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Benjamin E. "Ben" Kligler is an American academic physician and researcher who has been active in leading integrative medicine initiatives for over 20 years. [1] He is a Professor in the Department of Family and Medicine and Community Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as the former Vice Chair and research director of the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of ...
Andrew Weil – Founder of Integrative Medicine and author. Darrell Wolfe – Founder of The Wolfe Clinic; J. R. Worsley – Founder of Five Elements school of acupuncture. Frances Wright – Active in the American Popular Health Movement of the 1830s and 40s. P. K. Warrier – Indian Ayurvedic physician who received Padma Bhushan in 2010.
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Alternative medicine is a term often used to describe medical practices where are untested or untestable. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), functional medicine, and holistic medicine are among many rebrandings of the same phenomenon.
Andrew Weil, MD, Integrative Medicine Founder, Andrew Weil Center of Integrative Medicine Founder & Director / Professor of Medicine and Public Health / Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine, Harvard [1] Rediet Abebe, computer scientist [2]
Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is an alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer.The treatment consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or a herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes.
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]
Evidence-based medicine is a stated central component of the higher-order "system of systems" Weil envisions integrative medicine to be. [25] It is clear that in both scholarly/academic and popular settings, Weil's statements suggest practices from alternative therapies as being something to add to conventional medical treatment plans.