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Wellness is achieving a healthy balance in mind, body and spirit. To maintain this balance, an individual has to assess their risks and adopt behaviors that foster healthy living. This behavior helps prevent or decrease the incidence of disease!
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System offers complementary and alternative medicine services to complement our traditional care. These services may improve symptoms of some diseases, alleviate the side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy and help the patient achieve emotional and spiritual peace. An integrative approach provides patients with extended health care options and offers them the chance to take part in their treatment.
 Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies range from alternative medicine, such as Chinese medicine and homeopathic medicine, to mind-body techniques such as guided imagery. They offer an emotional and spiritual dimension to traditional care while being a part of wellness, disease treatment and prevention. What is considered CAM therapy is constantly evolving as therapies are increasingly becoming a part of traditional healthcare.
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