What percentage of the people use complementary medicine?!
Question: What percentage of the people use complementary medicine.?
i read somewhere:
"A quarter of the population and close to 100% of cancer patients use complementary medicine"
is that true.?Health Question & Answer
"A quarter of the population and close to 100% of cancer patients use complementary medicine"
is that true.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
the numbers you have are quite correct and here are two articles that backup the statements:
for the general population
.biomedcentral..com/1472-6882/8/14" rel="nofollow">http://www..biomedcentral..com/1472-6882/8......
and for the cancer patients
.ascopubs..org/cgi/content/full/18/13/2505" rel="nofollow">http://jco..ascopubs..org/cgi/content/full......Health Question & Answer
for the general population
.biomedcentral..com/1472-6882/8/14" rel="nofollow">http://www..biomedcentral..com/1472-6882/8......
and for the cancer patients
.ascopubs..org/cgi/content/full/18/13/2505" rel="nofollow">http://jco..ascopubs..org/cgi/content/full......Health Question & Answer
David G, Well intersting you make such a generalisation, I wonder if your knowledge of alternative medicine is as articulate as your speach: and, and, and..
In the United States, 36% of adults are using some form of Complementary & Alt.. Medicine.. When megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons are included in the definition of CAM, that number rises to 62%..Health Question & Answer
In the United States, 36% of adults are using some form of Complementary & Alt.. Medicine.. When megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons are included in the definition of CAM, that number rises to 62%..Health Question & Answer
who cares.?
it doesn't work and it's used only as a placebo by desperate patients and doctors and hypochondriacsHealth Question & Answer
it doesn't work and it's used only as a placebo by desperate patients and doctors and hypochondriacsHealth Question & Answer