Alternative Medicine

by Catherine G. Davis

The increasing cost of health care in the United States and disappointment with conventional, or Western, medical practices has led people to seek different, more natural ways to maintain a healthy mind and body. These alternative treatments include herbal remedies, massage, acupuncture, meditation, yoga, and music therapy. USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, has reported that "nontraditional medicine is no fad...alternative medicine is in the...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761381457
• ISBN13: 9780761381457
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary