Traditional Medicine in the U.S. assumes that if a cell isn't functioning correctly, one must find a pharmaceutical to correct the function, otherwise the offending organ must be surgically removed.
Integrative Medicine recognizes that other cultures have been successfully using other theories of how we get sick and how we get well for thousands of years. The World Health Organization ranks medical outcomes in the U.S. as 38th in the world-on a par with some third world countries. Thus it is obvious that these other systems have something to offer and should not be ignored. Integrativ
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