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| | Massage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Where massage is used for its physical and psychological benefits, it may be termed "therapeutic massage therapy" or manipulative therapy. | | | Although the massage subject is generally unclothed, the body may be "draped" with towels or sheets. | | | Sometimes this work is incorporated into other styles of massage therapy such as neuromuscular therapy (NMT). |
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| | Body work (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In alternative medicine, body work or massage therapy refers to any treatment which involves some form of touching or physical manipulation. | | | According to this recent survey, Body work, or massage therapy, was the 6th most commonly used CAM therapy (5.0%) in the United States during 2002 ([1] table 1 on page 8) when all use of prayer was excluded. | | | Massage is applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to heal injury, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, improve circulation and relieve tension. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_work_(alternative_medicine)
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| | Alternative Medicine - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | Practices termed as "alternative medicine" have caused deaths indirectly when patients have used alternatives in attempts to treat such conditions as appendicitis and failed. | | | Advocates of alternative medicine hold that alternative medicine may provide health benefits through patient empowerment, by offering more choices to the public, including treatments that are simply not available in conventional medicine. | | | Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. |
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http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/alternative_medicine.htm
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| | Alternative Medicine |
| | Alternative medicine differs from traditional Western medicine in several important ways: there have been few rigorous studies of the effectiveness and side effects of alternative medicine. | | | Alternative medicine describes health products, practices, and approaches that are not part of conventional medicine. | | | But in the same way that an alternative band can be outside the establishment one year and part of the mainstream the next, the list of once alternative healing practices accepted by conventional medicine changes frequently, as new therapies and treatments are found to be effective. |
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/alternative_medicine.html
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| | Alternative Medicine: Why so popular? |
| | Alternative medicine systems, almost without exception, accept that the body is suffused by a network of channels (meridians) that carry a subtle form of life energy. | | | Although alternative practitioners and a small group of conventional physicians do embrace the use of natural therapies and products the vast majority of "establishment" physicians are still dragging their heels and even denigrating and ridiculing alternative medicine. | | | Alternative medicine actually encompasses a very large array of different systems and therapies ranging from ayurvedic medicine to vitamin therapy. |
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http://www.yourhealthbase.com/alternative_medicine.html
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| | alternative medicine articles and information |
| | Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) refers to the practice of integrative medicine, using a variety of healing techniques, medicines and therapies. | | | Complementary medicine, in which alternative medicine is used in conjunction with or in place of conventional medical treatments, is gaining popularity; a 2004 survey showed 36 percent of American adults had used some form of complementary or alternative medicine, and Congress has now established the... | | | Alternative medicine is often practiced with the limited mindset of conventional medicine |
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http://www.newstarget.com/alternative_medicine.html
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| | Complementary and Alternative Medicine News and Views |
| | Many alternative practitioners are unlicensed (except for chiropractic, and in some states, acupuncturists, naturopaths, and homeopathic therapists) and unregulated, particularly those dealing in alternative nutritional therapy. | | | The adherents of these fields, however, state that "most alternative systems of medicine hold some common beliefs."2 Many theories of alternative medicine attempt to pose a single explanation for most human illness; the therapy is thought to correct the source of the problem, not merely treat its symptoms. | | | Complementary medicine refers to a group of therapeutic and diagnostic disciplines that exist largely outside the institutions where conventional health care is taught and provided. |
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http://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/Alternative-medicine
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| | Center for Mind-Body Medicine -- Dr. James S. Gordon, Founder |
| | The Center for Mind-Body Medicine is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to reviving the spirit and transforming the practice of medicine. | | | A training program for health and mental health professionals and patient advocates who want to responsibly integrate complementary and alternative approaches in their work with cancer patients. | | | A training program for healthcare professionals who want to integrate the best Mind-Body-Spirit practices into their clinical practice of medicine, psychology, social work, nursing, holistic or other healing profession. |
