Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2011
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Does the Emperor Have Clothes — 2011
The move toward comparative effectiveness research may be a positive one for complementary and alternative medicine, but a more critical evaluation might be in order.
Multicomponent Dietary Supplements for the Military — 2011
An expert panel considered issues pertaining to the development, assessment, and regulation of multicomponent dietary supplements for the military to enhance performance and promote health.
Patient Education Integrated with Acupuncture for Relief of Cancer-Related Fatigue Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study — 2011
Patient education integrated with acupuncture had a sufficiently promising effect on cancel-related fatigue that a larger randomized controlled trial is warranted.
Regulation of Dietary Supplements in the Military: Report of an Expert Panel — 2011
Considers regulation of dietary supplement use in the military and comparable civilian organizations, policies regulating purchase of dietary supplements, and issues to be considered in crafting military policies about supplement use and education.
Safety of Probiotics to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease — 2011
The existing scientific literature does not adequately address questions about the safety of probiotics.
2010
Guide to Designing, Conducting, Publishing, and Communicating Results of Clinical Studies Involving Probiotic Applications in Human Participants — 2010
Probiotics is the use of microorganisms in complementary and alternative medicine to prevent and treat certain illnesses. This review outlines the challenges associated with the design, implementation, data analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials in humans involving probiotics.
Health Services Research as a Form of Evidence and CAM — 2010
This book chapter explores ways in which health services research improve the assessment and practice of complementary and alternative medicine.
Integrative Health Care Under Review: An Emerging Field — 2010
Lack of definition and clarity about the term integrative medicine (also known as integrative health care) and the absence of taxonomy for models of IM make it difficult to efficiently conduct systematic reviews of the literature in this field.
Patient-based Outcome Assessment Instruments in Acupuncture Research — 2010
The way a questionnaire or scale is administered can affect the outcome.
Systematic Review of Integrative Health Care Research: Randomized Control Trials, Clinical Controlled Trials, and Meta-Analysis — 2010
A systematic review of research on integrated health care found little evidence regarding effectiveness, but integrative health care appears to be safe.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in CAM: Contribution and Challenges — 2010
This book chapter gives an introduction on how to read and how to do a systematic review or a meta-analysis, and discusses advances and limitations of this method.
2008
The Effect of Acupuncture Utilization on Healthcare Utilization — 2008
Determine whether acupuncture is a complement to or substitute for various medical services.
Insurance Companies' Fears of Covering Acupuncture Appear Unfounded — 2008
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.
Is Health Services Research the Holy Grail of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research? — 2008
Looks at health services research (HSR) in relationship to evidence-based practice and discusses the limitations and dangers of the view of complementary and alternative medicine from the perspective of HSR using chiropractic studies as an exemplar.
Randomized Controlled Trials as Evidence in Legal Disputes About the Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine — 2008
Examines dietary supplements as an exemplar of the clash between science and law and the dangers inherent in judges wandering in the murky field of scientific controversy and using it as the basis of a judgment.
Taking Stock of Integrative Medicine: Broadening Biomedicine or Co-Option of Complementary and Alternative Medicine? — 2008
The paper focuses on the administrative implementation process, examining the original expectations in light
Traditional Indian Medicine and Homeopathy for HIV/AIDS: A Review of the Literature — 2008
This review assesses the quality of peer-reviewed, published literature on traditional Indian medicine and homeopathy for HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
Trials and Tribulations on the Road to Implementing Integrative Medicine in a Hospital Setting — 2008
The objective of the study is to identify the barriers and the facilitators for creating integrative medicine in a hospital-based centre.
2007
Diversity Versus Unity: Does Making Things Count Mean Making Everything Count? — 2007
There has always been a strong element of diversity within the chiropractic profession.
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 — 2007
The consumption of a food supplement significantly increased plasma zinc concentrations in Chilean elderly adults.
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