Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies for Pain, Anxiety, and Mood Disturbance

Integrative Therapies for Oncology

The third of these assumptions is now all but forgotten (I suspect that homeopaths feel embarrassed by its overt incorrectness), but despite the fact that the two other axioms also fly in the face of science, they still form the basis of homeopathy today. Initially Hahnemann was remarkably successful, and homeopathy conquered much of the world 2. With hindsight, this early popularity probably a...

Integrative oncology and Complementary therapies for cancer care in Australia and overseas

Background to this issue Cancer Voices SA (CVSA) obtained feedback from cancer patients, carers and family through a survey (in Nov 2006) and forum (Nov 2007) identifying issues around communication and coordination of cancer care: • Need for information (about cancer, treatment options including complementary therapies, care pathways, services, emotional, financial and legal aspects of their c...

Integrative Therapies for Low Back Pain That Include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Care: A Systematic Review

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review of the literature. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether an integrated approach that includes different Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies combined or CAM therapies combined with conventional medical care is more effective for the management of low back pain (LBP) than single modalities alone. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA LBP is one of the leading ca...

Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: therapies for acute otitis media.

device. Introduction Acute otitis media (AOM) is diagnosed frequently in early childhood; its peak incidence is between 6 and 15 months of age. (1) Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis are the leading bacterial causes. Eighty percent of AOM cases resolve without treatment within 3 days. (2)(3) This high rate of spontaneous resolution along with variations ...

Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: therapies for learning disabilities.