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In comparison to alternative treatments for dentine hypersensitivity relief, nano-hydroxyapatite containing treatment has been shown to perform better clinically. Nano-hydroxyapatite was proven to be better than other treatments at reducing sensitivity against evaporative stimuli, such as an air blast, and tactile stimuli, such as tapping the ...
Chelation therapy; Chinese food therapy; Chinese herbology; Chinese martial arts; Chinese medicine; Chinese pulse diagnosis; Chakra; Chiropractic; Chromotherapy (color therapy, colorpuncture) Cinema therapy; Coding (therapy) Coin rubbing; Colloidal silver therapy; Colon cleansing; Conversion therapy; Colon hydrotherapy (Enema) Craniosacral ...
adjunctive therapy; adjuvant therapy; alternative therapy (two senses: a second choice among scientific therapies, or alternative medicine) androgen replacement therapy; animal-assisted therapy; antibody therapy; antihormone therapy; antiserum therapy; aquarium therapy; aquatic therapy (nonscientific and scientific forms) aromatherapy; art ...
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine points to confusions in the general population – a person may attribute symptomatic relief to an otherwise-ineffective therapy just because they are taking something (the placebo effect); the natural recovery from or the cyclical nature of an illness (the regression fallacy) gets misattributed to ...
In 1999, 7.7% of US hospitals reported using some form of alternative therapy; this proportion had risen to 37.7% by 2008. [64] A 15-year systematic review published in 2022 on the global acceptance and use of CAM among medical specialists found the overall acceptance of CAM at 52% and the overall use at 45%. [65]
These hypersensitivity reactions differ from the other adverse reactions listed here which are toxicity reactions, i.e. unwanted reactions that result from the pharmacological action of a drug, are dose-related, and can occur in any treated individual; hypersensitivity reactions are idiosyncratic reactions to a drug. [98]
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, [1] is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the ...
Allergen immunotherapy, also known as desensitization or hypo-sensitization, is a medical treatment for environmental allergies (such as insect bites) and asthma. [1] [2] Immunotherapy involves exposing people to larger and larger amounts of allergens in an attempt to change the immune system's response.