Homeopathic medicine has been a controversial practice since its creation. Although no system of proof exists, homeopathic medicine practitioners swear by its results. Modern medicine aggressively disputes all claims that homeopathic medicine provides any positive effects on a patient beyond a placebo effect. If a patient receives homeopathic medicine for bacterial or viral infection, without [...]

Naturopathic medicine holds a holistic philosophy on the treatment of medicine. Practitioners argue that a patient requires their entire body analyzed as a whole in order to reach any diagnosis. Naturopathic medicine discourages the use of synthetic medicine and invasive surgery, instead favoring the idea that the human body maintains intrinsic healing ability. As with [...]

The term alternative medicine refers to any type of medicine practice that falls outside of conventional and widely accepted views of medicine. Although alternative medicine has been in practice for centuries, recent studies have shown a sharp increase in usage over the past decade. Oftentimes, doctors may suggest alternative medicine to supplement more conventional medicine [...]

Often confused with general physicians, practitioners of internal medicine are generally known as one of the more specialized members in the field of medicine. Internal medicine refers to a complex web of specializations in medicine that allows an internal medicine physician, or internist, to diagnose several ailments or chronic diseases at once. Internal medicine physicians [...]