The NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)groups

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Essay

The NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)groups complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)practices into five general categories.List and briefly describe the five categories,and give an example of a specific CAM therapy that fits into each domain.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Expenses that change in proportion to the level of goods or services produced, such as raw materials or direct labor costs.

High-Low Method

A technique used in managerial accounting to estimate fixed and variable costs based on the highest and lowest levels of activity.

Electricity

A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles, used as a power source.

Variable Component

Denotes a part of a cost or expense that varies directly with the level of activity or output.