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The future of integrative health and medicine in Saudi Arabia

Integrative Medicine Research, 2018
Saudi Arabia is witnessing a healthcare transformation to face the challenges of the increased burden of noncommunicable diseases and to maintain the quality of healthcare services.
Mohamed K.M. Khalil, Sulaiman Al-Eidi, Meshary Al-Qaed, Saud AlSanad   +3 more
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Comparative chemical investigation and evaluation of antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory effects of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal and Solanum nigrum (L.) berries

Acta Pharmaceutica, 2018
In the present study, berries of two different species of Solanaceae family, Withania somnifera (WS) and Solanum nigrum (SN), were extracted in methanol and then fractionated with solvents, ranging from non-polar to polar, for their phytochemical ...
Hameed Abdul, Akhtar Naveed
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Use of traditional medicine for dental care by different ethnic groups in New Zealand

BMC Oral Health, 2020
Background There is an increasing public interest in the use of TM internationally, yet there is a paucity of research on the use of TM by the public in the dental setting. This study aimed to explore the views, use of and access to TM in dentistry among
Jun Guo, Kah Seng Low, Li Mei, Jia Hui Li, Wenwen Qu, Guangzhao Guan   +5 more
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Prevalence and reasons for intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine as an adjunct to future visits to a medical doctor for chronic disease

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018
Background Intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has previously only been researched in small, possibly biased, samples. There seems to be a lack of scientific information regarding healthy individual’s attitudes and presumed ...
Agnete E. Kristoffersen, Trine Stub, Frauke Musial, Vinjar Fønnebø, Ola Lillenes, Arne Johan Norheim   +5 more
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A Descriptive Review of the Prevalence and Usage of Traditional and Complementary Medicine among Saudi Diabetic Patients

Scientifica, 2018
Diabetes mellitus represents a major burden in Saudi Arabia where seven million (20% of population) are living with diabetes. This article reviews the literature on usage of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) therapies among Saudi diabetic ...
Saud Alsanad, Tamer Aboushanab, Mohammed Khalil, Osama A. Alkhamees   +3 more
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In vivo evaluation of antipyretic effects of some homeopathic ultra-high dilutions on Baker's yeast-induced fever on Similia principle

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2018
Background: Homeopathy is a controversial alternative system of medicine. The action of homeopathic medicines is considered slow and it is assumed that homeopathic medicines are ineffective in acute conditions such as fever.
Saeed Ahmad, Tayyeba Rehman, Waheed Mumtaz Abbasi   +2 more
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Usage of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with chronic kidney disease on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2016
Aim: To determine the prevalence and the type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).
Aravapalli S. M. Arjuna Rao, D Phaneendra, Ch. Divya Pavani, P Soundararajan, N Vanitha Rani, P Thennarasu, G Kannan   +6 more
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Brunonianism under the bed: an alternative to University Medicine in Edinburgh in the 1780s [PDF]

, 1988
Michael Barfott
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Why do people seek treatment by alternative medicine? [PDF]

, 1985
G. Hearn
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QUALITY OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE--COMPLICATIONS AND AVOIDABLE DEATHS [PDF]

, 1990
Henrik Boström, S. Rossner
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