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Modern medicine has forgotten the essence of illness care Prof. B. M. Hegde "One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicines.”– Sir William Osler In the 21st century, I could only echo that great s...

The largest obesity study ever conducted in Australia has been launched on-line. The survey is open to anyone in Broken Hill, where hospital admissions due to obesity are significantly higher than the state average. Dr Mark Donohoe, founder of th...

Researchers who conducted a systematic review of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for insomnia say some therapies, including acupressure, are promising—but that when it comes to treating sleeplessness, Swedish massage and some other CAM t...

Huang Ping-xun, a Chinese medicine doctor at Miaoli County's Da Chien General Hospital, said contrary to some beliefs, treatment of cancer using both Chinese and Western medicine concurrently is in fact effective. Pointing to research that shows how...

Yoga has a greater positive effect on a person's mood and anxiety level than other forms of exercise, according to a study published in the November edition of prestigious monthly Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Yoga's ability to ...

The Clinic will be closed for 'casual' visitors from Saturday 18th December 2010 to Monday 3rd January 2011 INCLUSIVE. Some practitioners WILL be seeing clients between these dates and will advise you accordingly. General messages can be left on ...

"A study that appears in the current issue of 'Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics' addresses the association between the use of aspirin and statins and the risk of major depression. Chronic disease states characterised by inflammation are often accomp...

"Millions of us pop them daily, but a new book says vitamin pills can do us more harm than good The freezing weather and interminable ­winter colds may have got you reaching for the ­echinacea or vitamin C tablets, but you might want to reconsider...

Even if you exercise, the more hours a day you sit, the greater your risk of early death. Hamilton's take, which is supported by a growing body of research, is that the amount of time you exercise and the amount of time you spend on your butt are co...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Until recently, running shoeless has had little more than a fringe following of enthusiasts. However, new research and the popularity of "five finger" shoes--a minimalist shoe that fits the foot like a ...

Monday, October 25, 2010 "Dupuytren's Disease is a condition almost entirely restricted to people of Northern European descent and is most common in patients over the age of 60. The condition affects the fascial layer of the palm, between the skin a...

Friday, October 29, 2010, "For centuries humans have been using forms of music as therapy. This therapy for arthritis may sound new to the age but is a therapeutic concept that helps in releasing endorphins and other substances from brain that lead ...

"When Debra Winger, the actor who is now as famous for walking away from her chosen profession as for excelling within it, first met with the producers of HBO’s psychotherapy drama “In Treatment,” it was because they were hoping to entice her to ...

The study which was part of a nationwide evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Swiss primary care. The aim of the study was to compare patient-physician relationships and the respective patient-reported relief of symptoms betw...

How a Vacation Taught me The Lost Art of Self-Care Monday October 18, 2010 by Sherry Gaba "Most of us believe, in theory, that we should make efforts to take better care of ourselves, through better eating, more exercise, or working our recovery...

ALESSANDRA STANLEY writing in the New York Times says: Therapy is out of fashion and almost off the air. Tony isn’t discussing his dreams on “The Sopranos” anymore. “Huff,” a Showtime shrink played by Hank Azaria, is long gone, and �...

John M Grohol PsyD writes: “I’ve shared more in my blog than I could ever tell my therapist.” “I wish my therapist could read this online support group. Then they might begin to understand what I’m really going through.” You’ve ...

Awareness and new treatments provide hope for prostate cancer patients. This week the Vancouver Sun is running a series of articles on the latest developments surrounding this disease. Experts expect that the disease will become merely a condition to...

One of my NLP teachers used to say, “in life you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you communicate.” A powerful way to communicate to the universe what it is that you want, is to set goals and to take action with relaxed expectation and g...

We were delighted to see that our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic are investing in research into integrative approaches to medicine... Boston Medical Center is to receive 2 grants for integrative medicine research from the NIH National Cen...

According to the Association of German Neurologists (BVDN), Chronic tinnitus - a constant noise or ringing in the ears - is sometimes treatable with psychotherapy. Stress, which often triggers the chronic form of the hearing disorder, can be treated...

