Physical Medicine for Health and Recovery

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Herbal Medicine for Women\'s Health

The treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. An “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. Research shows that 40 percent of women in the United States use...

Religion and medicine IV: religion, physical health, and clinical implications.

In the fourth and final article of this religion and medicine series, I summarize the results of a comprehensive and systematic review of research examining religion's relationship to physical health and mortality. This review focuses on pain and disability, cardiovascular disease, immune and neuroendocrine function, susceptibility to infection, cancer, and overall mortality. I also explore wha...

Recovery from psychosis: physical health, antipsychotic medication and the daily dilemmas for mental health nurses.

Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Humor, Laughter, and Physical Health

This article examines re search evidence for the popu lar idea that humor and laughter have beneficial ef fects on physical health. Poten tial theoretical mechanisms for such effects are discussed first. Empirical evidence for benefi cial effects of humor and laughter on immunity, pain tolerance, blood pressure, lon gevity, and illness symptoms is then summarized. Overall, the evidence for heal...