Why Do People Turn to Alternative Medicine? (1:37)
People most often turn to alternative medicine -- including supplements, yoga, meditation and more for pain management. Josephine P. Briggs, MD, explains how the wise use of these therapies can help stop an epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
Josephine P. Briggs, MD, is Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Briggs has earned many awards for her outstanding contributions to research in a wide range of areas.
