Complementary And Alternative Medicine at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Complementary And Alternative Medicine? CAM. Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary) or instead of (alternative) standard treatments. These practices generally are not considered standard medical approaches. Standard treatments go through a long and careful research proc

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