BackCare, the national charity for healthier backs, is running a Backcare Awareness week from 11th - 16th October. BackCare operates a telephone helpline to offer advice, support, and information to callers, sponsors research into the causes, manage...

For the first time in 10 years, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has updated its practice guidelines for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The guidelines, which took 5 years to update, include new evidence-based recommendat...

Writing in Psychology Today on the 1st October, Dr Molly Castelloe Fong explains the current understanding of the use of psychotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer: ""I am my own inflatable doll," writes artist and breast cancer survivor Jo Beth R...

Following a pilot randomized controlled trial with the drug Sertraline, a larger scale research project has begun examining the combination of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment in helping patients who suffer from psychogenic nonepileptic ...

Ryan Howes, writing in Psychology Today, says; "I think my office building consumes more liquid per square foot than any other building in Los Angeles. That's because it's saturated with therapists. If you sit in the lobby at 55 minutes past the hou...

The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) have published a warning that sleep disorders can not only be an indication of psychological illness but also of severe physical ones too. For example, chronic sleep deprivation can resul...

Gentle exercise key to easing lower back pain - Intensity, positions must be decided on age and condition Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Gunnar Mossberg reports: "Acute low back pain affects up to 80 percent of the population at some time, often repea...

DO YOU WORK IN HUMAN RESOURCES OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES? The current financial climate has led a lot of companies to downscale both their personal development and occupational health programmes and even stop them altogether. This is counterproducti...

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Date: 24/09/10 The European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Big Pharma may all seem to be in cahoots to veto the future of alternative medicine and the use of natural remedies but one study from down-under brings hope for a...

"MASSAGE: New research shows biological changes in body from a good rub-a-dub-dub" September 22, 2010 Researchers took 53 adults and gave 29 of them a 45-minute session of deep-tissue Swedish massage and the other 24 to a session of light massage...

11/22/10 LAS VEGAS – Topical tar therapy for psoriasis may be making a comeback thanks to more user-friendly formulations. That trend is happening in Europe and may be replicated in the United States, Dr. Linda Stein Gold said at a dermatolog...

"This smack of winter weather will be with us for the next several months and for some it may affect their mood and overall outlook. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that follows the seasons. The most common type of SAD is c...

"The field of psychiatry is facing a paradigm shift with new research suggesting that medications and psychotherapy may be able to permanently erase the "trauma" from traumatic memories, according to several experts. The experimental treatment, know...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 – J.D. Nichols, a retired Navy flight officer and cryptologist, limped into the Air Force Acupuncture Center at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early yesterday morning, leaning heavily on a cane. A couple of hours later,...

One of the newest healing therapies is not available in America yet even though it’s one of the most researched. Developed twenty years ago in China, Integrated Body-Mind Training (IBMT) is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. It combines several m...

Depression is one of the most common reasons for using complementary and alternative therapies. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the evidence available on the treatment of depression with complementary therapies. Systematic literatu...

From the 21st December-23rd December 2010 the following practitioners will be in: Gilli Hanna – Counsellor/Psychotherapy – 07771 766055 Gillian Hamer – Nutritionist/Reflexology – 07710 147 076 Andrew Hunter – McTimoney Chiropractor – 0...

Mylanta and AlternaGEL are over-the-counter medications used to treat indigestion, gas, heartburn, and bloating. Several natural remedies are promoted by complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) advocates, including ginger, turmeric, baking soda, p...

Need to calm down? You might be better off doing some yoga than going for a walk (particularly in this snow). A new study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine randomly assigned 19 people to an Iyengar yoga program and 15 ...

The Atlantic: Monday, December 20, 2010 Jonah Lehrer says that we live in it. And he's worried about depression treatment trends: The percentage of depressed subjects seeking psychotherapy for treatment declined dramatically between 1998 and 200...

A study examining novel gene therapy for the treatment of the bleeding disorder hemophilia B will be presented recently at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Hemophilia B is an inherited bleeding disease in which patients la...

Many people diagnosed with incurable brain tumors turn to complementary therapies to slow the growth of their cancer or relieve side effects like fatigue and depression, new research shows. The study, published in the Dec. 14 issue of the journal Neur...

