Complementary and Alternative Medicine Publications

2013

Evaluating the Economics of Complementary and Integrative Medicine — March 1

The Evolution of Patient-Based Outcome Assessment Instruments in Acupuncture Research: Choosing Patient-Based Outcomes — March 1

U.S. Spending on Complementary and Alternative Medicine During 2002-08 Plateaued, Suggesting Role in Reformed Health System — January 1

2012

Are Complementary Therapies and Integrative Care Cost-Effective? A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations — January 1

Probiotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — May 1

What Is the Evidence That Vitamin C Supplements Lower Blood Pressure? — May 1

2011

Comparative Effectiveness Research: Does the Emperor Have Clothes — March 1

Complementary Alternative and Integrative Medicine: Current Challenges for Outcomes Measurement — December 1

Multicomponent Dietary Supplements for the Military — November 14

Patient Education Integrated with Acupuncture for Relief of Cancer-Related Fatigue Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study — January 1

Regulation of Dietary Supplements in the Military: Report of an Expert Panel — June 2

Safety of Probiotics to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease — January 1

2010

Guide to Designing, Conducting, Publishing, and Communicating Results of Clinical Studies Involving Probiotic Applications in Human Participants — July 15

Health Services Research as a Form of Evidence and CAM — January 1

Integrative Health Care Under Review: An Emerging Field — January 1

Patient-based Outcome Assessment Instruments in Acupuncture Research — January 1

Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research: Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis — January 1

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in CAM: Contribution and Challenges — November 23

2009

2008

The Effect of Acupuncture Utilization on Healthcare Utilization — January 1

Insurance Companies' Fears of Covering Acupuncture Appear Unfounded — June 26

Is Health Services Research the Holy Grail of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research? — January 1

Randomized Controlled Trials as Evidence in Legal Disputes About the Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine — January 1

Taking Stock of Integrative Medicine: Broadening Biomedicine or Co-Option of Complementary and Alternative Medicine? — January 1

Traditional Indian Medicine and Homeopathy for HIV/AIDS: A Review of the Literature — January 1

Trials and Tribulations on the Road to Implementing Integrative Medicine in a Hospital Setting — January 1

2007

Diversity Versus Unity: Does Making Things Count Mean Making Everything Count? — January 1

Efecto Del Consumo De Un Complemento Alimentario En La Concentracion Plasmatica De Cinc En Adultos Mayores Residentes En Santiago De Chile =: Effect of the Consumption of a Food Supplement on Plasma Zinc Concentrations of Free-Living Chilean Elderly Adults — January 1

Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promises and Problems — January 1

Explaining the Growth of Complementary and Alternative Medicine — January 1

Hospital-Based Integrative Medicine: A Case Study of the Barriers and Factors Facilitating the Creation of a Center — May 28

Putting the Practice Into Evidence-Based Dentistry and Health Services Research — January 1

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tai Chi for Tension Headaches — January 1

U.S. Cambodian Refugees' Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Mental Health Problems — January 1

2006

Antioxidants Vitamin C and Vitamin E for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer — January 1

Are Consumers Reshaping Hospitals? Complementary and Alternative Medicine in U.S. Hospitals, 1999-2003 — January 1

California Acupuncturists Comment on Their Training — January 1

Community-research Collaboration Between Researchers and Acupuncturists : Integrating a Participatory Research Approach in a Statewide Survey of Licensed Acupuncturists in California — January 1

The Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cognitive Function in Aging and Dementia: A Systematic Review — January 1

Lowering Homocysteine with Folic Acid and B Vitamins Did Not Prevent Vascular Events in Vascular Disease — January 1

Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine — January 1

2005

Are Ayurvedic Herbs for Diabetes Effective? — January 1

Challenges in Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Topics — January 1

Chiropractic in North America: A Descriptive Analysis — January 1

Interprofessional Referral Patterns in an Integrated Medical System — January 1

Psychiatric Effects of Ephedra Use: An Analysis of Food and Drug Administration Reports of Adverse Events — January 1

Psychiatric Symptoms Associated with Ephedra Use — January 1

A Self-Report Measure of Clinicians' Orientation Toward Integrative Medicine — January 1

Statistical Collaboration to Impact Policy Decisions — January 1

Systematic Review of the Effects of N-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammatory Bowel Disease — January 1

Use of Herbal Medicine in Primary Care Patients with Mood and Anxiety Disorders — January 1

2004

Communication in the Chiropractic Health Encounter Sociological and Anthropological Approaches — January 1

Competing Views of Chiropractic: Health Services Research Versus Ethnographic Observation — January 1

Effect of Supplemental Vitamin E for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease — January 1

Integration and Paradigm Clash: The Practical Difficulties of Integrative Medicine — January 1

