ABSTRACT
Medical interventions, not widely taught in U.S. medical schools and not available in U.S. hospitals, are generally received as complementary alternative therapies. Interestingly, the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) in the United States has been on the rise. Eisenberg and associates (1) reported that an estimated one in three Americans used alternative medical therapies. In addition, the estimated annual total of 425 million visits to providers of CAM was greater that the 388 million visits to all U.S. primary care physicians (2). A reported 83% of people who use CAM also seek treatment for the same condition from an allopathic physician (1).
