India to withhold anticoagulant therapy even in the acute stages of cardiac infarction.The rarity of pulmonary embolism in the East is linked with the comparative rarity of disorders of " hypercoagulability " of blood in general, and can be better understood only when the pathogenesis of these disorders is better known. At the present time, the role of genetic and environmental factors seems significant.-I am, etc.,
This chapter looks at therapies that are considered "alternative" to conventional medical approaches. A definition of "complementary and alternative" medicine is considered in the context of the complex and clinically challenging field of pain medicine. A rationale for studying unorthodox treatments of chronic pain is presented. The challenges of an evidence-based approach to incorporating complementary therapies are explored, and a brief survey of several commonly available complementary medicine therapies is provided.
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