Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. The precise scope of alternative medicine is a matter of some debate and depends to a great extent on the definition of "conventional medicine." The debate on alternative medicine is complicated further by the diversity of treatments that are categorized as "alternative." These include practices that incorporate spiritual, metaphysical, or religious underpinnings; non-European medical traditions; newly develop ...

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• Alternative medicine - Efficacy
• Alternative medicine - Danger reduced when used as a complement to conventional medicine
• Alternative medicine - Criticism of alternative medicine
• Alternative medicine - Efficacy
• Alternative medicine - Safety

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Alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Complementary and alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Regulation, Alternative medicine - Contemporary use of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Medical education, Alternative medicine - Support for alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Danger reduced when used as a complement to conventional medicine, Alternative medicine - Criticism of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Safety

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Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. The precise scope of alternative medicine is a matter of some debate and depends to a great extent on the definition of "conventional medicine." The debate on alternative medicine is complicated further by the diversity of treatments that are categorized as "alternative." These include practices that incorporate spiritual, metaphysical, or religious underpinnings; non-European medical traditions; newly developed approaches to healing; and a number of others. Proponents of ...

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Alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Definitions, Alternative medicine - A misleading term?, Alternative medicine - Complementary and alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Regulation, Alternative medicine - Contemporary use of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Medical education, Alternative medicine - Support for alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Danger reduced when used as a complement to conventional medicine, Alternative medicine - Criticism of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Safety

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Iridology is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the iris are examined for information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into many zones believed to correspond to specific parts of the human body. Little if any rigorous scientific evidence exists confirming any such link between aspects of the iris and a patient's state of health and there is no recognized ca ...

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• Iridology - Methods
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• Iridology - Scientific research into iridology
• Iridology - Regulation licensure and certification
• Iridology - Related practices

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Because of the potential for severe dehydration and other complications, HG is generally treated as a medical emergency. Treatment of HG may include antiemetic medications and intravenous rehydration. If medication and IV hydration are insufficient nutritional support may be required. Management of HG can be complicated because not all women respond to treatment. Coping strategies for uncomplicated morning sickness -- which may include eating a bland diet and eating before rising in the morning -- may be of some assistance but are unl ...

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Hyperemesis gravidarum, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Symptoms, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the pregnant woman, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the fetus, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Treatment, Hyperemesis gravidarum - IV hydration, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Medications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Nutritional Support, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Cause

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When HG is severe and/or inadequately treated, it may result in: loss of 5% or more of pre-pregnancy body weight dehydration and ketosis nutritional deficiencies metabolic imbalances difficulty with daily activities Some women with HG lose as much as 20% of their body weight. Many sufferers of HG are extremely sensitive to odors in their environment; certain smells may exacerbate symptoms. This is known as hyper olfaction. Ptyalism, or hypersalvation, is another symptom experie ...

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Hyperemesis gravidarum, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Symptoms, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the pregnant woman, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the fetus, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Treatment, Hyperemesis gravidarum - IV hydration, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Medications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Nutritional Support, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Cause

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Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the pregnant woman. If inadequately treated, HG can cause renal failure, central pontine myelinolysis, coagulopathy, atrophy , Mallory-Weiss syndrome, hypoglycemia, jaundice, malnutrition, Wernicke's encephalopathy, pneumomediastinum, rhabdomyolysis, deconditioning, splenic avulsion and vasospasms of cerebral arteries. Depression is a common secondary complication of HG. Charlotte Bronte is believed to have died from HG. The serious, and sometimes fatal complications of HG are almost always avoided with aggressive treatment. ...

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Hyperemesis gravidarum, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Symptoms, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the pregnant woman, Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the fetus, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Treatment, Hyperemesis gravidarum - IV hydration, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Medications, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Nutritional Support, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Hyperemesis gravidarum - Cause

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NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. The four primary areas of focus are: Research - support clinical and basic science research projects in CAM by awarding grants across the country and around the world; we also design, study, and analyze clinical and laboratory-based studies on the NIH campus i ...

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U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Organization and history, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Role, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Operation, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Other facts, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Sources

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According to a survey released in 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, chiropractic was the fourth most commonly used complementary and alternative medicine therapy among adults in the United States (7.5%).3,4 Chiropractic has gained general acceptance in the last 40 years as an appropriate treatment for certain back and neck problems. This was partly a result of the prolonged ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The pepper plant is a perennial woody vine growing to four metres in height on supporting trees, poles, or trellises. It is a spreading vine, rooting readily where trailing stems touch the ground. The leaves are alternate, entire, five to ten centimetres long and three to six centimetres broad. The flowers are small, produced on pendulous spikes four to eight centimetres long at the leaf nodes, the spikes lengthening ...

