Audi A3: The Edmunds A-rated Audi A3 is the leader in the entry-level luxury sedan segment. Depending on trim levels and options, the Audi will cost $2,000-$4,000 more than a comparable Acura ILX, but its advantage in quality, performance and prestige may justify the financial penalty.
Alternative or fringe medicine is any practice claimed to have the healing effects of medicine and is: proven not to work; has no scientific evidence showing that it works; or that is solely harmful. Alternative medicine is not a part of medicine, or science-based healthcare systems. It consists of a wide variety of practices, products, and therapiesâranging from those that are biologically plausible but not well tested, to those with known harmful and toxic effects.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the popular term for health and wellness therapies that have typically not been part of conventional Western medicine. Complementary means treatments that are used along with conventional medicine. Alternative means treatments used in place of conventional medicine. CAM focuses on the whole person and includes physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.