1. As recently as 100 years ago, doctors might have been able toan illness, but they were often unable to it. 2. After fifty years of medical advancements, physicians had drugs and to cure some previously fatal infections, and vaccinations prevented and 3. Today, medical care is changing rapidly because of advances in 4. While Western medicine has often rejectedhealth care practices, many healthcare professionals are now embracing a approach that considers more than the physical needs of a patient. 5. Health care practices change not only when research verifies the benefits, but also when both healthcareandunderstand and accept the research findings.