More Americans are opting for complementary therapies, according to a new analysis from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings show a significant increase in the use of “complementary health approaches,” particularly in the management of pain over the last two decades.
The research was conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, and the resulting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Jan. 25.





