How to Use alternative medicine in a Sentence
alternative medicine
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Georgia’s thriving alternative medicine industry is attracting patients from other states and even from outside the country.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
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Warren-Thomas began researching alternative medicine, growing her own food and learning the benefits of common plants.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
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One recent study showed that, among people with an autoimmune condition, more than 80 percent have tried some form of complementary and alternative medicine.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
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Means, who trained as a surgeon before turning to alternative medicine, suggested that her mother’s doctors were biased by financial interests.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
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So the team studied medical practice laws in other states, actions by their medical boards involving alternative medicine and board orders for substandard care.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
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So the team studied medical practice laws in other states, actions by their medical boards involving alternative medicine and board orders for substandard care.
—Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
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So the team studied medical practice laws in other states, actions by their medical boards involving alternative medicine and board orders for substandard care.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026
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Some of the most painstaking work involved the individual alternative medicine businesses highlighted in the series.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
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Some of the most painstaking work involved the individual alternative medicine businesses highlighted in the series.
—Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
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Some of the most painstaking work involved the individual alternative medicine businesses highlighted in the series.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026
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The first of these payments was made to fund da Silva’s alternative medicine endeavors, with recurring payments of multiple thousands of dollars afterward.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2026
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The first of these payments was made to fund da Silva’s alternative medicine endeavors, with recurring payments of multiple thousands of dollars afterward.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
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Patients who received exclusively traditional therapies were compared with patients who received at least one type of complementary or alternative medicine.
—Stacy Kish, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
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Mindfulness is now widely advocated as a component of psychotherapy and as an element of complementary and alternative medicine.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
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This practice of nasal irrigation originated in the Ayurvedic tradition, which is a system of alternative medicine from India dating back more than 5,000 years.
—Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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While preparing for a project about 15 years ago, Morvan met his current partner, Tessa van der Steen, who is Dutch and works as a health and fitness coach and alternative medicine practitioner.
—Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Grant soon moved on, partnering with Gaia, a media company that streams content about alternative medicine and spirituality, to offer another version of his AI model.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
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Government officials hosted an eclectic mix of wealthy philanthropists, alternative medicine influencers, health tech executives, and medical researchers to discuss a wide range of issues, from Lyme disease to gut health.
—Amanda Seitz, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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Government officials hosted an eclectic mix of wealthy philanthropists, alternative medicine influencers, health tech executives, and medical researchers to discuss a wide range of issues, from Lyme disease to gut health.
—Kff Health News, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
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For now, it’s sold completely legally in most states, and kratom supplements have become a billion-dollar industry in just a few years, remaining largely unregulated and embraced by the bro-y alternative medicine crowd who get their health advice from podcasts and Reddit.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 17 June 2026
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Yet, despite these advances in traditional treatment options, some patients continue to choose complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, such as dietary supplements, mind and body approaches, and acupuncture.
—Stacy Kish, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
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In November 2016, Epstein shared a link to a news article to Chopra, the Indian-American author and prominent figure in alternative medicine.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
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Beginning with a delicate foot bath and massage, the Bulgari treatment includes marma point body, face, and scalp massage, while incorporating organic Shatavari herb (an Ayurvedic reproductive tonic that is used to balance hormones in alternative medicine) layered with singing bowls and meditation.
—Maria Yagoda, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigation of the alternative medicine industry uncovered a pattern of practitioners across Georgia pushing legal limits on what they’re allowed to do and presenting confusing information about their credentials.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
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Carillon Miami Wellness Resort (Miami Beach, Florida) Carillon’s offerings include acupuncture, cryotherapy, integrative therapies, advanced diagnostics and thermal hydrotherapy, with treatments that pull from Western, Eastern and alternative medicine.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
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