Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
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The effect of prophylactic acupuncture treatment in women with recurrent cystitis; kidney patients fare betterAlternative medicine users’ and providers’ views of health. Are they all the same?A double-blinded, randomised controlled assessment of the effects of 0.6–1.6 μm stellate ganglion irradiation in normal subjects and people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 (CRPS 1)The effects of homoeopathic therapy on health-related quality of lifeAdjuvant standardised mistletoe extract in early stage breast carcinoma – a multicentre comparative retrolective epidemiological cohort studyIntegrative health care: definition and measurementThe mainstreaming of complementary/alternative health care (CAHC): use by Ontario men diagnosed with prostate cancerA systematic review on green tea and gastrointestinal cancer riskDoes ultramolecular homoeopathy have any clinical effects? A randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial using the homoeopathic pathogenic trial of Belladonna C30 as a modelApplicability and effectiveness of mild infrared whole-body hyperthermia in symptomatic osteoarthritis – a pilot studyScientist–practitioner training in osteopathic medicineResponders and non-responders to Ginkgo biloba – a pilot studyCognitive effects of transcendental meditation – a systematic review of randomised controlled trialsThe beliefs and experiences of users of complementary medicineNatural antifungals: from anecdote to evidenceExperiences of a touch therapy programme for parents of children with disabilitiesTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the Canadian context: issues of practice, integration, and immigrationA short-term follow-up after a randomised double-blind pilot study comparing Doloteffin® vs. rofecoxib for low back painCommissioning CAM services in primary care – the influences of the reorganisation of primary care services in England on the provision of CAMUsing traditional acupuncture for hot flushes and night sweats in women taking tamoxifen – a pilot studyAesculus hippocastanum for the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency – an open studyAnthroposophical medicine: a research based extension to conventional medicine‘Complementary and Alternative Medicines’ (CAMS); prevalence, perceived efficacy, reasons for use and cessation in 200 rheumatoid arthritis patientsUse of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) in primary care patients – nature of concurrent use, the involvement of the NHS and characteristics of CAM usersThe use of acupuncture in symptom management in palliative careReflexology for irritable bowel syndromeEffectiveness gaps in general practice: the potential of complementary medicineBotanical medicine for low back pain: a systematic reviewSymphytum officinalis for osteoarthritis and/or periarthropathy of the kneeAcupressure treatments reduce anxiety and depressive symptomsAssessing the effects of acupuncture and homoeopathy in general practiceComplementary and alternative medicine and prevention. The approach to populations as patients: a common CAM questionnaireThe intended therapeutic effect of acupuncture for rheumatoid arthritis (RA): findings from preliminary interviewsComplementary therapies for menopausal symptomsYoga therapy for coronary heart disease: a systematic reviewEffect of Qi-therapy on premenstrual syndromeDecision making in health careNarratives of sin and salvation. A textual approach to Hahnemann, Kneipp and SteinerRhythmic embrocation with Solum Öl® for patients with chronic pain – a prospective observational studyAlternative approach to autism and Asperger’s syndromeHow evidence-based is complementary nutritional advice for cancer patients?Acute effects of Qi-training on natural killer cell subsets and cytotoxic activityQi-training induced and endogenous growth hormone mediated priming events of neutrophils in the elderlySurvey on utilisation of complementary alternative medicine in diabetes mellitus in KoreaWhat determines the use of complementary therapies by Canadian cancer patients?Can acupuncture palliate disabling breathlessness: a single blind, placebo controlled, crossover studyLeeches are more efficacious than diclofenac in osteoarthritisThe experience and effects of shiatsu – a two-country, exploratory studyAntiviral agents from plants and herbs: a systematic reviewPhytochemical analysis of Salvia officinalis fresh herb tinctureSurveillance of adverse events with herbal remediesAn empathy-based consultation quality measure for use in CAM and conventional-care settingsCurrent situation of complementary and alternative medicine use in Germany – results of the German Federal Health Report to alternative diagnostic and therapeutic measuresAcupuncture in idiopathic uveitis. First resultsComplementary therapy use in pregnancyRelation between needle thickness and acupuncture sensationCoffea cruda–caffeine interaction: a kinetic approachCan psychological interventions prolong the life of cancer patients? A systematic review of randomised controlled trialsThe retrolective pharmacoepidemiological cohort study for evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a standardised mistletoe extract Iscador® – the methodological perspectiveGerman physicians practising acupuncture and AyurvedaThe Atlas of Disease StatesA large observational study on acupuncture for chronic pain in Germany – preliminary resultsDevelopment and design of a study to document outcomes following cervical spinal manipulation treatments by chiropractorsTrends in access to complementary medicine via primary care in England, 1995–2001Andrographis paniculata in the treatment and prevention of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI): a systematic review of safety and efficacyNarratives of engagement. British medical doctors talking about their experiences with the integration of homoeopathic medicine into their clinical lifeThe combined treatment of manual acupuncture, electro-acupuncture and low-level laser therapy in the management of herpes zoster complicated by right-side facial palsy: a case reportEstablishing CAM research networks in CanadaUtilisation of information resources at an integrated care clinic in Vancouver, CanadaNeeds assessment: research literacy and capacity among complementary and alternative healthcare professions in CanadaUtilisation of massage therapy in a subsidised integrated medicine community clinic serving Vancouver’s hardest to reachIs an RCT a true test of homoeopathic treatment?Modified Delphi process to define a standard acupuncture treatment