Complementary and alternative medicine | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-19

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00:05:16 1 Definitions and terminology
00:05:27 1.1 Alternative medicine
00:08:33 1.2 Complementary or integrative medicine
00:09:46 1.3 "Allopathic medicine"
00:12:17 1.4 CAM
00:13:02 1.5 Traditional medicine
00:13:34 1.6 Holistic medicine
00:14:06 1.7 Problems with definition
00:16:39 1.8 Different types of definitions
00:25:37 2 Types
00:26:51 2.1 Unscientific belief systems
00:27:14 2.1.1 Supplements
00:27:22 2.2 Traditional ethnic systems
00:28:19 2.3 Supernatural energies
00:28:46 2.4 Holistic therapy
00:28:56 2.5 Herbal remedies and other substances used
00:30:16 2.6 Religion, faith healing, and prayer
00:30:27 2.7 NCCIH classification
00:33:13 3 History
00:36:29 3.1 Medical education
00:38:51 4 Efficacy
00:43:44 5 Mechanism of action
00:43:54 5.1 Placebo effect
00:47:06 6 Use and regulation
00:47:16 6.1 Appeal
00:48:05 6.1.1 Marketing
00:49:16 6.1.2 Social factors
00:51:22 6.2 Prevalence of use
00:53:48 6.2.1 In the US
00:56:10 6.2.2 Prevalence of use of specific therapies
00:57:44 6.2.3 In palliative care
00:58:52 6.3 Regulation
01:00:16 7 Risks and problems
01:00:26 7.1 Negative outcomes
01:00:35 7.1.1 Adequacy of regulation and CAM safety
01:02:05 7.1.2 Interactions with conventional pharmaceuticals
01:03:48 7.1.3 Side-effects
01:05:36 7.1.3.1 Treatment delay
01:07:01 7.1.4 Unconventional cancer "cures"
01:08:33 7.2 Rejection of science
01:15:39 7.3 Conflicts of interest
01:17:03 8 Gallery
01:17:12 9 See also



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Alternative medicine, fringe medicine, pseudomedicine or simply questionable medicine is promotion or use of practices which are unproven, disproven, impossible to prove, or excessively harmful in relation to their effect — in the attempt to achieve the healing effects of medicine. It differs from experimental medicine in that the latter employs responsible investigation, and is discarded when shown ineffective. The scientific consensus is that alternative therapies either do not, or cannot, work. In some cases laws of nature are violated by their basic claims; in others the treatment is so much worse that its use is unethical. Alternative practices, products, and therapies range from those which are simply ineffective to those having known harmful and toxic effects.  
Alternative therapies may be credited for perceived improvement through placebo effects, decreased use or effect of medical treatment (and therefore either decreased side effects; or nocebo effects towards standard treatment), or the natural course of the condition or disease. Alternative treatment is not the same as experimental treatment or traditional medicine, although both can be misused in ways that are alternative. Alternative or complementary medicine is dangerous because it may discourage people from getting the best possible treatment, and may lead to a false understanding of the body and of science.
Alternative medicine is used by a significant number of people, though its popularity is often overstated. Large amounts of funding go to testing alternative medicine, with more than US$2.5 billion spent by the United States government alone. Almost none show any effect beyond that of false treatment, and most studies showing any effect have been statistical flukes. Alternative medicine is a highly profitable industry, with a strong lobby. This fact is often overlooked by media or intentionally kept hidden, with alternative practice being portrayed positively when compared to "big pharma". The lobby has successfully pushed for alternative therapies to be subject to far less regulation than conventional medicine. Alternative therapies may even be allowed to promote use when there is demonstrably no effect, only a tradition of use. Regulation and licensing of alternative medicine  ...