Conventional medicine is the most common type of medicine in the Western world. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for treatments that are not part of mainstream healthcare. Many ...

Integrative medicine (IM) is an approach that combines conventional medicine with complementary treatments. The aim of IM is to treat the whole person, not just a health problem. Because IM is ...

Complementary medicine ranges from authentic stress-relieving massage to well-meaning (but expensive) placebo, to outright spurious healing claims. Researchers decided to study its impact on patients ...

A potent drug for glioblastoma can't be used in patients. It can't reach its target because it's blocked by the blood-brain barrier, and the conventional formulation for this drug is toxic to the ...

Background: Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is increasingly used in the West, but the evidence on its effectiveness is a matter of debate. We compared the characteristics, study quality and results of ...

VAIL, Colorado –Most people in the Vail Valley think of naturopathic medicine as preventive medicine. Using nutrition, herbal medicine and homeopathy is without a doubt the best way to stay healthy, ...

In this post I describe the divergent perspectives of the dominant biomedical model of mental health care used in industrialized countries, and the increasing trend in the use of so-called ...

Many people seek healthcare outside of conventional or modern medical practice. Conventional healthcare is mostly based on scientific research and proof of effectiveness. Non-conventional healthcare ...

Most effective treatment regimens for invasive fungal infections in birds have included parenteral amphotericin B or oral itraconazole. However, the nephrotoxicity of conventional amphotericin B and ...

In this post I describe the divergent perspectives of the dominant biomedical model of mental health care used in industrialized countries, and the increasing trend in the use of so-called ...

We identified 334 potentially eligible reports of placebo-controlled trials of CHM and excluded 199 reports. The most frequent reasons for exclusion were other type of intervention examined, no ...