Complementary therapies and the NHS

NHS Evidence - complementary and alternative medicine

Dietary and nutritional therapies encompass preventive and educational approaches to diet and lifestyle changes, in order to promote and optimise physical and mental health. They encompass personalised dietary therapy and nutraceutical prescription, and lifestyle advice within a functional medicine framework. This represents a nutritional paradigm different to that which underpins current diete...

Studying complementary and alternative therapies.

IN 1992, WITH AN INITIAL BUDGET OF $2 MILLION, Congress created the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM). Based on legislation sponsored by Iowa politicians Tom Harkin and Berkeley Bedell, OAM’s mission was “to explore complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science.” Senator Harkin reportedly believed that bee pollen had cured his hay fever, and Representativ...

Complementary therapies and childhood cancer.

BACKGROUND The use of complementary and alternative therapies by children with cancer is common. Up to 84% of children have used complementary therapies along with conventional medical treatment for cancer. METHODS We reviewed the PubMed and CINAHL databases for studies published between 1994 and 2004 on the use of complementary and alternative therapies by children with cancer and reports fr...

Complementary and alternative medical therapies.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Complementary and alternative medical therapies include herbs, acupuncture, and mind-body therapies. This review highlights the findings of recently published studies of complementary and alternative medical therapies and epilepsy, and provides an update of the US Food and Drug Administration's role in regulating herbal products. RECENT FINDINGS Complementary and alternative...

The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the NHS An Investigation into the Potential Contribution of Mainstream Complementary Therapies to Healthcare in the UK