Naturally Thin You: Weight Loss and Psychological Symptoms After a Six-Week Online Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Course
Traditional methods of delivering therapeutic interventions have increasingly been supplemented by online courses. The current study investigated the effects of Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in 76 participants enrolled in a six-week online course called Naturally Thin You. Weight, restraint, the power of food in the external environment, happiness, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed before and after the course and at one-year follow-up. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Dawson Church, Peta Stapleton, Lily Sheppard, Brett Carter Source Type: research
Case reports of acupuncturists and massage therapists at mayo clinic: new allies in expediting patient diagnoses
Massage and acupuncture have become well incorporated into conventional medical care in the United States. For example, a recent survey discovered that the percentage of hospitals in the United States using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) had grown from 37 percent in 2007 to 42 percent by 2010.1 The increase has been driven by both patient demand and clinical effectiveness, the latter being demonstrated in a growing body of research that supports the efficacy and safety of both professions as adjuncts to conventional care. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Molly J. Mallory, Jennifer L. Hauschulz, Alex Do, Niki E. Dreyer, Brent A. Bauer Source Type: research
Investigating the effects of the progressive muscle relaxation- guided imagery combination on cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Previous systematic reviews indicate that Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and Guided Imagery (GI) are both effective interventions to decrease the psychological impact and to alleviate the adverse events in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. To date, no review studies have investigated the effectiveness of a combination of PMR and GI (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: August Kapogiannis, Sofia Tsoli, George Chrousos Source Type: research
Effects of single-session group mantra-meditation on salivary immunoglobulin a and affective state: a psychoneuroimmunology viewpoint
Based on existing psychoneuroimmunological insights, the present study aimed at investigating possible effects of a single-session group mantra meditation on salivary Immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) and affective states. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Fatemeh Torkamani, Alireza Aghayousefi, Mohammad Nami Source Type: research
Naturally thin you: weight loss and psychological symptoms after a six week online clinical eft (emotional freedom techniques) course
Traditional methods of delivering therapeutic interventions have increasingly been supplemented by online courses. The current study investigated the effects of Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in 76 participants enrolled in a six-week online course called Naturally Thin You. Weight, restraint, the power of food in the external environment, happiness, and post traumatic stress (PTSD) symptoms were assessed before and after the course and at one year follow-up. Method: Participants received six live group teleclasses, access to online course materials and a private social media group, and a year of monthly suppor...
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Dawson Church, Peta Stapleton, Lily Sheppard, Brett Carter Source Type: research
Building sangha in the american healthcare setting for persons with chronic disease
For persons with chronic disease, participation in meditation interventions can reduce anxiety, depression and chronic disease symptoms in a dose dependent fashion. Unfortunately, information about how to support long-term participation in such an intervention is lacking. Therefore, a recent discovery of persons with chronic lung disease who have maintained a self-led meditation group for more than four years created an opportunity to analyze experiences, meanings and relationship dynamics of this community based meditation group. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Roxane Raffin Chan, Jamie Beaulieu, Carolyn E.Z. Pickering Source Type: research
Purpose: a slow dawning for us all?
“I often think it comical (fah-la-la-lah…) how Nature always doth contrive (fah-la-la-lah) (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Peter D. Cooper Source Type: research
Electroacupuncture reduces incontinence episodes in women with stress urinary incontinence
DynaMed Plus is an evidence-based clinical reference, which is updated daily through systematic surveillance and critical appraisal of the research literature. DynaMed editors and reviewers select content of interest for integrative medicine, summarize the current evidence, and describe challenges in evidence analysis and application. Evidence quality is rated level 1 (likely reliable) evidence for studies with clinical outcomes and minimal risk of bias, level 2 (mid-level) evidence for studies with clinical outcomes and significant methodological or statistical limitations, and level 3 (lacking direct) evidence for report...
Source: Explore - November 20, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Daniel A. Ostrovsky Tags: IM UPDATES Source Type: research
Making Choices to Fit in While Changing the Culture
I find it difficult to truly define integrative oncology. Statements about how we look after the “whole person,” pay attention to lifestyle and stress, or even spirituality seem ambiguous and incomplete. All caregivers pay attention to these things, perhaps some more than others, but is it the extent to which we devote time to holistic health or the fact we do it that makes us unique? Furth ermore, what is included in integrative clinics vs. other settings is changing as we gather more evidence and complementary therapies become more accepted. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - November 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Santosh Rao Tags: Integrative oncology Source Type: research
Integrative Oncology: Making Choices to Fit in While Changing the Culture
I find it difficult to truly define integrative oncology. Statements about how we look after the “whole person”, pay attention to lifestyle and stress, or even spirituality seem ambiguous and incomplete. All caregivers pay attention to these things, perhaps some more than others, but is it the extent to which we devote time to holistic health or the fact we do it that makes us unique? Furth ermore, what is included in integrative clinics vs. other settings is changing as we gather more evidence and complementary therapies become more accepted. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - November 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Santosh Rao Tags: Voices Source Type: research
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Feasibility and acceptability of mindfulness for survivors of homicide and their providers
This study uses participatory research methods with survivors of homicide and their service providers to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally-adapted mindfulness intervention for stress reduction and resilience in homicide survivors. Procedures: Our mixed methods approach included: (a) previewing a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program with providers and Survivors; (b) using their iterative feedback during focus groups to revise the curriculum; and (c) studying the acceptability of the adapted curriculum for survivors through focus group and standardized data collection. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - November 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephanie Hartwell, Jeroan Allison, Bonita Jones, Rachel Rodriques, Clementina Chery, Julianna Andrews, Carl Fulwiler Source Type: research
Climate change, well-being, and carbon
According to the Pew Research Center nearly half of American adults say “climate change is due to human activity.” A similar percentage say Earth's warming is entirely natural or that there is no evidence of warming.1 It is part of the Great Schism Trend, about which I have written in these pages many times. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - October 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephan A. Schwartz Tags: Schwartzreport Source Type: research
