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Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that since the collapse of the Soviet Union there has been a sharp growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in some former Soviet countries.
Stickley, Andrew,   +13 more
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Researching complementary and alternative treatments – the gatekeepers are not at home [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background: To explore the strengths and weaknesses of conventional biomedical research strategies and methods as applied to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and to suggest a new research framework for assessing these treatment modalities ...
Falkenberg, T   +41 more
core   +1 more source

The use of biomedicine, complementary and alternative medicine, and ethnomedicine for the treatment of epilepsy among people of South Asian origin in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
YesStudies have shown that a significant proportion of people with epilepsy use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM use is known to vary between different ethnic groups and cultural contexts; however, little attention has been devoted to ...
Ismail Hanif   +18 more
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Alternative Medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Alternative health systems are gradually being integrated into American ...

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Factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Aim: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional bowel condition, which has substantial impact on quality of life and use of healthcare services.
Usher, Lee   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Diabetes 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Diabetes, one of the incurable pandemic diseases, is characterized by insulin deficiency and insulin resistance, leading to aberrant homeostasis of glucose, protein, and lipid.
Cho, William C. S.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Knowledge and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine among medical students in Turkey

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: This study aims to examine knowledge and attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine among medical students in Turkey, and find out whether they want to be trained in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Hayran, Osman   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

SURVEY OF DENTAL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE REGARDING ORIENTAL MEDICINE/COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO JAPANESE DENTAL SCHOOLS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: The present study aimed to examine the impact of “curricula for undergraduate education in oriental medicine (OM)/complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)” on student awareness of OM.
Kameyama, A   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Traditional complementary and alternative medicine and antiretroviral treatment adherence among HIV patients in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Adherence to antiretroviral medication in the treatment of HIV is critical, both to maximize efficacy and to minimize the emergence of drug resistance.
Preez, Natalie Friend-du   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence-Based Alternative Medicine?

open access: yes, 2005
Focuses on the controversy over the validity of evidence-based medicine (EBM). Proposal for a hierarchy of evidence according to which randomized controlled trials (RCT) and meta-analyses of RCT provide the most reliable evidence concerning the ...
Borgerson, Kirstin
core   +1 more source

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