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Alternative medicine is any type of treatment or healing of a disease or ailment that does not fall under traditional medical curricula.
In 1993, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that 34 percent of adults used alternative medicine treatments in 1990.AARP: Alternative Medicine: An Overview
- Any medicine that differs from traditional medicine
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Umbrella term for both treatment branches
- Numerous types
- Number of physicians using CAM increasing
- Health insurance increasingly covering it
- 1992: Office of Alternative Medicine establishedAARP: Alternative Medicine: An Overview
Specific Types
- Homeopathy
- Ayurveda
- Chiropractic care
- Osteopathy
- Herbalism
- Naturopathy
- Chinese medicine
- Acupuncture
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Alternative Medicine on Amazon
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FlameEz-Memory, 60 Capsules/Bottle - $49.95
Memory loss is caused by a condition in which cells of the brain are damaged or lost. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are the common disorders that cause memory loss. Studies have shown that neuron damage begins long before an individual e...
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Mosby's Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach (Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - $72.95
Providing a comprehensive overview, this text includes practical, clinically relevant coverage of complementary and alternative medicine, with commentary by well-known experts, descriptions of recent medical advances, case studies, and the ...
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis - $24.95
The first edition of this authoritative book quickly became the single source for accurate and unbiased information on complementary and alternative medicine approaches for the management of MS symptoms. The second edition, completely ...
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - An introduction to Holistic and Integrative Therapies - $19.95
Do you have recurring ailments that do not seem to improve with treatments provided by traditional western medicine? If you said yes, then you re not alone. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the ...
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Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide (2nd Edition) - $39.95
Alternative medicine is enjoying more popularity with consumers and greater acceptance in traditional medical communities than ever before. Although alternative methods, such as acupuncture, massage therapy, chiropractic, and homeopathy, ca...
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