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Black pepper, Black pepper - Varieties of pepper, Black pepper - The pepper plant, Black pepper - History, Black pepper - Ancient times, Black pepper - Postclassical Europe, Black pepper - China, Black pepper - Pepper as a medicine, Black pepper - Flavour, Black pepper - World trade, Black pepper - Notes

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The positive medicinal effects of ginseng have been difficult to prove using modern science. Frequently, there are contradictory results from different studies. Supporters claim that this is due to the wide variety of ginseng quality used in studies. The quality and neutrality of studies from East Asia have also been questioned. Another issue is that there is no profit to be achieved from researching ginseng because it cannot be patented; therefore, pharmaceutical companies have no incentive to research ginseng. As a result, quality studies ...

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Ginseng, Ginseng - History, Ginseng - Modern science and ginseng, Ginseng - Common classification, Ginseng - Wild ginseng, Ginseng - Red ginseng, Ginseng - Ginseng alternatives

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Among the causes championed by the coalition is the campaign to thwart President George W. Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Since 1992, Dr. Patch Adams, a physician and advocate for alternative medicine, has taken a leading role on behalf of the coalition in campaigning against the New Freedom Commission's attempts to expand the use of mental health screening programs, supported by the pharmaceutical industry and based upon the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. Adams has volu ...

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MindFreedom International, MindFreedom International - Origins and Purpose, MindFreedom International - Opposition to New Freedom Commission, MindFreedom International - Debate over 'chemical imbalances', MindFreedom International - MindFreedom Shield Program, MindFreedom International - Range of campaigns

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Skeptics of Cayce's claimed powers point out that the evidence for Cayce mostly comes in the form of anecdotes and testimonials, neither of which is considered scientifically rigorous. They are also irritated by Cayce's support for various forms of alternative medicine, which they tend to regard as quackery. Cayce's followers accept that he was sometimes inaccurate, and occasionally totally wrong. Cayce's sons, Hugh Lynn Cayce and Edgar Evans Cayce, even co-authored a book called The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power detailin ...

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Edgar Cayce, Edgar Cayce - Claimed abilities, Edgar Cayce - The Readings, Edgar Cayce - Major themes, Edgar Cayce - Biography, Edgar Cayce - 1877 to 1920--the Kentucky period., Edgar Cayce - 1920 to 1923--the Texas period, Edgar Cayce - 1925 to 1945--the Virginia Beach period, Edgar Cayce - Timeline, Edgar Cayce - Precepts, Edgar Cayce - Other Cayce-like figures, Edgar Cayce - Criticism, Edgar Cayce - Sources of Cayce's Beliefs

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Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, or that the global population may grow to ten billion and still be within the Earth's carrying capacity. In The Skeptical Environmentalist, published in 2001, Bjorn Lomborg argued that because of the falling rate of population growth, and because of new, alternative technologies, there is no problem with overpopulation. The assumptions that underlie these claims, however, have been strongly criticise ...

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Overpopulation, Overpopulation - Malthus's theory, Overpopulation - Population as a function of food availability, Overpopulation - The optimist's viewpoint on population growth, Overpopulation - Fossil-fuel subsidies in agriculture, Overpopulation - Effects of overpopulation, Overpopulation - The demographic transition, Overpopulation - The status of women, Overpopulation - Survival of the fittest, Overpopulation - Medicine shortages, Overpopulation - US immigration policy, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a social issue, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a theme in fiction, Overpopulation - Population projections

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Deforestation alters the hydrologic cycle, potentially increasing or decreasing the amount of water in the soil and groundwater and the moisture in the atmosphere. Forests support considerable biodiversity. Forests are valuable habitat for wild mushrooms and medicinal conservation and the recharge of aquifers; on the other hand recent studies that show that planting of new trees can sometimes lower water tables and drain rivers [1], and a long term study (for one subcontinent) suggest the net water managament effect of deforestation in the 2 ...

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Deforestation, Deforestation - Effects of deforestation, Deforestation - Definition of deforestation, Deforestation - Use of the term deforestation, Deforestation - Causes of deforestation, Deforestation - Agents, Deforestation - Present Causes, Deforestation - Theories of deforestation, Deforestation - History and Historical causes, Deforestation - Prehistory, Deforestation - Pre-industrial history, Deforestation - Industrial pressure, Deforestation - Recent changes, Deforestation - Environmental effects, Deforestation - Atmospheric pollution, Deforestation - Wildlife, Deforestation - Hydrologic cycle and water resources, Deforestation - Soil erosion, Deforestation - Landslides, Deforestation - Alternatives, Deforestation - Produce substitution, Deforestation - Farming, Deforestation - Social change, Deforestation - Sources and References

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In 1917, Pauling entered the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in Corvallis, now Oregon State University. Because of financial needs, he had to work full-time while attending a full schedule of classes. After his second year, he planned to take a job in Portland to help support his mother, but the college offered him a position teaching quantitative analysis (a course Pauling had just finished taking as a st ...

