Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Modalities

Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Modalities
Government Agencies
Health Facilities
 Gym
 Health Center
 Hospital
 Walk-in Surgery Center
 Extended Healthcare Facility
Health Products
 1. Hydrogen peroxide - a mild antiseptic used on the skin to prevent infection of minor
cuts, scrapes, and burns. Peroxide is a compound with an oxygen–oxygen single bond.
 2. Topical Pain Relievers - It come in all forms, including medication applied to the
skin. Get on-the-spot topical therapy for pain relief from creams, patches, and sprays.
 3. Povidone-iodine (PVP-I), - also known as iodopovidone - an antiseptic used for skin -
is a range of povidone-iodine-based medicated products that can effectively stop bacteria
and viruses from infecting the injuries.
 4. Rubbing Alcohol or Isopropyl alcohol (IUPAC name propan-2-ol) - also called
isopropanol or dimethyl carbinol. It has a wide variety of industrial and household uses,
and is a common ingredient in chemicals such as antiseptics, disinfectants and detergents.
 5. Hand sanitizer - alcohol-based type that is preferable to hand washing with soap and
water in most situations in the healthcare setting.
Health Insurance
 Sun Life Financial

 Philam Life
 AXA
 Pru Life UK
 Insular
Health Professional
 Medical Doctors
 Nursing Professionals, including Public Health Nurses
 Midwifery Professionals, including Public Health Midwives
 Dentists
 Pharmacists
Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Modalities

1. Traditional alternative medicine. This field includes the more mainstream and accepted forms of
therapy, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and Oriental practices. These therapies have been practiced
for centuries worldwide.
2. Body. Touch has been used in medicine since the early days of medical care. Healing by touch is based
on the idea that illness or injury in one area of the body can affect all parts of the body. If, with manual
manipulation, the other parts can be brought back to optimum health, the body can fully focus on
healing at the site of injury or illness. Body techniques are often combined with those of the mind.
Examples of body therapies include:
 Chiropractic and osteopathic medicine
 Massage
 Body movement therapies
 Tai chi
 Yoga
3. Diet and herbs. Over the centuries, man has gone from a simple diet consisting of meats, fruits,
vegetables, and grains, to a diet that often consists of foods rich in fats, oils, and complex carbohydrates.
Nutritional excess and deficiency have become problems in today's society, both leading to certain
chronic diseases. Many dietary and herbal approaches attempt to balance the body's nutritional well-
being.
4. External energy. Some people believe external energies from objects or other sources directly affect a
person's health.
5. Mind. Even standard or conventional medicine recognizes the power of the connection between mind
and body. Studies have found that people heal better if they have good emotional and mental health.
Health Reliable Resources

 Testing Treatments: how to do fair tests of medical treatments.
 Cabinet Office paper: how to do fair tests of social interventions
 Cochrane Reviews: the best source of medical information (with plain language summaries)
 NHS Choices: gives reliable assessments of stories in the news
 The Lawson practice: good links to reliable medical infromation
Medical Quakery
Medical quackery is advertising or promoting medical products that claimed to be effective even without scientific
evidence.
Examples are the following:
1. Medicines for incurable diseases such as cancer, HIV and so on. They claimed it can heal those diseases to
make more money.
2. Faith healers or albularyo.
They sell fake medical products that claimed to be effective even it is not.
3. Weight loss products.
These are products claimed to have a quick effect to patients even without scientific evidence
4. Medical gadgets such as bracelets and so on.
These are products or gadgets that are sold to provide healing effect to patients. Thus making money on the patient.
5. Lobotomies
The first modern frontal lobotomy performed to cure mental illness occurred in 1935. Further experimentation by a
psychiatrist, Dr. Walter Freeman, resulted in a 10-minute method that separated the frontal lobe of the brain by wielding
an ice pick by way of the eye socket.
Device Quakery
1. Gauges
2. Electrodes
3. Magnets
4. Blinkers
5. Dials
Nutrition Quakery
1. Qualifications for recommending the product or diet

A reputable person usually has a background or current affiliation with an accredited university or medical school offering
programs in the fields of nutrition or medicine. Beware the title "nutritionist". It can be used by anyone, regardless of
training. Even "Ph.D." is no guarantee. Sad to say, a quack can purchase the credential from a diploma mill (an
unaccredited institution) to appear legitimate.
2. Evidence supporting the claims made

The claims should be supported with references to the scientific journals that published the original research. Is the
information factual and specific, or vague and highly emotional? Are the recommendations based on published scientific
evidence, or on personal testimonials?
3. Purpose of the article

If the information is written, why was it published?Is someone trying to sell you something? Does the material encourage
gradual changes in your lifestyle, or does it promise to dramatically enhance performance or guarantee fast results? Does
the author recommend eating a variety of foods, or are certain foods eliminated? Are expensive supplements
recommended as the only way to ensure nutritional adequacy?
4. Agreement with professional recommendations

Do the suggestions appear to agree with most recommendations of medical and sports science professionals? Professional
journals and newsletters review articles in a wide range of lay publications and judge their credibility. If you don't have
access to these -- and most athlete's don't -- you can seek the advice of a registered dietitian (R.D.) or other qualified
nutrition professional at a local university, health department, or hospital. If you're considering big changes in eating
habits that have kept you healthy and performing well until now, this extra digging is worthwhile.
5. Energy Boosters

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 Sun Life Financial

Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Modalities

Health Reliable Resources

 Cabinet Office paper: how to do fair tests of social interventions

 NHS Choices: gives reliable assessments of stories in the news

 The Lawson practice: good links to reliable medical infromation

1. Qualifications for recommending the product or diet

2. Evidence supporting the claims made

3. Purpose of the article

4. Agreement with professional recommendations

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