conventional medicine
noun
: the usual methods of healing or treating disease that are taught in Western medical schools
Today, many patients seek healing through both alternative medicine and conventional medicine.
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At the hospital, Mike (O’Dowd) learns his comatose wife has a brain tumor that conventional medicine considers inoperable.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
The outbreak in Texas has spread in an area with a large community of Mennonites, many of whom reject conventional medicine such as vaccines.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
In Chronic Pain Chronic pain conditions—such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, and chronic lower back pain—are notoriously difficult to treat with conventional medicine alone.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Some families forgo conventional medicine in measles outbreak Cod live oil supplements in a Health-2-U store on March 6 in Seminole, Texas.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2025
How functional medicine differs from conventional medicine One of the biggest differences is that FM prioritizes a full-body approach to addressing health concerns, rather than honing in on one specific area of the body.
—Sarah Klein, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
Of course, conventional medicine, too, was often outmatched by Radner’s illness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
Fortunately, most patients with prostate cancer aren’t looking to swap out conventional medicine for CAM therapies.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
But a better way to understand his appeal is to situate him, with Graham, in a long lineage of American wellness figures waging a battle against conventional medicine.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
The outbreak in Texas has spread in an area with a large community of Mennonites, many of whom reject conventional medicine such as vaccines.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
In Chronic Pain Chronic pain conditions—such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, and chronic lower back pain—are notoriously difficult to treat with conventional medicine alone.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Some families forgo conventional medicine in measles outbreak Cod live oil supplements in a Health-2-U store on March 6 in Seminole, Texas.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2025
How functional medicine differs from conventional medicine One of the biggest differences is that FM prioritizes a full-body approach to addressing health concerns, rather than honing in on one specific area of the body.
—Sarah Klein, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
Of course, conventional medicine, too, was often outmatched by Radner’s illness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
Fortunately, most patients with prostate cancer aren’t looking to swap out conventional medicine for CAM therapies.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
But a better way to understand his appeal is to situate him, with Graham, in a long lineage of American wellness figures waging a battle against conventional medicine.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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