Alternative medicine, also known as complementary and integrative medicine (MCI), encompasses a wide spectrum of practices and approaches that are not part of conventional medicine. These therapies are used to treat or prevent diseases, improve general well-being and complement traditional medical treatments. Types of alternative medicine: The MCI can be classified into various categories, some of the most common are: * Complete Medical Systems:** Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy. * Mind-Body Techniques:** Yoga, Meditation, Tai Chi, Mindfulness. * Biology-based practices:** Phytotherapy, nutrition, dietary supplements. * Manipulative therapies:** Chiropractic, osteopathy, therapeutic massage. * Energy therapies:** Reiki, acupuncture, biomagnetism. THE DOCTORS AND NURSES HANDBOOK General Medical and Nursing Practice and Theory for Hospital Staff Paperback version, 7X10 Full 16 Font Objective of alternative medicine in the hospital setting: ...
It was in 1981 when scientists first achieved mouse embryonic stem cell cultures. Although this milestone marked the development of numerous subsequent investigations, until 1998 the culture of a human stem cell laboratory was not achieved. In that year, two teams separately announced that they had isolated and cultivated human stem cells from, in one case, from embryos in the blastocyst phase and, in the other, from aborted fetuses. The research teams were led by biologists John Gearhart, from Johns Hopkins University, and James Thomson, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. During the 1990s, scientists discovered many other characteristics of these cells, such as adult stem cells from a specific tissue (for example blood), can cause cells from other types of tissues, such as nerve cells (neurons). One of the most interesting results was obtained by researcher Fred Gage at the Salk Institute, who showed that the adult human brain can create new neurons. Before Gage...