He is also licensed to practice acupuncture and uses
this form of alternative therapy to compliment traditional western medicine.
Eighty - seven percent of all the women used
some form of alternative therapy with vitamin or mineral supplements and mind - body practice as the most common form of treatment.
In a 2001 study sociologist Ronald C. Kessler of Harvard Medical School and his associates found that more than half of people with panic attacks or severe depression used
some form of alternative therapy, including herbs, during the previous year, usually without medical supervision.
Keep in mind that supplements and other
forms of alternative therapies have not been stringently tested for safety in pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, or individuals with medical conditions.
Not exact matches
The antibody targets a peptide on cancer cells, and is a
form of biologic
therapy, an increasingly appealing
alternative to chemotherapy.
But the popularity
of alternative medicine overall — way beyond smoking cessation — is hardly in doubt: A 2002 government survey estimated that 36 %
of Americans had used some
form of complementary or
alternative therapy within the previous 12 months.
Many patients with endometriosis explore dietary changes, take part in support groups to share and gain emotional support, and explore various
forms of relaxation and
alternative therapies, such as yoga, massage, reiki, acupuncture and meditation.
(4) Medical studies have shown the effectiveness as an
alternative exercise and a
form of martial arts
therapy.
Consider
alternative natural
forms of contraceptives or hormone
therapies 5.
After several rounds
of chemotherapy with no improvement in health, this patient began consuming dandelion tea as an
alternative form of therapy.
The era
of fast food restaurants, convenience store dinners, and overly processed - beverages has brought about to find healthier options can lead people to all sorts
of herbal remedies and
alternative forms of therapy.
Currently Energy medicine is a term being bantered about as a catch all for all
forms of alternative medicine, from acupuncture, to visualization, to Reiki, to sound healing, to channeling, massage, crystal
therapies, psychic work,
forms of Yogic practice, etc..
Blake's formal education includes traditional Chinese medicine, five - element Chinese medicine, nutritional medicine, herbal healing, psychology, past life regression
therapy - hypnosis, and various other
forms of alternative medicine.
Based on clinical studies made on stem cell
therapy, this
alternative form or treatment has been proven to have fewer complications or none at all because the procedure itself is non-invasive, meaning no aftermath
of scars or wounds.
Nevertheless, many cats can have their disease controlled in this way and it is an
alternative to other
forms of therapy for a number
of cats.
No less promising are the effects
of another
alternative form of treating dogs: massage
therapy.
Lola looks at a range
of alternative therapies, including hospice and palliative care, natural nutrition, cancer - fighting herbs, and supplements, and the importance
of daily interaction in the
form of walks, grooming, and massage.
Alternative forms of treatment if surgery is not an option include physical
therapy, custom orthotic braces, an animal cell transplants.
Fifth, half
of our participants lacked
alternative experience with other
forms of (group)
therapy.
Despite the evidence base for the effectiveness
of CBT for adolescent depression, 10, 14, 15 adolescents often avoid face - to - face
therapy because
of stigma.16 Given their affinity with computers, treatment accessibility may be improved by the availability
of computer - administered CBT (CCBT) which could be provided at an earlier stage
of illness, 17 particularly for those with a high degree
of familiarity with technology.18 CCBT represents an autonomous
form of therapy delivery with the potential to provide a realistic
alternative, or potentially preventative, intervention.
In this piece, our goal is to provide a look at some
alternative forms of therapy that are available.
Multiple - family group
therapy, a precursor
of psychoeducational family intervention, emerged, in part, as a pragmatic
alternative form of intervention - especially as an adjunct to the treatment
of serious mental disorders with a significant biological basis, such as schizophrenia - and represented something
of a conceptual challenge to some
of the «systemic» (and thus potentially «family - blaming») paradigms
of pathogenesis that were implicit in many
of the dominant models
of family
therapy.