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| A form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that a vital energy flows through the human body. This energy is said to be balanced or made stronger by practitioners who pass their hands over a patient's body. Healing touch is being studied in patients receiving cancer treatments to find out if it can improve quality of life, boost the immune system, or reduce side effects. |
Previous Definitions: | hCRF, HDAC, HDAC inhibitor, HDR, head and neck cancer | Next Definitions: | healthcare proxy, healthy control, heart cancer, heat-shock protein, Hedyotis diffusa |
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