Alternative medicine is any practice that

• Alternative medicine is any practice that is not based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. • Examples include new and traditional medicine practices such as homeopathy, herbal medicine, naturopathy, chiropractic, energy medicine, acupuncture. • Integrated medicine (IM) are alternative practices used together with the surgery or usual healing to increase its effect (chiropractic). • “Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)“ is a term they use to denote the practices which are not scientific but have been patented for the usage in the country. • More than one-third of American adults use some form of CAM and that visits to CAM providers each year exceed those to primary care physicians. • Contrary to the popular belief, many alternative cancer treatments have been investigated in good-quality clinical trials, and they all have been shown to be ineffective.

Acupuncture (complex of non-invasive methods)

Gua Sha (acupuncture) Gua means to scrape and Sha means sand.

Cupping (acupuncture)

Traditional Chinese medicine (a leaf extract is burned on top of ginger slices)

Chiropractic

Naturopathic medicine (dieting)

Traditional Chinese medicine (herbalism)

Aromatherapy

Yoga

Sauna

Neti Pot (nosepot)

Glintwein

Homeopathy

The UK Health and Social Care Institute (PSA) announced earlier in September they had given the Society of Homeopaths the lawful right to work in the UK. After that there was a very recent interview with science writer Simon Singh, who said “If homeopaths are regulated, I see no reason why the PSA would not accept medical astrology next. ” Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann based on his doctrine of ‘like cures like’ A substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people will cure similar symptoms in sick people. Homeopathy is considered a pseudoscience and its remedies have been statistically found to be no more effective than placebos

1. What other kinds of alternative medicine do you know? 2. What kinds of alternative medicine of the above mentioned have you tried? What of them have helped you? 3. What alternative treatments would you like to try in the future? 4. Would you consider sports as a way of treatment? 5. Would you try expensive naturopathic treatment instead of regular one? 6. What would you like to change in the medicine of the future? 7. Do you think the robots can eventually replace humans in medicine? If yes then in what roles? 8. Are you worried about the Ebola epidemic possibly happening in Ukraine? What are your thoughts on this topic?

Facts about the Ebola Epidemics 2014 • The epidemic began in Guinea in December 2013 then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. • As of October 2014 there was reported around 12 000 cases of Ebola, and only 7000 are so far laboratory confirmed. • Many of the areas that are seriously affected with the outbreak areas of extreme poverty with limited access to soap or running water to help control the spread of disease. • Speaking on 3 September, the WHO president said, "Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it. “ • Ebola epidemic is not even close to the losses caused by the flu every season.

Surgeon robots

bionics

nanites