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Holistic healthcare is becoming increasingly popular worldwide
Holistic, metaphysical, energy or mind, body, spirit healing has existed since the beginning of time amidst religious beliefs and practices, along with mystery, superstition, fear and misunderstanding. Holistic healing is now recognized regardless of what anyone believes or thinks. o According to CNN, half of all medical schools now offer courses in holistic health care. o Nearly a third of American medical schools—including Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown universities—now offer courses in holistic methods. o There are five homeopathic hospitals in the Great British National Service. o Traditional Chinese medicine has been approved by the World Health Organization for global...
Holistic healthcare is becoming increasingly popular worldwide
Holistic, metaphysical, energy or mind, body, spirit healing has existed since the beginning of time amidst religious beliefs and practices, along with mystery, superstition, fear and misunderstanding. Holistic healing is now recognized regardless of what anyone believes or thinks.
o According to CNN, half of all medical schools now offer courses in holistic health care.
o Nearly a third of American medical schools—including Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown universities—now offer courses in holistic methods.
o There are five homeopathic hospitals in the Great British National Service.
o Traditional Chinese medicine has been selected by the World Health Organization for global dissemination to meet the health needs of the 21st century.
o Every third medication prescribed in Germany is an herb.
o The World Health Organization estimates that 65 to 80 percent of the world's population (approximately 3 billion people) rely on holistic medicine as their primary form of healthcare.
o In 1993, American consumers spent nearly $1.5 billion on herbal remedies - ten times more than on over-the-counter sleeping pills from grocery and drug stores.
o Worldwide only 10 to 30 percent of people use conventional medicine, 70 to 90 percent use holistic medicine.
o Since 1992, approximately $22 million in U.S. government funds have been spent on alternative medical research at the National Institutes of Health and Public Health Services.
o The American Medical Association (AMA) encourages its members in Resolution 514 to become more informed about holistic medicine and to participate in appropriate studies about it.
o Mutual of Omaha says it saves about $6.50 on coverage of non-standard (holistic) treatments.
o 74 percent of the American population wants a more natural approach to healthcare.
o Of the one in three Americans who say they have used holistic medicine techniques, 84 percent said they would use them again.
o The US government supports the use of acupuncture in drug rehabilitation programs.
o One in ten Americans is cared for by a chiropractor.
o In 1991, Americans visited more unconventional health care providers (425 million) than conventional doctors (388 million).
o One in three Americans used unconventional medicine in 1991.
o Americans spent nearly $13.7 billion on unconventional health care in 1991.
75 percent of that $13.7 billion (above) came out of pocket.
o 12 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer alternative medicine as part of their healthcare compensation packages. This percentage was expected to rise to 18 percent by the end of 1996.
o National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) A national government survey of more than 31,000 adults on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) found that 36 percent of adults in the United States use some form of CAM.