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Functional medicine was created by Jeffrey Bland, [8] who founded The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) in the early 1990s as part of one of his companies, HealthComm. [9] IFM, which promotes functional medicine, became a registered non-profit in 2001. [10] Mark Hyman became an IFM board member and prominent promoter. [8] [10]
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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.
Alternative medicine encompasses methods used in both complementary medicine and alternative medicine, known collectively as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). These methods are used in place of ("alternative to"), or in addition to ("complementary to"), conventional medical treatments .
Functional medicine was created by Jeffrey Bland, [8] who founded The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) in the early 1990s as part of one of his companies, HealthComm. [9] IFM, which promotes functional medicine, became a registered non-profit in 2001. [10] Mark Hyman became an IFM board member and prominent promoter. [8] [10]
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The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Graduate Program is based on three pillars: an academically rigorous program that emphasizes the science of physiology, an innovative curriculum that offers students a broad insight into CAM disciplines and philosophies, and the skill to assess the evidence base that currently exists for various ...
Hyman is a proponent of functional medicine, a controversial form of alternative medicine. [8] [9] He is the board president of clinical affairs of the Institute for Functional Medicine. [5] [10] [11] He was the editor-in-chief of, and is a contributing editor to, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal. [12]