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Line 15: − + − == See Also == − * [[Traditional Chinese medicine]]: [[Chinese herbology]] and [[Acupuncture]] − * [[Herbal medicine]] − * [[Ayurvedic medicine]] − * [[Tibetan medicine]] − * [[Naturopathy]] and [[Homeopathy]] − * [[Massage therapy]] − * [[Modern medicine]] + − ==External Links==+ − * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ − ==References== − {{reflist|2}} − − [[Category:Complementary Medicine]] − [[Category:Medicine]] − [[Category:Health Care]] − [[Category:Health]] − [[Category:Survivalism]] − [[Category:Health Care]] − [[Category:Traditional Chinese Medicine]] − [[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]] − [[Category:Tibetan Medicine]] − [[Category:Naturopathic Medicine]] − [[Category:Herbalism]] − [[Category:Medicinal Plants]] − [[Category:Herbs − [[Category:Spices]] − [[Category:Plants used in Traditional Chinese Medicine]] − [[Category:Plants used in Ayurvedic Medicine]] − [[Category:Plants used in Western Herbalism]] − [[Category:Herbalists]] − [[Category:Health]] − [[Category:Survivalism]] − [[Category:India]] − [[Category:Tibet]] − [[Category:Nepal]] − [[Category:Mongolia]] − [[Category:Burma]] − [[Category:Thailand]] − [[Category:Sri Lanka]] − [[Category:China]] − [[Category:Asia]] − [[Category:Japan]] − [[Category:Korea]] − [[Category:Vietnam]]
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (view source)
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In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spent $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm "The Use of CAM in the United States", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref> The numbers of uninsured Americans increases by about 1 million persons per year, and the amount spent on CAM is likely much higher today. If CAM is defined to include megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons, 62% of Americans use CAM.{{fact}}
In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spent $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm "The Use of CAM in the United States", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref> The numbers of uninsured Americans increases by about 1 million persons per year, and the amount spent on CAM is likely much higher today. If CAM is defined to include megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons, 62% of Americans use CAM.{{fact}}
The US [[National Institutes of Health]] sponsor the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which spends more than $120 Million dollars a year researching CAM.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/about/budget/appropriations.htm "NCCAM Funding: Appropriations History", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref> They received $31 million in additional funding from the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]].<ref>[http://genome.fieldofscience.com/2009/07/stimulus-funds-for-pseudoscience.html "Stumulus funds for pseudoscience", Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience]</ref>
The US National Institutes of Health sponsor the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which spends more than $120 Million dollars a year researching CAM.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/about/budget/appropriations.htm "NCCAM Funding: Appropriations History", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref> They received $31 million in additional funding from the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]].<ref>[http://genome.fieldofscience.com/2009/07/stimulus-funds-for-pseudoscience.html "Stumulus funds for pseudoscience", Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience]</ref>
CAM Practices include the following:
CAM Practices include the following:
*Holistic medical approaches that focus on all of one's life, as physicians did in ancient times.
*Holistic medical approaches that focus on all of one's life, as physicians did in ancient times.
*Non-western treatments, such as [[Traditional Chinese medicine]]'s [[acupuncture]].
*Non-western treatments, such as Chinese acupuncture.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Medicine]]