Which term identifies a type of medical practice that combines conventional medicine with complementary health approaches?

The answer is Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the known term for health and wellness therapies that have naturally not been part of conventional Western medicine. Complementary defines treatments that are used along with conventional medicine. Alternative describes as treatments used in place of conventional medicine.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."