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Learn about how alternative treatments like acupuncture, chiropractic care and yoga can help you manage your health and be affordable.

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Offers a Veterans Program that provides free acupuncture treatments for Veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, as well as Veterans from all other past conflicts or wars and their family members.

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www.acuwithoutborders.org

Works to create a more effective, comprehensive and compassionate model of health care and health education. Combines modern science with the world's healing traditions, to help health professionals heal themselves, their patients and clients, and their communities.

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www.cmbm.org

Offers programs that address the mental, emotional, spiritual and relationship challenges faced by Veterans and families before, during and after deployment.

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www.cominghomeproject.net

Find information on the use of non-traditional methods to treat cancer including dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture and massage therapy.

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www.cancer.gov

Offers free chiropractic services to returning Veterans. Use the directory to locate a participanting chriopractor.

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www.chiropractic.org

Provides financial assistance for medical care to service members injured in the line of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. Treats wounded warriors for services delayed, not covered, or not approved under U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefit systems free of charge, including Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treatment (HBOT), massage therapy, chiropractic therapy and more.

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healingheroes.org

Explains what is meant by complementary and alternative medicines and provides examples of each.

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www.hooah4usa.com

Provides an introduction to meditation and offers users links to learn more about research that shows the benefits of meditation.

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nccam.nih.gov

Discusses alternative therapies being investigated by the military, including transcendental meditation, yoga, virtual reality and acupuncture.

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moaablogs.org

Learn about complementary and alternative therapies and how they can work together with conventional medicine. Contact an information specialist for answers to your questions about CAM.

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nccam.nih.gov

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