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Research Updates: alternative medicine
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Issue 46
SMITH and colleagues, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Denver USA write that acute and long-term care facilities are implementing massage therapy programmes to support patients h1
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JOHNSON and colleagues, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 28223 USA conducted a study to determine whether a course of Feldenkrais bodywork would improve physical, emotional and functi1
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HOWARD, Bach Centre, Oxon UK reminisces about the different types of people she met during her nursing career.
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RAWSTHORNE and colleagues, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada write that there appears to be a perception of an increasing and widespread use of alternative medicine for i1
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Kraft , Medizinische Universitats-Poliklinik Bonn, Germany writes that herbal medicinal products are very popular in Germany, with patients and physicians. However, very little tends to be known regarding the 1
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PRICE, Shirley Price International College of Aromatherapy, Leicestershire, UK writes that as the use of aromatherapy within the health care setting has grown so rapidly recently, and continues to so do, the requiremen1
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GOODYEAR, LEWITH and LOW, School of Medicine, University Medicine, University of Southampton, UK write that homoeopathic "drug" pictures are developed by recording the symptomatic effects of 1
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SHENKMAN and colleagues, Department of Anesthesia, Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA z.shenkman@ipc.co.il write that acupuncture or acupressure at the Nei-Guan (P6) point on the wrist 1
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ASTIN, HARKNESS and ERNST, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. jastin@compmed.ummc.umaryland.edu conducted a systematic review (52 references) of the ef1
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LEE, GEORGIOU and RAAB, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, USA examined the perceived knowledge and attitudes of dietitians regarding the effectiveness and safety of functional foods, nutrient 1
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OLDENDICK and colleagues, South Carolina Complementary Medicine Program Baseline Research Team. Institute of Public Affairs, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA co1
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TREGUT and colleagues Zentrale Radiologische Abteilung, Stauferklinik Schwabisch Gmund, Mutlangen, Deutschland investigated whether corona electrography of Kirlian photography is an accidental pattern or an individual specific discharge pattern.
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NEVILLE-SMITH, Linton, Cleveland UK conducted a study to examine the activity of a new service providing a homoeopathic clinic at a community hospital .
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The NIH CONSENSUS STATEMENT presents the biomedical research and clinical practice communities with the results of the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture, providing the latest information regarding the appropri1
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KLEPSER and KLEPSER, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242 USA. teresa-klepser@uiowa.edu discuss unsafe and potentially safe herbal ther1
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FALKENBACH and colleagues, Research Institute Gastein, Badgastein, Austria write that massage courses for medical students have been held at Frankfurt University Medical School from 1987. The authors surveyed students&1
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MAUDSLEY and KERR, Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds UK investigated the safety of plant essential oils .
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ALKAISSI and colleagues, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital in Linkoping, Sweden write that acupuncture and acupressure have previously been reported to possess antie1
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KESSELRING (No affiliation provided) conducted a study to investigate the possible usefulness of foot reflexology on recovery following surgical intervention .
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Issue 42
ERNST and PITTLER, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK write that although complementary/alternative therapies are used frequentl1
