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Complementary & Alternative Medicine: 8 Integrative Elements
This brief slideshow summarizes some of the key points about CAM and integrative medicine so that you can share the benefits-and risks-with your patients.
More and more Americans are adopting health care approaches that lie outside of mainstream medicine. Traditionally called complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, these approaches are gaining acceptance from many physicians as well, mainly because they are now combining them with biomedical therapies under the umbrella of integrative medicine. But because scientific evidence about safety and effectiveness often is lacking, doctors are exercising caution about their use.This brief slideshow summarizes some of the key points about CAM and integrative medicine so that you can share the benefits-and risks-with your patients.
References:
Alternative Medicine No Longer Has a Bad Name
“Natural Products” Lead the Way
On Dietary Supplements: Be Well, But Beware
Yoga for General Wellness, Disease Prevention
CAM and Cardiovascular Disease in Review
Body-based Evidence is Building
