12 percent of kids are now using alternative therapies to treat pain.

In fact, Americans are now reportedly spending $34 billion a year on alternative therapies.

Famer Elsafy, the creator of the joint pain drug Flexcin, says his business has gone up 32 percent. According to him, "With a natural product, it heals you from the inside out."

Lisa Sharon's been using Flexcin since May. She made the switch from traditional medicine for her rheumatoid arthritis.

Sharon's just one of the growing number of Americans opting for an all natural alternative and one of many increasing this business for people like Hale. In some cases, the patient can save two or three times the amount of money that they would spend on traditional medicine.


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