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Linus Pauling, Linus Pauling - Early life, Linus Pauling - College and university, Linus Pauling - Marriage, Linus Pauling - Early scientific career, Linus Pauling - Work on the nature of the chemical bond, Linus Pauling - Work on biological molecules, Linus Pauling - Activism, Linus Pauling - Work in the development of the electric car, Linus Pauling - Work in alternative medicine, Linus Pauling - Pauling's legacy, Linus Pauling - Trivia, Linus Pauling - Works by Linus Pauling

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Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, or that the global population may grow to ten billion and still be within the Earth's carrying capacity. In The Skeptical Environmentalist, published in 2001, Bjørn Lomborg argued that because of the falling rate of population growth, and because of new, alternative technologies, there is no problem with overpopulation. The assumptions that underlie these claims, however, have been strongly criticis ...

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Overpopulation, Overpopulation - Malthus' theory, Overpopulation - Population as a function of food availability, Overpopulation - The optimist's viewpoint on population growth, Overpopulation - Fossil-fuel subsidies in agriculture, Overpopulation - Effects of overpopulation, Overpopulation - The demographic transition, Overpopulation - The status of women, Overpopulation - Survival of the fittest, Overpopulation - Medicine shortages, Overpopulation - US immigration policy, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a social issue, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a theme in fiction, Overpopulation - Population projections, Overpopulation - Population projections in space

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Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, or that the global population may grow to ten billion and still be within the Earth's carrying capacity. In The Skeptical Environmentalist, published in 2001, Bjørn Lomborg argued that because of the falling rate of population growth, and because of new, alternative technologies, there is no problem with overpopulation. The assumptions that underlie these claims, however, have been strongly criticis ...

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Overpopulation, Overpopulation - Malthus' theory, Overpopulation - Population as a function of food availability, Overpopulation - Population projections, Overpopulation - The optimist's viewpoint on population growth, Overpopulation - Effects of overpopulation, Overpopulation - The demographic transition, Overpopulation - The status of women, Overpopulation - Survival of the fittest, Overpopulation - Medicine shortages, Overpopulation - Fossil-fuel subsidies in agriculture, Overpopulation - US immigration policy, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a social issue, Overpopulation - Overpopulation as a theme in fiction, Overpopulation - Population projections in space

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Many local organizations offer a variety of practical and support services to people with cancer. Support can take the form of support groups, counseling, advice, financial assistance, transportation to and from treatment, or information about cancer. Neighborhood organizations, local health care providers, or area hospitals are a good place to start looking. While some people are reluctant to seek counseling, studies show that having someone to talk to reduces stress and helps people both mentally and physically. Counseling can also ...

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Cancer, Cancer - Terminology, Cancer - History, Cancer - Classification and nomenclature, Cancer - Adult cancers, Cancer - Childhood cancers, Cancer - Causes and pathophysiology, Cancer - Origins of cancer, Cancer - Molecular biology, Cancer - Morphology, Cancer - Heredity, Cancer - Environment and diet, Cancer - Epidemiology, Cancer - Prevention, Cancer - Diet and cancer, Cancer - Other chemoprevention agents, Cancer - Genetic testing, Cancer - Diagnosing cancer, Cancer - Signs and symptoms, Cancer - Biopsy, Cancer - Screening, Cancer - Treatment of cancer, Cancer - Surgery, Cancer - Chemotherapy, Cancer - Immunotherapy, Cancer - Radiation therapy, Cancer - Hormonal suppression, Cancer - Symptom control, Cancer - Treatment trials, Cancer - Complementary and alternative medicine, Cancer - Cancer vaccines, Cancer - Coping with cancer, Cancer - Social impact, Cancer - Cancer research

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Many local organizations offer a variety of practical and support services to people with cancer. Support can take the form of support groups, counseling, advice, financial assistance, transportation to and from treatment, or information about cancer. Neighborhood organizations, local health care providers, or area hospitals are a good place to start looking. While some people are reluctant to seek counseling, studies show that having someone to talk to reduces stress and helps people both mentally and physically. Counseling can also ...

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Cancer, Cancer - History, Cancer - Nomenclature and classification, Cancer - Adult cancers, Cancer - Childhood cancers, Cancer - Causes and pathophysiology, Cancer - Origins of cancer, Cancer - Molecular biology, Cancer - Morphology, Cancer - Heredity, Cancer - Environment and diet, Cancer - Epidemiology, Cancer - Prevention, Cancer - Diet and cancer, Cancer - Other chemoprevention agents, Cancer - Genetic testing, Cancer - Diagnosing cancer, Cancer - Signs and symptoms, Cancer - Biopsy, Cancer - Screening, Cancer - Treatment of cancer, Cancer - Surgery, Cancer - Chemotherapy, Cancer - Immunotherapy, Cancer - Radiation therapy, Cancer - Hormonal suppression, Cancer - Symptom control, Cancer - Treatment trials, Cancer - Complementary and alternative medicine, Cancer - Cancer vaccines, Cancer - Coping with cancer, Cancer - Social impact, Cancer - Cancer research

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