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Osteopathic manipulation of preterm infants
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - May 17, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: PH Long Tags: Summaries and Commentaries Source Type: research

Some Ayurvedic herbal combinations may have potential for the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - May 17, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: K Kraft Tags: Summaries and Commentaries Source Type: research

Complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention and treatment of migraine headache: an overview of systematic reviews
ConclusionThe evidence from SRs evaluating the effectiveness of CAM for the prevention or treatment of migraine headache is mostly positive. However, several caveats should be taken into account, and only for acupuncture and biofeedback are the conclusions unanimously positive. (Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies)
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - May 17, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Paul Posadzki, Abdullah MN AlBedah, Mohamed MK Khalil, Meshari S AlQaed, Myeong S Lee, Edzard Ernst, Josip Car Tags: Review Source Type: research

Effects of a metabolic syndrome self‐management programme for women with pre‐diabetes
ConclusionsTraditional southern Thai foods and brisk walking appear to benefit glycaemic control and lipid profiles among women with pre‐diabetes and metabolic syndrome. (Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies)
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - March 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sununta Youngwanichsetha, Sasitorn Phumdoung, Eugenio Cersosimo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The effects of tai chi on measures of stress and coping style
ConclusionsTai chi affects biological reactions to an acute psychological stressor, perceptions of anxiety to an acute stressor and coping styles in healthy male college students. (Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies)
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - March 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacalyn J Robert‐McComb, Ming‐Chien Chyu, Anna Tacón, Reid Norman Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Patient preference for integrating homeopathy (PPIH) and attitude and satisfaction following integration within mainstream healthcare settings in West Bengal, India: the part 2 (PPIH‐2) study
ConclusionWhen formulating strategies for integrated CAM models in India, patient preferences should be evaluated with reasonable importance. (Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies)
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - March 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Subhranil Saha, Munmun Koley, Jogendra S Arya, Gurudev Choubey, Shailaja Upadhyaya, Bhupendra N Rasaily, Somnath Datta, Aparna Roy, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Malay Mundle Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine should value their strengths
Abstract The patient‐experienced effect of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) can primarily be attributed to a personal relationship between the provider and patient, and health recommendations within a context with potential symbolic value. The current important challenge for CAM practitioners is to acknowledge that their specific ‘treatments’ should also be mostly reclassified as important symbols, not treatments with direct pathophysiological effects. If this were done, they would hopefully achieve a constructive dialogue with representatives of conventional medicine. (Source: Focus on Alternative and Co...
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - March 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Vinjar Fønnebø Tags: Perspective Source Type: research

On the ethical use of placebos
This article combines my experience as a consultant surgeon with the insight of also being a magician, and member of The Magic Circle, UK, in viewing the world of deception and delusion in health care. This perspective endorses the use of placebos within the paradigm of ethical care based on patients giving fully informed consent. This means that unless and until there is generally accepted plausible evidence that a specific complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) or practice produces outcomes better than those produced by therapeutic encounters with attentive empathic practitioners alone, it should be accepted that th...
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 18, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Richard Rawlins Tags: Perspective Source Type: research

Celebrating 20 years of publication
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Edzard Ernst Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Brown CG. The Healing Gods: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 336 pages. £19.99/US$29.95 (hardback). ISBN 9780199985784
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: WM London Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research

Davidson J. A Century of Homeopaths: Their Influence on Medicine and Health New York: Springer, 2014. 220 pages. £99.00 (hardback). ISBN 9781493905263
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: E Ernst Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research

Glossary
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: GLOSSARY Source Type: research

Are there preventative benefits of sensory isolation in a flotation tank?
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: A Gilbey Tags: SUMMARIES AND COMMENTARIES Source Type: research

Mindfulness meditation holds promise for relieving insomnia
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: KJ Sherman Tags: SUMMARIES AND COMMENTARIES Source Type: research

Alexander Technique may help reduce performance anxiety in musicians
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Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: DJ Lawrence Tags: SUMMARIES AND COMMENTARIES Source Type: research