New techniques of gene expression microarrays, comparative genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics are beginning to influence the practice of medicine, most notably in oncology. These developments ...

What is complementary and alternative medicine? Complementary and alternative medicine includes a wide range of healing practices that some people use to treat lupus or other conditions. Some examples ...

Conventional medicine is the most common type of medicine in the Western world. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for treatments that are not part of mainstream healthcare. Many ...