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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for cancer pain in adults. [PDF]
, 2008 Background Cancer-related pain is complex and multi-dimensional but the mainstay of cancer pain management has predominately used a biomedical approach. There is a need for non-pharmacological and innovative approaches.
Bennett, Michael I. +4 more
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Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Several reports have shown that acupuncture is an effective method of complementary medicine; however, only a few of these reports have focused on oncological patients treated with radiation therapy. Most of these studies discuss a benefit of acupuncture
Rebecca Asadpour +3 more
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Common respiratory diseases. [PDF]
, 2010 The self-medication phenomenon in upper respiratory tract infections, rhinosinusitis, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are significant and will continue to increase.
Kilgore, David, Najm, Wadie
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Incorporating External Data into the Analysis of Clinical Trials via Bayesian Additive Regression Trees [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Most clinical trials involve the comparison of a new treatment to a control arm (e.g., the standard of care) and the estimation of a treatment effect. External data, including historical clinical trial data and real-world observational data, are commonly available for the control arm.
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Incubation periods under various anti-retroviral therapies in homogeneous mixing and age-structured dynamical models: A theoretical approach [PDF]
Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, (2015), 45, 3: 973-1031, 2006 With the launch of second line anti-retroviral therapy for HIV infected individuals, there has been an increased expectation on surviving period of people with HIV. We consider previously well-known models in HIV epidemiology where the parameter for incubation period is used as one of the important components to explain the dynamics of the variables ...
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Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (ACUSAR) - Design and Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Multi-Centre Trial [PDF]
, 2010 Background: We report on the study design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial (Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, ACUSAR) that investigates the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).
Brinkhaus, Benno +11 more
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Attitudes towards Complementary Medicine in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain [PDF]
, 2018 The epidemic of opiate use-related deaths has become a public health crisis and has highlighted the potentially lethal effects of opiates. Vermont has adopted new laws to address the prescription of opiates, which has reduced the number of prescriptions ...
Vines, Caroline
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 Objective Acupuncture therapy for chronic low back pain (CLBP) has received increasing attention. Nevertheless, the evidence of efficacy and safety of random controlled trials (RCTs) remains controversial. Acupuncture as a complex intervention influenced
Xuqiang Wei +6 more
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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Particle Radiotherapy [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Radiotherapy, due to its technology-intensive nature and reliance on digital data and human-machine interactions, is particularly suited to benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its clinical workflow. Recently, various artificial intelligence (AI) methods have been successfully developed to exploit the ...
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Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2023 Background: Acupuncture has promising effects on diabetes, but there is limited evidence on prediabetes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect and safety of Zuo's warming Yang acupuncture therapy on prediabetic patients.
Yang Li +6 more
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