Complementary and alternative medicine use is high among people with skin disorders and has increased in this group, according to a report in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. The 2007 survey revealed that 84.5 ...

A handgrip strength test has been developed as a complementary tool in the assessment of fibromyalgia severity in women. Handgrip strength was measured in both hands (and the average score was used in the analyses) by a maximal isometric test using ...

In one study, published in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in 2001, a team of pediatricians recruited 103 children ages 6 to 18 with earaches resulting from acute otitis media. The subjects were randomly split into groups and assigne...

There are thousands of herbs out there and knowing which ones to chose and what exactly they do can become difficult. So to take the guess work out of the equation, here are the herbs recommended from some notable authorities.... Read more at: http...

Although complementary therapy and alternative therapy are often used interchangeably, they are two different forms of therapy. You cant blame others for thinking they are the same since resources use one term to mean the other, like complementary ther...

A study this month in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that mindfulness-based therapy worked as well as antidepressants in preventing relapses of depression over an 18-month period. Read more here: http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/...

A new study in the June 2010 issue of Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine suggests that autism is a vitamin D deficiency disorder. The study showed children with autism had significantly lower levels of vitamin D and calcium compared t...

Acupuncture may help ease dry eye syndrome, a small study suggests. Published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the study involved 36 people with dry eye syndrome (a condition that occurs when the eyes don't produce enough to...

New research shows myofascial release, a type of touch therapy that releases connective-tissue restrictions, can improve anxiety levels, quality of sleep, pain and quality of life in fibromyalgia patients. Researchers from the Department of Nursing ...

Volunteers who received Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin, a hormone that can lead to increases in cortisol. They also had increases in the number...

While many practitioners of yoga seem almost mystical and more philosophical than the average bear, a new study proves that you need not be a yogi to achieve the anti-anxiety benefits of yoga. Research published in the Journal of Alternative and Compl...

GotProHealth is launching a new member discount program for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to educate current and former players and their families on the use of complementary and natural medicine. Read more here: http://www.prweb.com/release...

What can you do in a pinch when you have a toothache? Most people reach for age-old medicine-cabinet staples like Anbesol and Orajel, which contain benzocaine, an anesthetic, as their active ingredient. Benzocaine, like many other anesthetics, can c...

Fitness Instructor Levana Benabe looks like one of those people who's been fit all her life. Not true. A car accident took its toll. Then she discovered Yamuna Body Rolling and went to Vancouver, British Columbia for training. Pilates Seattle Int...

Doctors trained in traditional Western ways are increasingly embracing and acknowledging therapies that fall into a category they call "complementary medicine." Acupuncture, nasal rinses, nutritional supplements and other approaches that many doctor...

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our paper was to evaluate by sonoelastography the Achilles tendon of asymptomatic volunteers and of patients referring for chronic overuse-associated pain, also comparing these findings with those obtained with B-mode ultraso...

Research shows that being grateful leads people into a higher state of happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky author of The How of Happiness, [The Penguin Press, 2007] suggests that making a list of things people are grateful for in life, practicing random acts ...

A new study has shown that an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury. The results indicate a link between the acupressure treatments and enhanced cognitive function in stud...

Approximately 83 percent of people with cancer use at least one complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modality (11). Using my experience as a health and wellness expert, I have compiled a list of what cancer patients say about the choices th...

Massage therapy relieves depression and stress while it boosts relaxation, benefits that can assist U.S. service personnel. Now, six medical centers serving U.S. military personnel are partnering with a research institute to study the benefits of co...

Overlooked Psychotherapy Effective in Depression by Mark Moran "For years IPT was primarily a research treatment tested in randomized, controlled trials and hence has not gained widespread dissemination despite its inclusion as a recommended trea...

Research shows that being grateful leads people into a higher state of happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky author of The How of Happiness, [The Penguin Press, 2007] suggests that making a list of things people are grateful for in life, practicing random acts ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that urban adolescents with asthma may experience worse outcomes when not using spiritual coping and often use complementary and alternative medicine, or integrative medicine, like p...

