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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 89
MOERMAN, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA, writes about the ‘meaning response’ and the ethics of avoiding placebos. The concept of the placebo effect is often thought to imply a deception and therefore disparaged and despised. Rethinkin1
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Issue 87
DUVAL and co-workers, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada, investigated the effect of Trager therapy on the level of evoked stretch responses in 1
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Issue 87
STEURER-STEY and colleagues, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Policlinic, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, claudia.stey@usz.ch, review (85 references) complementary and alternative medical treatments for asthma.
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Issue 87
STUTTART, Department of Nursing, Greenbank Building, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK, writes about working in partnership to develop evidence-based practice within the massage therapy profession.
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Issue 85
LE FOLL and co-workers, Unité de Neurobiologie at Phamracologie Moléculaire de l' INSERM, Centre Paul-Broca, 2ter, rue d'Alésia, 75014 Paris, France, lefoll@broca.inserm.fr, meta-analyze
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Issue 85
FURLAN and co-workers, Institute for Work Health, Toronto, Canada, afurlan@iwh.on.ca, review (41 references) the use of massage for low back pain .
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Issue 85
QUINN and colleagues, Boulder College of Massage Therapy, 6255 Longbow Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, USA, cquinn@bcmt.org, studied massage therapy and the frequency of tension headaches<1
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Issue 84
RO and colleagues, College of Nursing, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, studied the effects of aromatherapy on pruritus [itching] in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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Issue 84
WANG and co-workers, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA, shu-ming.wang@yale.edu, surveyed the attitudes of patients undergoing surgery
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Issue 83
SCOENBERGER et al., Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ, USA, E: nancysholland@bellsouth.net, surveyed the opinions and practices
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Issue 83
WILKINSON et al., Department of Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville 37209-1564, USA, E: dswilkinson@mindspring.com, evaluated the clinical effectiveness of healing tou1
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Issue 82
RATCLIFFE and colleagues, Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, jratcliffe@rti.org, carried out a study to investigate the preferences of patients with asthma1
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Issue 81
LUEDTKE and colleagues, Karl and Veronica Carstens-Stiftung, Essen, Germany, r.luedtke@carstens-stiftung.de, examined the test-retest reliability and validity 1
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Issue 81
BRYGGE and colleagues, H:S Rigshospitalet, allergiklinikken, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling, Koebenhavns Universitet, Biostatistisk Afdeling og oejenpatologisk Institut, Denmark, thorbrygge@dadlnet.dk, stud1
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Issue 81
HAID and HUPRIKAR, Northwestern University Medical School, Highland Park, Illinois, USA, investigated whether meditation on the water given to pea or wheat seeds with the
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Issue 80
HEMMILA, Folk Medicine Centre, Kaustinen, Finland, E: heikki.hemmila@pp.fimnet.fi, investigated quality of life, healthcare costs and use and effects of v1
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Issue 80
MCCARNEY and colleagues, Academic Unit, Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, London WC1N 3HR, UK, investigated whether dowsing homeopaths were able to correctly identify a homeopathic remedy using dowsing<1
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Issue 80
HOGEBOOM and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, 94118, USA, E: hogeboom@dnai.com, assessed the reliability of diagnosis and treatm1
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Issue 79
MACKERETH and colleagues, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, reviewed (24 references) recently published papers reporting on research into reflexology and healthcare, with a view to identifying optimal
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Issue 79
BARBOUR, connienp@mindspring.com, investigated the use and effectiveness of alternative/complementary medical treatments for fibromyalgia.
