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CAM 221 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Chronic Disease Management

ND2 levelMedical & Health Sciences22 topics

CAM 221 covers 22 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. CAM approaches to chronic diseases
  2. Chronic pain management
  3. Metabolic disorders
  4. Cardiovascular conditions
  5. Musculoskeletal disorders
  6. Stress-related chronic conditions
  7. Integrative treatment planning
  8. Monitoring and long-term care
  9. Chronic diseases and integrative CAM
  10. Evidence-based CAM therapies and mechanisms
  11. CAM palliative care for cancer
  12. Medicinal plants and mind-body therapies in cancer care
  13. Cancer red flags and referral
  14. Immune-supportive CAM for HIV
  15. Herb-drug interactions in HIV care
  16. CD4 monitoring and HIV referral red flags
  17. Autoimmune diseases and anti-inflammatory CAM protocols
  18. Phytotherapy and lifestyle interventions for autoimmune conditions
  19. Cultural barriers to CAM adherence
  20. Ethics in integrative chronic disease care
  21. Controversies in CAM practice
  22. Referral criteria and collaboration with conventional care

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

CAM approaches to chronic diseases

CAM approaches to chronic diseases encompass a range of non‑conventional therapies—such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, yoga, mindfulness, and dietary supplements—used to manage long‑term conditions like diabetes, hypertension, arthritis and chronic pain.

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