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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a broad label that applies to many types of treatments and therapies. CAM treatments and therapies can be used as an alternative to the type of medicine that we expect a traditional health care provider in the United States to practice, or in combination with it. When CAM is combined with conventional medicine, the goal should be that the two practices complement each other, so that the patient can benefit from the best of both worlds. The term integrative medicine is also used when explaining CAM. CAM tends to consider the NetWellness Article (More)


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