"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Complementary Therapies".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Complementary Therapies" by people in this website by year, and whether "Complementary Therapies" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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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Using herbs medically without knowing their composition: are we playing Russian roulette? Curr Med Res Opin. 2022 05; 38(5):847-852.
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Association Between the Modalities of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Cost-Related Nonadherence to Medical Care Among Older Americans: A Cohort Study. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Dec; 27(12):1131-1135.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in First-time and Recurrent Kidney Stone Formers. Urology. 2021 10; 156:58-64.
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The use of complementary and integrative therapies as adjunct interventions during radiotherapy: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Nov; 29(11):6201-6209.
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Joint AAD-NPF Guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with topical therapy and alternative medicine modalities for psoriasis severity measures. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Feb; 84(2):432-470.
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Nausea and Vomiting in Advanced Cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2020 02 05; 21(2):14.
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Utilization of Complementary Alternative Medicine, Diet, and Exercise Among Women at High Risk for Developing Breast Cancer. Integr Cancer Ther. 2020 Jan-Dec; 19:1534735420922610.
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Critical Care Pain Management in Patients Affected by the Opioid Epidemic: A Review. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 09; 15(9):1016-1023.
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International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2018 02; 8(2):108-352.