The Complementary & Integrative Health Care Disciplines Are an Underutilized Resource in the War on Chronic Disease

Decreasing health and the public’s increasing awareness—chronic disease incidence. There are concerning trends of chronic disease in the United States. Most recent data show that 48.6 percent of Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. Approximately 43 percent of the U.S. is obese, and roughly one in 10 have diabetes. All of these are on ...