abstract：:Older patients are increasingly likely to be under the simultaneous care of both physicians and alternative practitioners, often for treatment of the same condition. In the majority of cases, however, alternative care is not integrated with biomedical care; indeed, most patients do not inform their physicians of their...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Adler SR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The integration of complementary modalities into mainstream healthcare is gaining increasing emphasis. It is important, therefore, to document the effects of these interventions on patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Therapeutic Touch and massage therapy on the outcomes of engraftment tim...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Smith MC,Reeder F,Daniel L,Baramee J,Hagman J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of personality assessment in chronic pain populations can be greatly enhanced with the understanding of risk assessment and the heterogeneous nature of at-risk personality types. Simplistic, unidimensional notions of risk have not been useful in assessing psychosocial and functional impairment in those wit...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Cipher DJ,Clifford PA,Schumacker RE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article covers introductory concepts regarding Oriental medicine, its historical context, yin and yang principles, and Five-Phase theory. It discusses organ theory, patient examination, diagnosis, the meridian network system, and treatment modalities such as acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, giving a brief...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Ehling D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since ancient times, spiritual teachers have described paths and practices that a person could follow to achieve health, happiness, and peace of mind. Considerable recent research has indicated that any sort of spiritual practice is likely to improve one's prognosis for recovering from a serious illness. Many of these...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Targ R,Katra J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although acupuncture is used by many people with HIV disease as a complementary treatment to Western medicine, there is a lack of scientifically sound research on patient responses and outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To explore the feasibility of conducting a larger study investigating the efficacy of acupuncture on sympt...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Beal MW,Nield-Anderson L

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain consumes approximately $70 billion per year and affects some 80 million Americans. Increasingly, aromatherapy has been used as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to pain management. This therapy is thought to enhance the parasympathetic response through the effects of touch and smell, encou...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Buckle J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:An estimated 60 million Americans use some from of complementary and alternative medicine, though approximately 70% do not tell their physicians about this use. Open communication between conventional medical providers and patients in this area is therefore lacking. OBJECTIVE:To explore the dynamics that could...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Crock RD,Jarjoura D,Polen A,Rutecki GW

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Evidence synthesized from social epidemiology, psychophysiology, and behavioral medicine suggests that religiousness may represent a significant correlate of absorption, a construct for which few if any psychosocial determinants have been identified. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between absorption and ...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Levin JS,Wickramasekera IE,Hirshberg C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article serves as a primer for those beginning clinical research in complementary and alternative medicine. The authors provide a basic overview of important experimental design and statistical issues, of which clinical researchers in the area of complementary and alternative medicine must be aware when attemptin...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Gatchel RJ,Maddrey AM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the year 2020, twenty percent of the US population will be aged 65 years or older. The greatest growth in numbers will be among those aged 85 years or older. If the healthcare demands of this group match those of their parents, it will place an extraordinary burden on funding for medical services. By promoting heal...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Bland JS

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article defines the theoretical matrix and clinical value of the emerging complementary discipline of medical acupuncture, the acupuncture approach most commonly integrated by physicians into conventional medical practice. Medical acupuncture respects our contemporary understanding of neuromuscular anatomy and pa...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Helms JM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heterodox model of healing incorporating the basic dualism of Western philosophy--the world of concrete material substance versus that of thought, ideals, and spirit--is proposed. Such dualism is reflected in Western constructions of healing. An explanatory paradigm model with a horizontal axis representing paradigm...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Engebretson J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the current literature related to exercise treatment and depression among older adults. Results from investigational studies support the antidepressive effects of exercise programs. Aerobic exercise is more effective than placebo or no treatment controls, and appears to be as effective as more tra...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Moore KA,Blumenthal JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate issues related to the creation of a curriculum to teach spirituality to family practice residents; specifically, (1) to determine whether there was support among family practice residents and faculty to include such teaching in the residency curriculum, and (2) to det...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Silverman HD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Those immunocompromised by AIDS or cancer chemotherapy use marijuana to allay symptoms of their disease or treatment. Some researchers believe that marijuana may further suppress the immune system. A list of immunological hazards that may be present in marijuana was collated and assessed, and clinical recomm...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： McPartland JM,Pruitt PL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bastyr University AIDS Research Center was established in October 1994 through a 3-year cooperative grant with the Office of Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. The mission of the Center is to (1) describe forms and patterns of use of alternative medical therapies for HIV infection and AIDS prescr...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Standish LJ,Calabrese C,Reeves C,Polissar N,Bain S,O'Donnell T

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug treatments for multiple sclerosis are expensive, may cause side effects, and do not have demonstrated efficacy for cognitive deficits associated with this disease. OBJECTIVE:To test the effectiveness of a multimodal cognitive therapy on cognitive and physical measures known to be affected in multiple s...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Rodgers D,Khoo K,MacEachen M,Oven M,Beatty WW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal medicine is the oldest and most widely used form of medicine in the world today. Yet medicinal herbs that formerly were held in esteem now are commonly dismissed as placebos. This article reviews the state of plant-derived drug research and discusses the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines within the contex...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Lipp FJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year empirical assessment of anomalous human/machine interactions provides strong evidence that consciousness can add information to otherwise random digital strings. A parallel program of remote perception studies establishes the inverse process: the anomalous acquisition of information about distant physical ta...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Jahn RG

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The randomized, double-blind study is generally regarded as the gold standard of clinical drug trials. Bias can occur as a result of the blinding procedure itself, but discussions of this type of bias have been few and far between. This article continues with a detailed discussion of such blinding errors, which can ob...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Kiene H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective * To evaluate the effectiveness of a medical food-supplemented detoxification program versus a hypoallergenic, calorie-controlled diet alone in the management of symptoms in chronically ill patients. Design * Outcome-focused study of patient response to dietary interventions. Setting * Clinical outpatient re...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Bland JS,Barrager E,Reedy RG,Bland K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Western medicine has tended to ignore other systems of preventing and treating disease and illness, practitioners of these systems serve more of the world's population than do allopathic practitioners. This paper contrasts allopathy with Chinese medicine, curanderismo, and a Native American healing system, us...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Krippner S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the activities of the "Münchener Modell," a project for "Integration of Natural Healing Procedures into Research and Teaching" at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. Its objective is to improve research and teaching of Natural Healing Procedures (NHPs) and to provide the infrastructural ...

journal_title：Alternative therapies in health and medicine

authors： Melchart D,Linde K,Weidenhammer W,Worku F,Wagner H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00