What You Should Know About Alternative Medicine

4 Things You Should Know About Alternative Medicine
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Although the term “alternative medicine” might once have conjured the image of an incense-filled room where obscure herbs were dispensed, it’s gone mainstream now. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), almost two thirds of adults 50 and older use some form of CAM (complementary and alternative medicine).

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