2012-05-24T14:12:28Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/complementary-and-alternative-medicine.html http://www.rand.org/events/2012/07/18.html Jul 18, 2012 Jul 18, 2012

A panel discussion about integrative medicine will include Ian Coulter of the RAND Corporation, Wayne Jonas of the Samueli Institute, and David Eisenberg of Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120090.html May 1, 2012 May 1, 2012

This editorial uses a recent meta-analysis on the effects of vitamin C on blood pressure to highlight pitfalls in nutrition research design.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF298.html Nov 14, 2011 Nov 14, 2011

The U.S. military has had a long-standing interest in the potential for dietary supplements to enhance performance and optimize health among military service personnel. An expert panel considered issues pertaining to the development, assessment (of both efficacy and safety), and regulation of multicomponent dietary supplements for the military.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD286.html Nov 3, 2011 Nov 3, 2011

Explores quality and utilization of diabetes care in China.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF288.html Jun 2, 2011 Jun 2, 2011

The U.S. military has had a longstanding interest in the potential for dietary supplements to enhance performance and optimize health as well as an interest in their safety. An expert panel considered current policies regulating dietary supplement use among other similar groups (such as among athletes and pilots) and issues involved in crafting military policies and education about supplement use.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110060.html Feb 28, 2011 Feb 28, 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100150.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Patient education integrated with acupuncture had a sufficiently promising effect on cancel-related fatigue that a larger randomized controlled trial is warranted.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110095.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

The existing scientific literature does not adequately address questions about the safety of probiotics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000187.html Nov 22, 2010 Nov 22, 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100109.html Jul 14, 2010 Jul 14, 2010

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100182.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000108.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

A systematic review of research on integrated health care found little evidence regarding effectiveness, but integrative health care appears to be safe.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000106.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

The way a questionnaire or scale is administered can affect the outcome.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000172.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

This book chapter explores ways in which health services research improve the assessment and practice of complementary and alternative medicine.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9366.html Jun 26, 2008 Jun 26, 2008

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/02/07.html Feb 7, 2008 Feb 7, 2008

<p>The RAND Corporation and the Samueli Institute have created an endowment to support independent policy research on complementary, alternative and integrative medicine</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081117.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>The paper focuses on the administrative implementation process, examining the original expectations in light</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080714.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080318.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080119.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Determine whether acupuncture is a complement to or substitute for various medical services.</p>