A type of honey from New Zealand has been shown to reduce bacterial infection in wounds and also prevent antibiotic resistance, according to researchers at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. Read more at: http://www.personalliberty.com/ne...

Female mice that ingested fish oil supplements with breast cancer drug tamoxifen appeared to have slowed the proliferation of their tumors, compared to rodents given corn oil with the drug, according to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center. In the...

The National Institutes for Health (NIH) announced the launching of a new website designed to be a definitive resource for medical professionals to learn about complementary and alternative medicine in a press release on April 26, 2011. Developed by th...

This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of dysfunctional muscle or fascia that may be leading to acute or chronic muscle pain and dysfunction. Fascia is a thin strong soft tissue that forms a continuous covering over muscles, nerv...

A good example is omega-3 fatty acids. Research has shown that they can have a significant anti-inflammatory effect on arthritic joints in dogs, and there's a good chance that cats may benefit as well. Older cats with creaky joints can also get pain re...

Two things strike me as important about the above findings. The first is that touch -- any kind of touch -- appears to be beneficial when you are fighting cancer, including the side effects of medical treatments. Second, the fact that these beneficial ...

Pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care. The purpose of this study was to characterize patients visiting the complementary medicine clinic for a pain complaint. Eighty-two patients (50.3%) treated their pain with complementa...

Dr. Andrew Weil, among the best-known medical doctors practicing alternative and complementary medicine, suggests researchers are ignoring an important endpoint when they evaluate the success or failure of clinical drug trials: how the patient feels ab...

Rochester researchers are presenting six abstracts on topics ranging from complementary medicine-use rates to nutritional insufficiencies in children with autism spectrum disorders. They even looked at how artificial food dye might affect children with...

A study published in the June issue of the journal “Acupuncture in Medicine” found significant improvements in spinal cord injury patients who received twice weekly treatments of acupuncture and those who received massage therapy. Acupuncture patie...

Have you heard of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and fibromyalgia (FMS), only vaguely comprehending how the two conditions, both of which involve muscle pain throughout the body, are linked? Are they different offshoots from the same epidemiologic sour...

Women suffering from pain, debilitation and other issues caused by fibromyalgia showed significant improvement in pain (24 percent reduction) and other factors when involved in a yoga program. Researchers compared yoga subjects with those getting the s...

Canadian Medical Associations Announce Support of Vitamin D Scientists' Call to D*Action for Testing and Higher Serum Levels Read more at: http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/06/p1139437/canadian-medical-associations-announce-support-of-vitam...

Bitter cumin, a spice that's often incorporated into ayurvedic treatments, is packed with antioxidants and can boost health, a recent clinical trial suggests. Cathy Wong, About.com's Alternative Medicine Guide, reports that a series of studies conduct...

The AARP/NCCAM survey found that 50 percent of men and women reported using some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Of these, three-fourths used CAM to help prevent illness, and an equal number had turned to CAM to reduce pain or tre...

Migraine sufferers treated with a homeopathic preparation of ginger and the herb feverfew may find some pain relief, according to a preliminary study. Feverfew, which is derived from a flowering plant, has long been thought to be a remedy for headac...

Evidence is growing, based on carefully controlled studies, that certain non-pharmacological complementary interventions may be useful adjuncts to conventional care. For example, the pain of osteoarthritis can be lessened by acupuncture; tai chi may be...

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Any discussion of complementary and alternative medicine inevitably polarizes people. Both sides feel very strongly that they are "right" and can provide dramatic examples of the benefits of -- or serious harm caused by -- whatever approach they suppor...

Fenugreek is a common spice, particularly in India and places that ingest curries. It was discovered to have medicinal qualities thousands of years ago by Ayuravedic practitioners who reported it to be useful for many things including management of met...

The New Zealand Society of Naturopaths(NZSN) were interested to see that a study just published about Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use, co-authored by A/Prof Andrew Day (University of Otago), showed that the majority of children attendi...

Massage therapy may be better than medication or exercise for easing low back pain in the short term, a new government-funded study suggests. Those who received a series of either relaxation massage or structural massage were better able to work and...

