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Research Updates: alternative medicine
Below are short extracts from research updates about this subject - select more to read each item.
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Issue 55
WEINRICH and colleagues, Health Management Services, Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia USA studied the benefits of therapeutic massage in older persons.
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Issue 55
KERSNIK, Slovenia, studied an array of characteristics of patients using alternative medicine.
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Issue 55
HAYES and COX, University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Research in Primary and community Care, Hatfield, Hertfordshire UK conducted a survey to determine the extent of integration of complementary therapies in critical care units in th1
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Issue 55
LODHA and BAGGA, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India reviewed (52 references) the MEDLINE database to identify clinical trials conducted using traditional Ayurvedic Indian medicines.
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Issue 54
ASTIN and colleagues, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo alto, California 94304-1583 USA. astin@scrdp.stanford.edu surveyed the use of complemen1
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Issue 54
LUSKIN and colleagues, Stanford University USA review (91 references) the literature regarding complementary and alternative treatments, specifically mind/body techniques for musculoskeletal diseases.
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Issue 54
PAPADOUPOULOS and colleagues, South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust UK evaluated an aromatherapy service for older adults with physical health problems and their carers in Birmingham.
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Issue 54
HILL and colleagues, (Address not supplied) conducted a preliminary investigation of the effects upon quality of life of floatation spa therapy in patients with osteoarthritis.
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Issue 54
VAN HASELEN and colleagues, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, UK conducted a study to measure the marginal costs of providing complementary medicine services (mostly homeopathy) in outpatient clinics for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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Issue 54
ESKINAZI and MUEHSAM, Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032 USA.
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Issue 53
PERRY and DOWRICK, Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, UK write that General practitioners (GPs) in more affluent areas of the UK have shown considerable interest in the use of complementary medicine. The authors inves1
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Issue 53
STRAUMSHEIM and colleagues, Arena Medisinske Senter, Sognsveien, Oslo, Norway evaluated the efficacy of homoeopathy in the prevention of migraine attacks and accompanying symptoms.
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Issue 52
COLLIS and colleagues, Department of Plastic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, West Yorkshire, England UK. nicollis@aol.com write that cellulite is a common phenomenon particularly affect1
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Issue 52
MANIADAKIS and GRAY, Global Health Outcomes, Searle Division of Monsanto, PO Box 53, High Wycombe UK reports the results of a 'cost-of-illness ' study of the socio-economic costs of back pain in the UK1
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Issue 51
McPARTLEND and MILLER, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing USA provide an overview (67 references) of various systems of
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Issue 51
VALLBONA and RICHARDS, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas USA review (117 references) the use of magnetic therapy in rehabilitation medicine
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Issue 51
BRAVERMAN and SCHULMAN, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia USA write that massage is an ancient practice which has been integrally incorporated i1
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Issue 51
FARRELL et al, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo USA write that Tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga represent a class of exercise which differs from the routine strengthening
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Issue 51
COTTER, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark USA writes that complementary movement therapies, including dance, kinesiology and yoga ha1
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Issue 51
SHIFLETT, Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, USA describes the current use of alternative and complementary medicine in the US and1
