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Hyman is one of the most prominent proponents of functional medicine, [8] a controversial form of alternative medicine; [9] [10] there is no definitive clinical evidence of its effectiveness. [23] He is a contributing editor to the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and was editor-in-chief until 2008. [24] [25]
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]
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.
This is a list of people in alternative medicine who are notable for developing, founding, inventing, promoting, practicing, marketing, commentating or researching on alternative medicine. Contents:
Kimball C. Atwood IV writes, in the journal Medscape General Medicine, [8] Naturopathic physicians now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care.
Marian University opened its College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010, with funding by a $48 million donation from Michael Evans, the CEO of Indianapolis-based AIT Laboratories. [8] The college opened as the second medical school in the state of Indiana. The inaugural class of 162 students began courses in August 2013. [9]
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[2] [3] Upon establishment, the board first issued licenses for physicians; it expanded to osteopaths in 1901. [4] It had responsibility for chiropractic until 1981 and for podiatry until 1993; [4] those areas are now governed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners [5] and the Podiatric Medicine Board, [6] respectively.