Professionalism and Ethics in Chiropractic — January 1

The Rise and Rise of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Sociological Perspective — January 1

2003 & Older

Best-case Series for the Use of Immuno-Augmentation Therapy and Naltrexone for the Treatment of Cancer — January 1, 2003

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Substitution for Conventional Therapy By HIV-infected Patients — January 1, 2003

Effect of Supplemental Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Coenzyme Q10 for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease — January 1, 2003

Effect of the Supplemental Use of Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Coenzyme Q10 for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer — January 1, 2003

Efficacy and Safety of Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance: A Meta-Analysis — January 1, 2003

Ephedra: Is It Worth the Risk? — January 1, 2003

Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance Enhancement: Clinical Efficacy and Side Effects — February 1, 2003

A Review of the Evidence for the Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost of Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, and Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain — January 1, 2003

Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness Relative to Other Therapies — January 1, 2003

Use of Alternative Therapists Among People in Care for HIV in the United States — January 1, 2003

Biofeedback Interventions for Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Systematic Review — January 1, 2002

Chiropractic — January 1, 2002

Increased Risk of Serious Injury Following an Initial Prescription for Diphenhydramine — January 1, 2002

Patients Using Chiropractors in North America: Who Are They, and Why Are They in Chiropractic Care? — January 1, 2002

S-adenosyl-L-methionine for Treatment of Depression, Osteoarthritis, and Liver Disease — January 1, 2002

Use of Complementary/alternative Therapies By Women with Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer — January 1, 2002

Alternative Treatments for Weight-Loss: Caveat Emptor — January 1, 2001

Ayurvedic Interventions for Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review — January 1, 2001

Changing Views of Chiropractic ...and a National Reappraisal of Nontraditional Health Care — January 1, 2001

Genomic Medicine: The Sorcerer's New Broom? : the Limitations of the Human Genome Project — January 1, 2001

Mind-body Interventions for Gastrointestinal Conditions — January 1, 2001

A Chiropractic Supplemental Item Set for the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study — January 1, 2000

Electroacupuncture for Control of Myeloablative Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial — January 1, 2000

Mental Disorders and the Use of Alternative Medicine: Results from a National Survey — January 1, 2000

Patient Risk-Taking Attitude and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medical Services — January 1, 2000

Patient Risk-Taking Attitude and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medical Services — January 1, 2000

State Legislation and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine — January 1, 2000

Spinal Manipulation, Current Research — January 1, 1999

A Comparative Study of Chiropractic and Medical Education — January 1, 1998

Congruence Between Decisions to Initiate Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain and Appropriateness Criteria in North America — January 1, 1998

Appropriateness of Indications for Surgery of Lumbar Disc Hernia and Spinal Stenosis — January 1, 1997

Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening and Strategies to Overcome Them — January 1, 1997

Health Services Research Related to Chiropractic: Review and Recommendations for Research Prioritization by the Chiropractic Profession — January 1, 1997

Use of Acupuncture by American Physicians — January 1, 1997

The Use of Expert Panel Results: The RAND Panel for Appropriateness of Manipulation and Mobilization of the Cervical Spine — January 1, 1997

Chiropractic Approaches to Wellness and Healing — January 1, 1996

The Role of the Chiropractor in the Changing Health Care System — January 1, 1996

Medical Schools, the Social Contract and Population Medicine: McMaster Revisited — January 1, 1995

Spine Update: Spinal Manipulation — January 1, 1994

Alternative Philosophical and Investigatory Paradigms for Chiropractic — January 1, 1993

The Physician, the Patients, and the Person: The Humanistic Challenge — January 1, 1993

Consensus: Too Much of a Good Thing — January 1, 1992

Consensus Methods, Clinical Guidelines, and the RAND Study of Chiropractic — January 1, 1992

The Defense of Thomas Kuhn (and Chiropractic) — January 1, 1992

Is Chiropractic Care Primary Health Care? — January 1, 1992

The Sociology of Chiropractic: Future Options and Directions — January 1, 1992

Uses and Abuses of Philosophy in Chiropractic — January 1, 1992

Chiropractic Philosophy Has No Future — January 1, 1991

A Community-Based Study of the Use of Chiropractic Services — January 1, 1991

An Institutional Philosophy of Chiropractic — January 1, 1991

Philosophy of Science and Chiropractic Research — January 1, 1991

Sociological Studies of the Role of the Chiropractor: An Exercise in Ideological Hegemony? — January 1, 1991

Sociology and Philosophy of Chiropractic — January 1, 1991

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Cover: Insurance Companies' Fears of Covering Acupuncture Appear Unfounded

Insurance Companies' Fears of Covering Acupuncture Appear Unfounded

This fact sheet describes how patients' use of acupuncture affects use of conventional medical services and suggests that acupuncture often substitutes for other, more expensive services, thereby reducing total medical costs.