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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
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As nurses and healthcare providers we are under constant stressors that have multiple negative effects on our minds and bodies. Keeping our bodies in healthy balance helps us survive our daily stressors and care for ourselves. Many of the holistic complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) methods are based on Eastern and scientific systems of thought that promote equilibrium between mind and body moving toward prevention of difficulties rather than cure. Increasingly many of these practices are becoming recognized as bone fide treatments in our fast-paced stressful culture. ComplementaryAlternative therapy refers to health practices that are used as an optional additive treatment or that take the place of traditional or conventional medicine. As the name suggests complementary health refers to health practices that complement or that are used in conjunction with traditional or conventional medicine.
Naturopathic Medicine: Bality Inc. offers a gentle approach to …
Examiner.com
”All this information might sound somewhat irrelevant (or so it would seem) to the doctor trained in western medicine who spends just between seven and fifteen minutes with each patient. But for a trained Naturopathic Practitioner giving time to listen and inquire will unveil the true cause of discomfort. Cynthia who at that time held a diploma in Psychology was first exposed to alternative medicine in Hong Kong were she lived with her husband in the early 90s. “I had a terrible congestion and used up all my western medicine. I was so desperate that I was ready to try anything to get a relief. ” Walking narrow streets she saw a store that looked like a pharmacy and stepped in. Shelves were covered with jars with strange objects that reminded mostly the office of the famous Hogwarts potion master not a drug store.
IVF and alternative medicine don’t mix
Stuff.co.nz
Danish scientists have found the chances of a successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment can be reduced if a woman had earlier used an alternative therapy. The research took in more than 700 IVF users and those who had first tried alternative treatments – such as reflexology acupuncture or herbal and aroma therapy – had a 30 percent reduced success rate. Melbourne-based IVF clinician Dr Beverley Vollenhoven says the research questioned the view that it didn’t hurt to try alternative fertility treatments before reverting to IVF. “Until further evidence is available it is best to counsel couples against the use of alternative therapies when also having IVF” says Dr Vollenhoven a senior lecturer in the Department of bstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University.
MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE: Legal process requires paperwork …
Las Vegas Review – Journal
And the immune system of chemo patients is shot so they’re more susceptible. ” Difficulty finding a doctor is why advertisements for medical marijuana appear in the back of Nevada’s alternative weeklies. “We stand behind you and your right to choose alternative medicine” read a recent CityLife ad from the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation. An ad on the same page from DrReefer. com announced: “Get legal today!” These companies — which charge $200 to $300 on top of the required fees — promise to refer patients to sympathetic physicians such as Dr. Rabia Ahmed who practices at the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation’s clinic at 10161 Park Run Drive. (Ahmed would not respond to the Review-Journal’s request for an interview.
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Massage Benefits Autistic Children: Research
Massage Magazine
physicians want more education in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help their autistic patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control about 1 in 150 children in the U.