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Are complementary medical therapies a safe alternative?

More Americans are using non-traditional medical therapies. But how can you know if these alternative treatments are safe? This week on WRVO's health and wellness show "Take Care," Lorraine Rapp and Linda Lowen speak with Dr. Josephine Briggs, Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health.

More of this interview can be heard on "Take Care," WRVO's health and wellness show this Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Support for this story comes from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.