"Complementary Therapies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D000529
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Complementary Therapies".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Complementary Therapies" by people in this website by year, and whether "Complementary Therapies" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complementary Therapies" by people in Profiles.
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Liou KT, Ashare R, Worster B, Jones KF, Yeager KA, Acevedo AM, Ferrer R, Meghani SH. SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 07 03; 7(4).
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Mavraj G, Balouch B, Alnouri G, Sataloff RT. Alternative and Complimentary Medication Use in Singers: A Pilot Survey. J Voice. 2025 Mar; 39(2):483-491.
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Jazieh AR, Abuelgasim KA, Ardah HI, Alkaiyat M, Da'ar OB. The trends of complementary alternative medicine use among cancer patients. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021 Jun 08; 21(1):167.
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Abuelgasim KA, Alsharhan Y, Alenzi T, Alhazzani A, Ali YZ, Jazieh AR. The use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with cancer: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 Mar 12; 18(1):88.
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Bielory L. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Allergy-Immunology: More Information is Needed. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan - Feb; 6(1):99-100.
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Stubblefield S. Survey of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric inpatient settings. Complement Ther Med. 2017 Dec; 35:20-24.
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Goldstein JN, Ibrahim SA, Frankel ES, Mao JJ. Race, Pain, and Beliefs Associated with Interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Inner City Veterans. Pain Med. 2015 Aug; 16(8):1467-74.
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Lantos PM, Shapiro ED, Auwaerter PG, Baker PJ, Halperin JJ, McSweegan E, Wormser GP. Unorthodox alternative therapies marketed to treat Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15; 60(12):1776-82.
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Masullo L, Papas MA, Cotugna N, Baker S, Mahoney L, Trabulsi J. Complementary and alternative medicine use and nutrient intake among individuals with multiple sclerosis in the United States. J Community Health. 2015 Feb; 40(1):153-60.
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Kern J, Bielory L. Complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2014 Dec; 14(12):479.