Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sourcebook
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Health Reference Series _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Omnigraphics’ Health Reference Series _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sutton _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Fourth Edition Helping the Layperson Understand, Manage, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and Avoid Serious Illness _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alternative Medicine Alternative _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Complementary and and Complementary Omnigraphics’ Health Reference Series is designed for the general reader _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SOUR _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ seeking guidance on how to avoid serious illness by following preventive _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ lifestyles and recognizing early warning signs. It also supports the layperson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ who has received a diagnosis of a serious disease or disorder as well as the _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complementary family member or nonprofessional caregiver who must learn to care and _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to cope with the illness. Each volume in the series deals comprehensively _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ with a particular area of medical concern and contains material found in _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ publications issued by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C and Alternative _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and associations. Nowhere else can general readers find this information _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ conveniently collected, coordinated, and indexed in book form. EBOOK _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Sourcebook, Fourth Edition _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies play a key role in _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the health care of many Americans. The National Center for Complementary _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SOURCEBOOK and Alternative Medicine reports that in the United States, about four in _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 10 adults and about one in nine children use some form of CAM, such as _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ deep breathing, dietary supplements, massage, meditation, or yoga. CAM, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ alone or in conjunction with mainstream medicine, is often used to treat an _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________■ increasing variety of diseases and conditions, such as arthritis, anxiety, back _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ pain, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and sleep problems. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Basic Consumer Health Information about Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sourcebook, Fourth Edition _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chiropractic provides updated information for people considering these therapies for Health _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ general well-being or specific health conditions. It discusses how to select a _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Care, Diet-Based Therapies, Guided Imagery, Herbal Reference _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CAM practitioner, talk with a primary health care provider about using CAM, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________and Vitamin Supplements, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, Massage, evaluate information on the internet, and pay for CAM therapies. It describes Series _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Meditation, Naturopathy, Pilates, Reflexology, Reiki, Shiatsu, whole medical systems, such as Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, Na- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4th Edition _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Tai Chi, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yoga, and Other tive American medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, and naturopathy. It also _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ talks about the safe use of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complementary