There has been a huge expansion in the private health-care sector over the past two decades, particularly in South Asia, resulting in over 80% of patients seeking care from private health providers. Despite concerns about the quality and equity of private sector service provision, most government public health bodies recognize that the private sector reaches individuals that public institutions...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is a common symptom. METHODS Patient visits attributed to LBP in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) during 2003-2004 served as the basis for epidemiological analyses (n = 1539). The subset of patient visits in which LBP was the primary reason for seeking care (primary LBP patient visits) served as the basis for medical management analyses (n = 1...

Background: Traditional medicine is widely used around the world to prevent, manage and cure illnesses. For many people living in low- middle-income countries, particularly rural areas, traditional their primary source of health care. medicines are often concurrently with treatment from allopathic providers, resulting concerns related toxicity, dosing, adherence, retention chronic disease treat...

Background & Aim: The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who do not want to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock. Thus, the main aim of this study is the identification of some ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of Tehran watershed and their medicinal effects on livestock.  Ex...

Orthodox or allopathic medicine is founded on the germ theory of disease, and involves science-based application medicines surgery to cure diseases manage health conditions under auspices Western trained healthcare professionals, Traditional African Medicine (TAM) other hand generally indigenous herbalism spirituality preserved mainly by oral tradition, with local diviners, herbalists, midwives...

The present study was designed to investigate the toxic effects (evaluated as histopathological changes) of sodium fluoride on the kidney in two consecutive generations of NMRI mice. An attempt to correlate the toxicity with the urinary elimination of fluoride has been made, as urinary fluoride excretion has been widely used as an indicator of fluoride intake and exposure. Six mixed (males and ...

Alternative medicine is never more topical than during a pandemic. Since it began, Covid-19 has brought forth anti-vaxxers, Covid-deniers, and questionable remedies in ways that parallel responses to earlier disease crises. Allopathic historically proven ineffective against chronic pain, degenerative illnesses, migraines, insomnia, psychological complaints, leading unsatisfied patients seek car...

Populations throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America use traditional medicine (TM) to help meet their primary health care needs. As well as being accessible and affordable, TM is also often part of a wider belief system, and considered integral to everyday life and well-being. Meanwhile, in Australia, Europe and North America, “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM)1 is increasingly use...