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Insurance for Complementary and Alernative Medicine (CAM)
Complementary and alternative medicine—also known as CAM—has been gaining ground in the United States. In 2007, the National Health Interview Survey indicated approximately 38 percent of adult Americans used CAM. The definition of CAM is difficult, because it is a very broad field. Generally, CAM is any medical therapy that is not considered mainstream or conventional medicine.
Medicine in the Mix
May 1st, 2013Worldwide only 10 to 30 percent of health care is provided by what most of us in the US would recognize as a doctor or nurse—someone trained in science-based medicine. The remainder, upwards of 70 percent of the human race, seeks to treat illness by way of folk practitioners using treatment traditions often very different from our own.
Understanding the role of complementary and alternative medicine
Health Tips: 54% of women use Prayer: The Most Common Complementary & Alternative Medicine Practice
September 1st, 2012What is the most common type of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatment that mid-life women in the United States use to maintain their health?
Health On The Edge: Medicine in the 21st Century
August 31st, 2011A lot has changed in the world of alternative medicine since the early 1990s, when I first edited Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide.
A revolution in US healthcare is underway—but while we’ve come a long way, there’s still a lot of ground left to cover.CAM Politics: If Your Single Issue is Integrative Health—Obama’s Reform is Bold
August 31st, 2011I have never favored single-issue politics. Life is too complex to make thumbs-up or thumbs-down decisions about a politician based on a single vote taken on a single issue.
Similarly, complex legislative packages warrant balanced consideration, weighing all of their elements. This is what we charge our elected officials to do.
