Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. The pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Support For Alternative Medicine
Advocates of alternative medicine hold that alternative therapies often provide the public with services not available from conventional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Definitions
Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. The pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iridology: Encyclopedia - Iridology
Iridology is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the iris are exami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperemesis Gravidarum: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Treatment
Because of the potential for severe dehydration and other complications, HG is generally treated as a medical emergency. Treatment of HG ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperemesis Gravidarum: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Symptoms
When HG is severe and/or inadequately treated, it may result in: loss of 5% or more of pre-pregnancy body weight dehydration and ketos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperemesis Gravidarum: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Complications
Hyperemesis gravidarum - For the pregnant woman. If inadequately treated, HG can cause renal failure, central pontine myelinolysis, coa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. National Center For Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. National Center For Complementary And Alternative Medicine - Role
NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiropractic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiropractic - Scientific Support For Chiropractic
According to a survey released in 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, chiropractic was the fourth mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pepper - The Pepper Plant
The pepper plant is a perennial woody vine growing to four metres in height on supporting trees, poles, or trellises. It is a spreading v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ginseng: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginseng - Modern Science And Ginseng
The positive medicinal effects of ginseng have been difficult to prove using modern science. Frequently, there are contradictory results ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mindfreedom International: Encyclopedia Ii - Mindfreedom International - Opposition To New Freedom Commission
Among the causes championed by the coalition is the campaign to thwart President George W. Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Cayce: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Cayce - Criticism
Skeptics of Cayce's claimed powers point out that the evidence for Cayce mostly comes in the form of anecdotes and testimonials, neither ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Overpopulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Overpopulation - The Optimist's Viewpoint On Population Growth
Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deforestation: Encyclopedia Ii - Deforestation - Effects Of Deforestation
Deforestation alters the hydrologic cycle, potentially increasing or decreasing the amount of water in the soil and groundwater and the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linus Pauling: Encyclopedia Ii - Linus Pauling - College And University
In 1917, Pauling entered the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in Corvallis, now Oregon State University. Because of financial needs, he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Overpopulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Overpopulation - The Optimist's Viewpoint On Population Growth
Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Overpopulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Overpopulation - The Optimist's Viewpoint On Population Growth
Other studies have countered with the claim that the current population level of over six billion may be supported by current resources, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Coping With Cancer
Many local organizations offer a variety of practical and support services to people with cancer. Support can take the form of support gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Coping With Cancer
Many local organizations offer a variety of practical and support services to people with cancer. Support can take the form of support gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Practices Of Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Practices Of Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial Of Christ's Death
Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death as a ransom or propitiatory sacrifice by observing The Lord's Evening Meal, or Memorial, e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biogenic Support: Alternative Health Dictionary On Biogenic Support
Biogenic Support (homeovitic support): Phase of homeovitics whose aim is to minimize production of free radicals during Clearing and h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Complementary Therapies: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Complementary Therapies
Complementary therapies: alternative therapies which enhance and support allopathic treatments; a term more frequently used in Europe....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Garlic Cloves: Herbal Therapy Dictionary On Garlic Cloves
garlic cloves: used in the West primarily for its cardiovascular effects, principally as a support to dietetic measures at elevated le...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mind/body/spirit Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Mind/body/spirit Medicine
Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine: Mind-body medicine (also referred to as psychoneuroimmunology-PNI) focuses on the interactions among the br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Naturopathy
Naturopathy: Naturopathy is a system of healing, originating from Europe, that views disease as a manifestation of alterations in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magnet Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Magnet Therapy
Magnet Therapy ·      A newly formed system of medicine that is gaining popularity and recognition al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ortho-bionomy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Ortho-bionomy
ORTHO-BIONOMY Ortho-bionomy was developed by the British Osteopath Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls in the 1970s and has since been refined in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Herbal Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Herbal Therapy, Botanical Therapy, Herbalism
Herbal therapy or botanical therapy or herbalism: employs parts of plants (seed, stem, flowers, root, bark, leaf) for the relief of co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Criticism Of Alternative Medicine
Due to the wide range of therapies that are considered to be "alternative medicine" few criticisms apply across the board. For more infor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Complementary And Alternative Medicine
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine defines complementary and alternative medicine as "a group of diverse medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Contemporary Use Of Alternative Medicine
Edzard Ernst wrote in the Medical Journal of Australia that "about half the general population in developed countries use complementary a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Medicine - Regulation
Jurisdiction differs concerning which branches of alternative medicine are legal, which are regulated, and which (if any) are provided by...   » Read the article

Article - Alternative Health Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for Alternative Health - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article