According to Reiki.org, “Reiki treats the whole person including body,emotions, mind, and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well-being. Many have reported miraculous results.” Alt...

In order to test the placebo effect on asthma patients, researchers had 39 patients cycle through four treatment options. They either got the inhaler treatment albuterol, an inhaler with no medicine, a fake acupuncture treatment, (they were told it was...

Forty-four female FMS patients who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria received 12-week thermal therapy program comprising: • Sauna therapy once daily for 3 days/week • And [warm] underwater exercise once daily for 2...

The National Center for Biotechnology Information recently published a story showing CAM therapies (complementary and alternative medicine) that may be considered cost-effective compared to usual care for various conditions: acupuncture for migraine, m...

A skilled massage therapist can successfully integrate mechanical correction with freeing psycho-spiritual blockages. Although an oversimplification of the tenets of massage, the physical manipulation of tendino-muscular groups can facilitate healthful...

Individuals who wish to study this area of medicine can also attend Georgetown University, which has offered a master's degree program in complementary and alternative medicine since 2003, its website states. Students who enroll in this course of study...

When the diagnosis is breast cancer, many women will augment their doctor's care with some form of complementary treatment. In 2006, research from the University of Texas indicated that yoga helped women going through radiation for breast cancer. Th...

Gratitude and optimism may be a key to managing depression, a new review of relevant research finds. Called positive activity interventions (PAIs), the treatment involves intentional positive behaviors and thoughts, such as performing acts of kindne...

More than three-fourths of U.S. healthcare workers turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), quite often to alleviate anxiety, according to a new analysis. Overall, 76% of healthcare professionals said they used at least one form of comp...

When Mary Tagliaferri, MD, L.Ac. and Isaac Cohen, OMD, L.Ac. co-founded the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at the University of California, San Francisco's Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center and opened the first traditional Chinese med...

Many people use medications to handle their symptoms. An increasing number of people are turning to complementary and alternative medicine in their search for relief. There are a number of CAM options for psoriasis. Among them are mind-body practice...

The popular herbal sleep aid valerian could help ease some of the sleep problems that can come with menopause, a small study suggests. Overall, the study found, 30 percent of the women assigned to valerian reported an improvement in their sleep qualit...

New research published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine shows Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP) packs a powerful immune punch. The study uses human blood samples to demonstrate the ability of a specific form of Modified Citrus Pecti...

The Reiki Level One beginners' course is a wonderful opportunity for you to improve your personal health and to learn ways to help friends and family. Our Reiki Master & Teacher Michael Kaufmann runs a Reiki Level One course every month. Upcoming d...

Upcoming "Silent Mind" self-help meditation courses, which are taught in two parts, are on the folowing Saturdays 12 November & 10 December 2011, and 14 January & 18 February 2012. The course fee is still only £129. Course manual, Audio CD and sup...

Standing by the bed of a Cypriot patient who has just undergone vascular surgery, Dr Bingür Sönmez consults a screen monitoring pulse and blood pressure. Then a colleague pulls out a flute and starts playing a popular Turkish tune. If that appe...

Hospitals are increasingly offering complementary and alternative medicine services, with 42 percent of hospitals featuring CAM services in 2011, compared to 37 percent in 2007, according to Health Forum study cited in an AHA News Now report. CAM ser...

The results of a recent study by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that a daily diet of Omega-3 fatty acids should be incorporated for the young and healthy individual...

A new review shows that acupressure and acupuncture may have a role in reducing pain, increasing satisfaction with pain management and reduced use of pharmacological management in laboring women. Researchers from the Centre for Complementary Medicin...

Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM), such as massage therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, and chiropractic, is gaining popularity among horse owners, yet not all equine practitioners feel confident providing these services. Why? Acco...

Meditation is an interesting method for increasing one’s sense of happiness because not only has it stood the test of time, but it’s also been tested quite extensively in the lab. Part of the effect of mindfulness meditation is to quiet the mind by...

