Research into Complementary Medicine: Some Future Challenges

Research into complementary medicine: some future challenges.

Evidence-based complementary medicine--challenges and future directions.

There is considerable interest in complementary medicine (CM) and the usage of various alternative therapies is reportedly at an all-time high in the West. Bensoussan stated that each year, 57% of Australians were using CM with an estimated expenditure of A$621 million spent on complementary medicines (products) and A$309 million on CM practitioners. In the USA, a similar trend was reported by ...

The future of complementary and integrative medicine research - international perspectives.

rently, there are about 57,500 CAM trials from all over the world registered in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and about 690 systematic CAM reviews in the Cochrane Database. Berman presented a few examples of systematic CAM reviews before concluding with future challenges, such as conducting reliable subgroup analyses (e.g., individual patient data meta-analysis or network m...

Complementary Medicine Research Unit

One in ten of the UK population use complementary medicine each year and 50% are lifetime users. The recent House of Lords’ Report has clearly defined a public need for further research into both safety and efficacy. The Department of Health research capacity building initiative is one of the first main responses to the Select Committee’s recommendations. We know that within this emerging field...

Complementary Medicine Research in NSW