Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog


This blawg "offers new perspectives on medicine and the way legal boundaries shape healing." There are also posts covering medical news and research, as well as news and daily life in the Caribbean.

Author: Michael H. Cohen practices law in Cambridge, Mass., and is the founder of the Institute for Integrative and Energy Medicine. He is also a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in Boca Raton, Fla., and a trained yoga instructor.

Blawg Related Categories: Health Law • Solos/Small Firms • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog


  • Homeopathic vaccines and other mysteries questioned

    Homeopathic vaccines are being questioned in Australia; meanwhile Queensland sponsors a conference on complementary medicine.Homeopathic vaccines have been criticized in Australia: Writing in the The Australian on the weekend, prominent pharmacy consultant Ron Batagol criticised the Therapeutic…

  • Health care reform legislation 1,000 pages later

    Health care reform legislation is so dense it may be impenetrable, legal authorities say.According to one report: The push for transparency has become a running congressional side debate in Congress, with lawmakers — often minority…

  • H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine: legal issues

    Can the government legally force people to take the H1N1 swine flu vaccine?The answer is most likely, yes. This issue was raised in a 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case entitled, Jacobson v. Massachusetts. Defendants argued…

  • Herbs for calm and restful sleep

    A dietary supplement company announced release of a product to help "calm the mind and maintain restful sleep."That's a very clever label - it does not talk about anxiety or insomnia (disease states), but instead…

  • Tracking two Costa Mesa dogs

    Today I tracked two dogs from the parking lot near Yoga Works up Harbor Boulevard.They looked like small St. Bernards - I'm not that up on dog breeds - and hot-tailed out of a parking…

  • Healer - Intuitive Aiden Chase featured

    Healer and intuitive Aiden Chase features a segment discussing the power mind, body and spirit.Check out his new video in which he discusses the alchemy of awareness and how he opens his channel to receive…

  • California Naturopathic Doctors Act

    California is one of the states licensing naturopathic doctors.BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SECTION 3630-3637 provides: 3630. An applicant for a license as a naturopathic doctor shall file with the bureau a written application on a…

  • Radio show on integrative health by Temple of Health

    Temple of Health interviewed me on legal issues in integrative care and complementary and alternative medicine.Here's the link: http://www.michaelhcohen.com/Temple_of_Health_Radio_Show_2009-08-15.mp3 Michael H. Cohen is a attorney providing business legal advice to entrepreneurs and companies, and health…

  • Law School.Org brings law school information to prospective attorneys

    A new site called Law School.org brings news about law schools to prospective attorneys.This is just a vast site, with content on everything from law schools to legal careers to legal education to education law…

  • CAM news, legal issues

    More research on CAM makes headlines, including use of arnica for pain relief.Garlic may help with common colds: Australian researchers combed the literature and found only one study with good enough methodology to evaluate. The…