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The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014. [1]
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 ...
The Javits Center in New York City has been used as an ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic.. An alternate care site (ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-health crisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area.
Chiropractic (/ ˌkaɪroʊˈpræktɪk /) is a form of alternative medicine [ 1 ] concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. [ 2 ] It has esoteric origins [ 3 ] and is based on several pseudoscientific ideas.
The history of alternative medicine covers the history of a group of diverse medical practices that were collectively promoted as "alternative medicine" beginning in the 1970s, to the collection of individual histories of members of that group, or to the history of western medical practices that were labeled "irregular practices" by the western ...
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Holistic dentistry, also called biological dentistry, biologic dentistry, alternative dentistry, unconventional dentistry, or biocompatible dentistry, is the equivalent of complementary and alternative medicine for dentistry. Although the holistic dental community is diverse in its practices and approaches, common threads include strong ...
The revised name - Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection - reflects the centre's broader remit including supporting national and local child protection work in Scotland. [citation needed] CELCIS is a leading improvement and innovation centre. It is involved in supporting the implementation of policy into practice.