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http://www.cmbm.org
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| | Complementary & Alternative Medicine |
| | Ayurvedic (pronounced "a-u-vid-ik") medicine is an ancient, wholistic healing system from India that creates balance and harmony in the individual's life through diet, exercise, herbs, massage and other natural remedies. | | | Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing that balances the flow of vital life energy in the body, using. | | | Aromatherapy is a branch of herbal medicine that blends the essential oils of plants and herbs to heal a variety of conditions. |
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http://www.eldernet.com/hlthalt.htm
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| | Alternative Medicine/Holistic Health |
| | Alternative medicine, natural health, holistic therapies, herbs, vitamins, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic care, aromatherapy, consciousness transformation, metaphysics, and spirituality. | | | Body works massage and oxygen spa in Dallas, Texas provides oxygen/ozone sauna therapy. | | | The work of Registered Massage Therapist, Bonnie Peters, teaching parents to massage their babies to alleviate pain,to sooth and calm and for the nurturing and bonding experience it provides. |
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http://www.accessnewage.com/links/L-Altern.htm
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| | Health Care Information Resources -- Alternative Medicine |
| | Alternative Medicine Foundation is a U.S. charitable organization which is formed to provide evidence-based resources for health care professionals and reliable information on alternatives to conventional western biomedicine for patients and consumers. | | | Alternative Medicine which include access to many topics, such as: addictions, alternative therapies, bodywork, holistic health, insurance plans, oriental/eastern medicine and a whole variety of individual conditions/diseases. | | | Alternative Health News Online is prepared by journalists for the public and aims at helping us to separate the hogwash from the promising therapies in alternative medicine. |
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http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/altmed.html
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| | AMFI-Acupuncture Resource Guide |
| | In 1994, the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM)--now the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)--collaborated with the FDA to evaluate the safety and efficacy of acupuncture needles. | | | Acupuncture is a major part of Oriental Medicine, a system of health care based on the principal of balancing energy flow in the body to correct physiological function. | | | Often, it is practiced along with Asian herbal medicine and massage. |
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http://www.amfoundation.org/acupuncture.htm
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| | Alternative Medicine |
| | In general, alternative medicine is the use of medicine or techniques not part of standard training for orthodox medical doctors. | | | There are many treatments and therapies which can be used in conjunction with traditional medicine, and increase the effectiveness of each. | | | Hands-on body work (such as massage, and skeletal adjustment) |
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http://www.ps-net.com/health/alt-med.htm
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| | Alternative Health Care Holistic |
| | The body can heal and recover from many difficult health symptoms, and will do so much more quickly when the underlying cause is addressed through holistic health care applied with wisdom. | | | With cancer, holistic medicine can be effective however a visit to our alternative health clinics facility may be recommended. | | | I have been greatly blessed to have found an alternative health clinic that treats the body as a whole. |
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http://www.newhopehealthclinic.com
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| | One Sky Medicine |
| | As patients of One Sky Medicine, you can be assured that your practitioners will be there for you in their new practice, carrying with them their commitment to integrative and collaborative medicine, relationship-centered care, and heartfelt treatment of the whole person. | | | The Institute’s goal was to transform the culture of medicine by providing integrative and collaborative medical services, education, and research that respect the wisdom of the individual, nature, and the healing power of relationship. | | | If you currently have a referral to see a One Sky Medicine practitioner, it should not be affected by the practitioner’s change to a new practice; your referral is specific to the practitioner and not the practitioner’s location or place of employment. |
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| | AMFI - Autoimmune diseases |
| | The Center was established by the University of California, Davis and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to identify alternative and complementary therapies used for asthma treatment, support research to assess effectiveness, and communicate findings to both health professionals and to the public. | | | Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning. | | | Some key conventional medicine research resources have been included to provide basic information on the process of diagnosis and orthodox treatments before exploring other options. |
