Alternative medicine

focus on the whole person, not just the disease. It is important to teach patients that Complementary & Alternative Medicine is used together with Western Medicine,…

The insurance policy for someone with private health insurance typically won’t cover alternative medicine. According to the National Institute of Health, Americans spend more than thirty billion dollars each year on complementary treatments, while annual out-of-pocket costs total about $27 billion. Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) consists of many therapies including these common remedies: • Active release technique • Acupressure • Magnet therapy • Hydrogen…

those individuals responsible for providing group treatment programs. As the overcrowding situation is lessened, there would be the opportunity for larger meeting spaces, hopefully resulting in a potential rise in group participation rates. If an alternative to incarceration proves viable, perhaps these services could be offered to those populations outside of the grounds of the prison and would help to give the individuals the social context in which to apply these therapies while going through…

commodity type lumber for use in the Canadian construction industry. The president of the company is trying to decide whether or not to invest money into Jackson Sawmill for new plant and equipment, since it hasn’t been upgraded for twenty years. The alternative would be to reinvest and downsize by reducing production capacity and permanently laying off half of the 200 workforce and build a new mill in Alberta. To build the new plant would be more expensive but the president is also considering…

Magnetic Field Therapy Danielle Scott Vermont Technical College Magnetic Field Therapy Magnetic field therapy should be used as a complementary and alternative medicine before pharmaceutical interventions to treat patients. Magnetic field therapy penetrates the entire body and has fewer side effects. Magnetic field therapy has many benefits to offer patients to maintain health and treat illness. Magnetic field therapy provides a non invasive, safe, and easy method. The physiological…

some insurance companies might not cover them. Alternative medicine considers health a balancing of the mind, body and spirit. And is used to treat conditions ranging from colds to cancer.” ( ) This type of treatment and medicine can cause conflict and breakdown especially for those illnesses that requires lantern care of not handles correctly. As the population continues to grown the use of alternative, conventional and complimentary medicine has increase. Even though there are cultural…

Complementary and Alternative Methods to Treat Cancer Pain Identifying a Researchable Problem Summary of the Area of Interest Pain is an agonizing symptom array of people diagnosed with cancer encounter from the day and minute of identification. Cancer pain furthers to anxiety, lack of appetite, depression and diminished patients’ quality of life and support system. The overseeing and controlling of patients’ pain promptly is the aim of palliative care. To control cancer pain and having…

Alternative therapies have been practiced for centuries by many different cultures throughout the world. Alternative therapies can defined as any therapy that does not fit into the standard, traditional therapies used in the average health care system. There are hundreds of alternative therapies that have been practiced and that are currently being practiced today. Some of these therapies involve herbs, vitamins and minerals. While some involve stretching, pressure points and reflection. Cupping…

How is Aromatherapy effective? Well, it is the number one alternative medicine used to help with anxiety and stress. Years ago there were not many books on the subject but, as technology advances so do studies of aromatherapy (“Does it Really Work?”). Many people still have their questions about whether or not it is used for cosmetic purposes more than therapeutic purposes. Therapists such as massage therapist use aromatherapy in the studios they work in. It is known that many therapist believe…

the theories that come from Practice Theory are specific to nursing, or situations that arise in the nursing environment. Under these theories they also have a specific testable hypothesis and have evolved from Grand and Middle Ranged Theory. As medicine has evolved, so has the need to use a combination of theories to provide care to patients in complex situations. They are just one of many tools in the box that a nurse can utilize to establish a deeper…