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2. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing ...

3. List of forms of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   Acupressure; Acupuncture; Alkaline diet; Anthroposophic medicine; Apitherapy; Applied kinesiology; Aromatherapy; Association for Research and Enlightenment

4. Alternate care site - Wikipedia

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   An alternate care site(ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-healthcrisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area. [1][2]: 1 The term encompasses both civilian-operated medical ...

5. Health care provider - Wikipedia

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   Health care provider. A health care provider is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices. Health care providers often receive payments for their services rendered from health insurance providers.

6. Allied health professions - Wikipedia

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   Allied health professions (AHPs) are a group of health care professions that provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services in connection with health care, and which are distinct from the fields of dentistry, optometry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy . In providing care as an AHP, their work may support non-AHP ...

7. Alternative cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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   Alternative cancer treatment describes any cancer treatment or practice that is not part of the conventional standard of cancer care. [2] These include special diets and exercises, chemicals, herbs, devices, and manual procedures. Most alternative cancer treatments do not have high-quality evidence supporting their use and many have been ...

8. Alex Guerrero (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Alejandro "Alex" Guerrero (born 1965) is an Argentine alternative medicine practitioner, pseudoscientist, and alkaline diet advocate. He is best known for his infomercials that contained alternative health claims and his work with professional football players including Tom Brady and many other current and former New England Patriots players.

9. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Respite care may be necessary, for instance, if a family member who is providing home hospice care is briefly unable to perform his or her duties and an alternative care provider becomes necessary.) [49] As of 2008, Medicare was responsible for around 80% of hospice payments, reimbursing providers differently from county to county with a higher ...