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http://www.amfoundation.org/autoimmune.htm
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| | Seattle Alternative Medicine - Energy Medicine |
| | She has focused on applying subtle energy system interventions in her work since 1996. | | | This is a new way of looking at psychology, but an ancient way of resolving physical and spiritual dis-ease. | | | This, along with her obvious mastery of the material and her crystal clear explanations and instructions make it eminently useable. |
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http://www.subtleenergywork.com
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Body odor |
| | Since body odor may be caused by an underlying condition, a thorough medical exam is recommended along with a blood screen and blood chemistry panel. | | | Pathological skin conditions, including cancer, hemorrhoids, and ulcers, may produce unpleasant smelling discharges on the skin or body surface. | | | The following remedies are mostly for the topical relief of body odor. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0002/ai_2603000216
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| | Alternative Systems of Medical Practice: Internet Resources: The Alternative Medicine Homepage |
| | Advances in Mind-Body Medicine [journal]: "explores the relationship between mind, body, spirit, and health; the human experience of health, illness, and medical care; and the clinical, social, and personal implications of a medicine that acknowledges the whole person." | | | The Physicians' Association for Anthroposophical Medicine "holistic and human-centered approach to medicine using modern medicine's anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and diagnosis and the knowledge of the laws of the living organism these studies were outlined by Rudolf Steiner | | | Alternative Medicine Review: A Journal of Clinical Therapeutics " peer-reviewed journal dedicated to providing accurate, timely and clinically relevant original articles, abstracts and literature reviews to the practicing preventive health-care professional," publisher Thorne Research, Inc. |
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| | Open Directory - Health:Alternative:Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine |
| | Chinese Medicine is an ancient system of diagnosis and treatment, which involves energy pathways in the body called meridians, through which Qi (or vital energy) flows. | | | Treatment in Chinese Medicine can consist of a combination of herbal treatment, massage treatment, dietary treatment and/or the use of acupuncture in order to restore energy flow and to allow healing to occur. | | | Acupuncture is a means of encouraging the body to activate its own healing abilities to restore normal function to problem areas. |
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http://dmoz.org/Health/Alternative/Acupuncture_and_Chinese_Medicine/desc.html
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| | Strange Directory - alternative medicine |
| | Free information and video clips about the workings of the body, illnesses, medical conditions, women's health, first aid, alternative healing techniques and more. | | | Health information on alternative medicine and alternative therapies. | | | This site is dedicated to alternative healing modalities and other spiritual tools for guidance including dream interpretation, reiki, reflexology, healthcare products, inner child healing, apostolic... |
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http://www.worldofalternatives.com/harmonics/links/alternativemedicine.html
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| | Alternative Medicine - Room 42 Resource Center for all your Health, Mind, & Body Interests |
| | A fully illustrated reference guide on medicinal plants and their therapeutic properties explains how the plants work, how herbal medicine was developed, and how to use home remedies to relieve common ailments, and features a unique photographic index that profiles more than 550 plants from around the world. | | | Covering diet and food supplements, herbal treatments, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, chiropractics and massage, and mind/body work, this book presents a balanced look at alternative medicine by a 20-person expert panel. | | | Although a recent discovery, CK draws heavily on acupuncture and subcontinental Indian medicine and is thereby related to centuries-old traditions. |
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http://www.room42.com/store/health_center/altmed.shtml
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| | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE |
| | Practicing Natural Health is also known as Alternative Medicine or Alternative Therapy. | | | Follow this guide to learn how to achieve Natural Health through diet, activity, herbal medicine, and living with Spirit throughout this earth dance. | | | Our lives in America have become so governed by the need to maintain our financial commitments that it takes all of our thoughts and energy to accomplish these tasks. |
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http://www.healing-thyself-naturally.com
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| | Alternative Therapies, Home, Complementary Therapies, Integrative Therapies, Alternative Medicine, Complementary ... |
| | Alternative Therapies, Home, Complementary Therapies, Integrative Therapies, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Mind Body Medicine, Holistic medicine, holisticonline.com | | | Send mail to: info@holisticonline.com with comments about this web site. |
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