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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 101
BRUNELLI and GORSON, Division of Neurology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, USA, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicines by patients with peripheral neuropathy.
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Issue 101
VEAL, Urarstekkur 5, 109, Reykjavik, Iceland, lowanaveal@hotmail.com, has reviewed (11 references) the problem of misleading information in alternative and complementary medicine research. Abstract: Orthod1
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Issue 100
AUNG, Alberta Medical Clinic, 9904 106 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 1C4, Canada, proposes that loving kindness is the essential Buddhist contribution to primary care. Abstract: Loving kindness (metta), a traditional Buddhist concept, implies acting with1
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Issue 100
WILSON and co-workers, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2C4, Canada, kumanan.wilson@uhn.on.ca, have conducted a survey of attitudes towards childhood vaccinations amongst Canadian naturopathy1
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Issue 99
BETTS, Birmingham University Seizure Clinic, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham B15 2QZ, UK, t.a.betts@bhem.ac.uk, has published the results of a follow-up study on the use of aromatherapy in the treatment of intr1
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Issue 98
DAVIDSON and colleagues, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health (SNFCH), College of Social and Health Sciences (CSHS), University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, have reviewed (68 references) Traditional Chinese Medicine and heart disease.
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Issue 98
GALLOB, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Loving Touch Center of East Rochester, NY, USA, has reviewed (13 references) the literature on Reiki. Abstract: Reiki is a form of energetic healing that is uniquely suited to nursing practice. Reik1
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Issue 97
CREAMER and colleagues, Complementary Medicine Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA, report on a pilot study of non-pharmacological intervention in fibromyalgia.
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Issue 96
BREFEL-COURBON and colleagues, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Laboratoire de Medecine Thermale, University Hospital, Toulouse, France, brefel@cict.fr have conducted a trial of spa therapy in Parkinson's disease.
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Issue 96
HOLLIDAY, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, ian.holliday@cityu.edu.hk, writes about traditional medicines in modern societie1
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Issue 96
THORGRIMSEN and colleagues, No. 2 Cottage, Cotbank of Barras, Stonehaven, UK, AB39 2UH, have reviewed (46 references) aromatherapy for dementia.
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Issue 94
LEWIS and co-workers, Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, have reviewed (38 references) the integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into palliative care. Abstract: In the1
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Issue 93
PHIPPS, Division of Behavioral Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA, sean.phipps@stjude.org, has reviewed (64 references) complementary health promot1
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Issue 92
RAWLINGS and MEERABEAU, School of Health and Social Care, University of Greenwich, London, UK, report on the implementation of aromatherapy in Nursing and Midwifery.
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Issue 91
KELNER and colleagues, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, ON, Canada, have found that complementary and alternative therapists contemplate the need for research into effectiveness, safety and cost-effectivene1
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Issue 91
SARRELL and co-workers, Pediatric and Adolescent Ambulatory Community Clinic of the General Health Services, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, have conducted a trial on naturopathic treatment for ear pain in children.
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Issue 90
MACKAY, Thorne Research, PO Box 25, Dover, ID 83825, USA, duffy@thorne.com, has reviewed (115 references) complementary and alternative therapies and antibiotic resistance. Abstract: The Centers1
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Issue 89
BOON, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, heather.boon@utorotno.ca, reviewed (10 references) the regulation of complementary and alternative medicine from a Canadian perspective. Increased use of CAM th1
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Issue 89
POWER and co-workers, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5718, USA, rpower@leland.stanford.edu, review (70 references) the effecti1
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Issue 89
EISENBERG and colleagues, Division for Research and Education in Complementary an Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA, Osher_Institute1
