In recent years, an increasing number of individuals in the United States have turned to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to address their healthcare needs. Over the past two decades, ...

Recruitment and retention in the Wake Forest University CCOP Research Base. Background: Previous surveys of CAM use in oncology have primarily been conducted at comprehensive cancer centers and other ...

A new study evaluating the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) across the military health system shows that the large majority of military treatment facilities offer at least one type ...

Approximately 38 percent of adults in the United States aged 18 years and over and nearly 12 percent of U.S. children aged 17 years and under use some form of complementary and alternative medicine ...

Renal transplant recipients who rely on CAM are less likely to follow doctors’ orders, study finds. TORONTO—Kidney transplant patients who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are less ...

A patient with long-standing irritable bowel syndrome came to her gastroenterologist after a flare, indicating that she had stopped responding to her medication. She didn’t know what to do with the ...

There are some benefits and potentially serious risks when people with heart failure use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM), to manage symptoms, so involving the health care team is ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Digitalis, nitroglycerin and graham crackers were once considered alternative medicine. Bleeding, mercury and antimony were once used as medical therapies by elite, educated physicians ...

What is complementary and alternative medicine? Complementary and alternative medicine includes a wide range of healing practices that some people use to treat lupus or other conditions. Some examples ...