Guest Post Courtesy of the Progressive Health Blog
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are non-traditional health services including acupuncture, homeopathy, massage therapy, chiropractic, diet and lifestyle changes, and herbal medicine. Now research reports that more Americans are using complementary and alternative medicine therapies. The greatest increase occurred among non-Hispanic whites and Asians. The CAM boom may be due to increased awareness and licensing of the therapies and rising conventional health care costs. The study, published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, examined trends in complementary and alternative medicine therapies use. The researchers analyzed survey data from the 2002 and 2007 national Health Interview Survey.
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Alternative Medicine Therapies Booming
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