In this program, NewsHour’s Paul Solman takes a lively look at the clinical trials of alternative therapies being conducted on surgery patients at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Other forms of complementary care being studied there include hypnotherapy, massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, and music therapy. Progressives call it a way to give the public what it wants—and a way to attract patients, as the effects of managed care heat up the competition between hospitals—while skeptics, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, have branded it quackery and chalk up any successful results to the placebo effect. (16 minutes)