Forty-two percent of hospitals reported that they provide complementary and alternative medical services (CAM), according to a recent report by American Hospital Assocication's Health Forum and the Samueli Institute. That number has tripled since 2000 ...

Very simply put, the science behind guided biofeedback has to do with heart rate variability, or the variation in the beat-to-beat interval of your heart rate. Researchers have found a significant link between reduced heart rate variability and a decre...

The University of California, San Diego's Complementary Medicine Library lists a few vitamin supplements as having tentative scientific support for their breath freshening qualities. These include folic acid and zinc chloride, which may improve gum hea...

What the Doctor Says: This orange and yellow spice, famous for its extensive use in South Asian cuisine, also has anti-inflammatory properties. Dr. Santos recommends it frequently to patients complaining of sore and achy joints, and uses it herself ...

Fascial stretch therapy is an assisted stretching technique developed by Ann and Chris Frederick, therapists in Tempe, Arizona, who have been honing the art of stretching for over a decade. Because stretching is the last frontier to conquer with regard...

What the Thais know instinctively is that a smile, a real smile, is not located in the lips or any other part of the mouth. A real smile is in the eyes. To be precise, the orbicularis oculi muscles that surround each eye. We cannot fool these muscl...

Like many other substances in natural medicine, quercetin is a type of plant-based chemical or phytochemical. In fact, quercetin is a common chemical pigment found in the rinds and barks of a wide variety of plants. Quercetin, a flavonol or potent anti...

Nurses are in a “prime position” to influence the integration of complementary medicine with mainstream healthcare, according to Bournemouth University researchers in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. They interviewed 20 patients using medical he...

A recent study shows that breathing the aroma of lavender oil can reduce the stress and pain caused by inserting needles into skin. The study, reported in the September 17 edition of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, tested 30 ...

Because many yoga postures stretch and strengthen the muscles affecting the back, at least 10 published studies have been done on yoga and chronic low-back pain, says Saper. But though the majority have shown yoga to be promising as a low-cost treatmen...

Couples with fertility problems are twice as likely to get pregnant using traditional Chinese medicine as western drugs, say researchers. They found a two-fold improvement in pregnancy rates over just four months of treatment from practitioners of t...

A stroke of pioneering science, researchers have managed to restore hearing to a significant level in guinea pigs by using gene therapy, bolstering hope for a similar procedure to cure human deafness in the future. The therapy works by promoting the...

More than 50 percent of men diagnosed with cancer in Australia are turning to complementary and alternative medicine to help find a cure, or to improve their health, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. The study, recently publ...

Studies by Mayo and others are part of rising tide of clinical trials into possible health benefits of nutritional supplements, which represents a $6 billion industry in Utah. Some research is independently funded, but much is sponsored by the industry...

Oncology clinicians are constantly searching for treatment options that can provide relief for their patients. A number of them are exploring multimodal interventions. One such group investigated the feasibility of using acupuncture combined with holis...

Elderly people with diets high in several vitamins or omega 3 fatty acids were less likely to have the brain shrinkage that usually accompanies Alzheimer's disease than people whose diets were low in those nutrients. Those whose diets were high in o...

According to a recent survey by the American Hospital Assn. and the Samueli Institute, a nonprofit research group focusing on complementary medicine, 42% of the 714 hospitals that responded offered at least one such therapy in 2010; five years earlier,...

Consumer interest in alternative medicine (AM) is accelerating across the globe on account of rising healthcare costs associated with contemporary therapies. A growing number of individuals are falling prey to hypertension, depression, sleep disorders,...

The national survey of Australians aged 50 and over found that on the day the snapshot was taken: •Medicines were used by the majority of Australians (87% of Australians aged 50 and over used at least one medicine) •The use of multiple medicine...

Dr. Victor Marchione has reported for the Doctors Health Press, "Healing Food Could Boost Cancer Treatment." A new study has discovered that compounds in soy could improve the effects of cancer radiotherapy. The target was lung cancer, which is the mos...

The National Cancer Institute stated that in a large survey of cancer survivors, 61 percent reported using spirituality and prayer as a complementary treatment. Spiritual healing includes intercessory prayer, also called distance healing and distanc...