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What is art therapy
Art therapy is a human service profession that uses art media,
the creative process, and client responses to the created products and interaction
between therapist and client. The goal of art therapy is to facilitate personal express... |
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Chronic pain is the most common health problem treated with Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies in the United States. In the past
decade, strong evidence has been accumulated regarding the benefits of mind-body
therapies, acupunctur... |
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The Cleveland Clinic's Center for Integrative Medicine combines the best of
traditional medicine with research-proven complementary approaches to prevention
and healing. Integrative medicine addresses such important components of health
care as relief... |
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Understanding alternative medicineAlternative
and complimentary medicine encompasses a wide variety of modalities, ranging
from the use of herbs, nutrition and lifestyle changes to practices that utilize
relaxation and the mind's capacity to affect the ... |
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As the elderly population in the United States grows, the number of
prescriptions being filled in the U.S. is increasing dramatically. Perhaps because of
media hype and disappointment with current conventional medications, more
patients are turning to a... |
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Since 1994, the marketplace has exploded with herbal products. In the last
one to two years, Americans spent more than $20 billion on alternative medicine
therapy. Sadly, many of these products are sold with misleading and sometimes even fraudulent hea... |
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Holistic (sometimes spelled "wholistic"), unconventional,
alternative, complementary, and integrative medicines have commonly been be
defined as therapies usually not taught at U.S. medical schools or widely
available at U.S. hospitals. At the... |
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What is music therapy?
Music therapy is provided by a clinically trained music therapist who
uses music to meet the psychological, physical, emotional, spiritual, and social
needs of patients and their families. A music therapist completes a four-year
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Holistic Medicine is a wellness-based approach to medicine. It emphasizes the need to look at the whole person, which encompasses the physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, social, spiritual and lifestyle values. Holistic medicine focuses on educ... |
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If you surf the web or read your local newspaper, you’ve
probably seen something about herbal supplements and their role in treating
depression. Although dozens of people swear by it, St. John's Wort is still
considered to be an alternative therapy by m... |
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In a study that appeared in the January 16, 2002, issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association, physicians reported that four out
of five adults take at least one medication per week and are increasingly using
herbal supplements.
Sixteen ... |
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