"Complementary Therapies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D000529
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complementary Therapies" by people in Profiles.
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Menopause hormone therapy and complementary alternative medicine, quality of life, and racial/ethnic differences: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause. 2022 12 01; 29(12):1357-1364.
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Complementary and Alternative Treatments Are Needed to Enhance the Care of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2017 12; 46(4):xiii-xiv.
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Preferences for Medical Marijuana over Prescription Medications Among Persons Living with Chronic Conditions: Alternative, Complementary, and Tapering Uses. J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Feb; 24(2):146-153.
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Case-based online modules to teach graduate-level nursing students about complementary and alternative medical therapies. J Prof Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr; 28(2):125-9.
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Treatment of lupus: impact on quality of life. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2011 Aug; 13(4):324-37.
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Relationship between complementary/alternative treatment use and illicit drug use among a cohort of women with, or at risk for, HIV infection. J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Sep; 16(9):989-93.
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Disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine use to health care providers among HIV-infected women. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2009 Nov; 23(11):965-71.
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Complementary and alternative medicine use in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Mov Disord. 2009 Oct 15; 24(13):2015-9.
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Association of complementary and alternative medicine use with highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation. Altern Ther Health Med. 2008 Sep-Oct; 14(5):18-22.
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Association between complementary and alternative medicine use and adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Dec; 13(10):1053-6.