At a time when the long-term sustainability of the current high-cost U.S. healthcare system is in doubt, it is important to note that primary healthcare for 80 percent of the world’ population utilizes modalities that are called “alternative medicine” in the United States –such as therapeutic approaches associated with health traditions in Europe, Asia, India, and medical systems such as chiropractic, homeopathy, herbal medicine, naturopathy, and osteopathy. These approaches stem from a philosophy that addresses the whole person in treatment of illness, disease and injury, diagnosis and prevention of illness. Awareness of these holistic approaches, many representing centuries of development, have become more accessible to general health care consumers due to many factors including the information age and globalization. As a result, consumer demand, technological advances, economic forces, and a variety of market trends are converging to influence a transition of conventional medicine from a reactive and episodic health care model to a proactive and prevention based model. This is especially relevant considering World Health Organization statistics indicate up to eighty percent of medical illnesses are due to lifestyle issues such as stress, poor nutrition, hormone imbalances, and exposure to environmental toxins. If these factors can be addressed with early intervention lifestyle modification strategies, patients can benefit with enhanced quality of life and lower medical expenses.
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