{"id":173847,"date":"2016-09-22T19:51:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T23:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-cam\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T23:51:47","slug":"complementary-and-alternative-medicine-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/alternative-medicine\/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-cam\/","title":{"rendered":"Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatment                                          What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?                    <\/p>\n<p>            Complementary and alternative cancer treatments are            often lumped together. But to a cancer specialist,            there is a big difference. Complementary therapy is            used in addition to mainstream medical treatment.            Alternative therapy is used instead of proven            treatment. Another term you may hear is integrative            medicine. This means combining CAM and standard care to            try to treat cancer in a way that involves your body,            mind and spirit. Complementary and alternative medicine            (CAM) includes:          <\/p>\n<p>      Complementary medicine is a group of diagnostic and      therapeutic disciplines that are used together with      conventional medicine. An example of a complementary therapy      is using aromatherapy to help lessen a patient's discomfort      following surgery.    <\/p>\n<p>      Complementary medicine is usually not taught or used in      Western medical schools or hospitals. Complementary medicine      includes a large number of practices and systems of health      care that, for a variety of cultural, social, economic, or      scientific reasons, have not been adopted by mainstream      Western medicine.    <\/p>\n<p>      Complementary medicine is different from alternative      medicine. Whereas complementary medicine is used together      with conventional medicine, alternative medicine is used in      place of conventional medicine. An example of an alternative      therapy is using a special diet to treat      cancer instead of      undergoing surgery, radiation, or      chemotherapy      that has been recommended by a physician.    <\/p>\n<p>      Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) can include the      following:    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/alternative_medicine\/article.htm\" title=\"Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)\">Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatment What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)? Complementary and alternative cancer treatments are often lumped together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/alternative-medicine\/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-cam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187738],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}