Healthcare providers are often approached by patients and clients about complementary therapies, whether self-prescribing or wanting to add therapies as an adjunct to the medical treatment they will be receiving. In addition, many healthcare providers plan to incorporate complementary treatments into their practice for a more integrative approach. Whichever the case, it's important for the healthcare provider to have access to information about complementary and integrative treatments and how they work with standard medical therapies. Answering this need is Natural Standard Medical Conditions Reference: An Integrative Approach, a quick reference book with integrative medicine monographs for more than 100 of the most crucial conditions. This is your best source for comprehensive, evidence-based integrative medicine information, categorized according to evidence and proven efficacy.
Natural Standard offers a scientifically rigorous, unbiased analysis of over 120 commonly searched medical conditions and provides decision support for integrative care, exploring all related health care options, including conventional therapies, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, herbs, supplements, vitamins and minerals, integrative modalities such as acupuncture, chiropractic and yoga as well as diet, exercise and nutrition.
Features
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Covers 100+ of the most commonly seen conditions.
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Integrated therapies are rated according to whether the scientific evidence is good, unclear or conflicting, slightly negative, or strongly negative.
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Each monograph ends with a section on prevention, giving tips to help the patient prevent disease/conditions or perhaps avoid recurrence after treatment is finished.
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Conventional medical treatment is thoroughly explained, as well as lifestyle changes that could benefit the patient.
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The lead author is a PharmD from The Natural Standard Research Collaboration, which is well respected in both medical and natural medicine communities.
Table of Contents
Preface, How to Use This Book, Addictions, Aging, Allergies, Alzheimer's Disease, Anxiety Disorders, Arthritis, Asthma, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Back Pain, Bipolar disorder, Cancer, Common cold, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Depression, Diabetes, Erectile dysfunction, Gallbladder pancreas disorders, Gastrointestinal disorders, Genitourinary disorders, Gynaecological cancers, Hair disorders, Heart attack, Hepatitis B, Herpes, High blood pressure, High cholesterol, HIV/AIDS, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Influenza, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Kidney-electrolyte disorders, Menopause, Migraine, Musculoskeletal problems, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, Pneumonia, Pregnancy and Labour, Prostate conditions, Sexual dysfunction, Sexually transmitted diseases, Skin rash, Sleep disorders, Stroke, References, Index