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CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE VS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE VS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Contemporary medicine more beneficial than alternative medicine. Do you agre e ?.

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CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE VS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

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  1. CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE VS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

  2. Contemporary medicine more beneficial than alternative medicine. Do you agree ?

  3. Chinese herbs include astragalus, ginkgo, ginseng, green tea, and eleuthero (also known as “Siberian ginseng”) in different combinations to restore balance to the body.

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  5. Safety precautions

  6. Contemporary medicines sold in pharmacies have labels that tell you of any side effects that may be caused.

  7. Evidence A few studies indicate that as many as 20% to 30% of patients receive inappropriate care. The treatment of the elderly appears to be even more problematic. Many elderly do not receive proper treatment an estimated 44,000-98,000 elderly die each year due to medical errors such as inappropriate and contraindicated prescriptions per year and millions of cases of dose errors.

  8. Vaccine negative safety issues are commonly reported while reviews of vaccine benefits are few. A Medline search over the past five years using the keywords “vaccine risks” scored approximately five times as many hits (2655 versus 557) as a Medline search using “vaccine benefits” as keywords

  9. According to the World Health Organisation, vaccines are greatly reduce dieseases, death and disabiblity. Even though vaccines do not guarantee complete protection from a disease, many people still benefit from it and today, vaccines have an excellent safety record. In Singapore, schools have health screenings and vaccines for students and babies also have vaccination against illnesses which they are vulnerable to as infants such as scarlet fever.

  10. Credits • http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Mongolia.html#ixzz2Q9ZE4TwZ • http://mentalfloss.com/article/28620/folk-remedies-around-world • http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/altmed/How-Should-Alternative-Medicine-Be-Defined.htm

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