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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the context of cancer; prevalence, reasons for use, disclosure, information received, risks and benefits reported by people with cancer in Norway 

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2022
Background Research exploring the use of specific Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modalities by Norwegian cancer patients is sparse. The aims of this study were therefor to map the different CAM modalities cancer patients use and further ...
Agnete E. Kristoffersen, Jorunn V. Nilsen, Trine Stub, Johanna Hök Nordberg, Barbara Wider, Dana Mora, Kiwumulo Nakandi, Mona Bjelland   +7 more
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Exposing the evidence gap for complementary and alternative medicine to be integrated into science-based medicine. [PDF]

, 2011
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are confronted with the lack of evidence to support CAM they counter by calling for more research, diverting attention to the ...
Hopayian, K, Power, M.
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Cupping therapy in Saudi Arabia: from control to integration

Integrative Medicine Research, 2018
Cupping therapy or Hijamah is a leading traditional practice after spiritual healings and herbal medicine in Saudi Arabia. Wet cupping is by far the most common type of cupping therapy.
Mohamed K.M. Khalil, Sulaiman Al-Eidi, Meshary Al-Qaed, Saud AlSanad   +3 more
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Cancer patients’ use of complementary and alternative medicine in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
BackgroundAccess to and advice on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are uncommon within Swedish conventional cancer care and little is known about cancer patients’ own use of CAM.
Kathrin Wode, R. Henriksson, L. Sharp, Anna Stoltenberg, Johanna Hök Nordberg   +4 more
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Factors associated with self-care activities among adults in the United Kingdom: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The Government has promoted self-care. Our aim was to review evidence about who uses self-tests and other self-care activities (over-the-counter medicine, private sector,complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), home blood pressure ...
A Furnham, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Ryan, Aliki Taylor, Angela Ryan, B Boardman, C Featherstone, C Featherstone, C McGrath, C Mulvaney, C Ong, C Ong, C Paterson, C Propper, C Propper, C Vincent, C Vincent, CP Bradley, D King, Department of Health, Department of Health, E Ernst, F Cappuccio, FMC Sharples, FP Cappuccio, G Urquhart, G Wadlow, GJ Andrews, GJ Andrews, H Freymann, H MacPherson, J Murray, J Richardson, JC McElnay, K Payne, K Thomas, KA Vickers, KJ Thomas, M Emslie, M Wazaify, MJ Emslie, NJ Gray, P Trinder, RA Harrison, RJ McManus, S Kayne, S Reid, S Wilson, Sheila Greenfield, SM Greenfield, Sue Wilson, T Besley, T Cartwright, T Porteous   +58 more
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Parents Experiences Using Alternative Medicine on Children Suffering Cancer in Jakarta [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Alternative medicine are very popular today as a therapy that are believed to treat cancer. A phenomenology study was carried out to identify the experince of parent's in using alternative medicine for children with cancer.
Hermalinda, H. (Hermalinda), Novieastari, E. (Enie), Rustina, Y. (Yeni)   +2 more
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Medicine is patriarchal, but alternative medicine is not the answer [PDF]

, 2019
Women are over-represented within alternative medicine, both as consumers and as service providers. In this paper, I show that the appeal of alternative medicine to women relates to the neglect of women’s health needs within scientific medicine.
A Broom, A Busato, A Furnham, A Furnham, A Rimmer, A Scott, A Shahvisi, A Wilson, AH MacLennan, AM Gronowski, AP Pietropaoli, Arianne Shahvisi, C Blease, C McIntosh, C Nimnuan, CA Moyer, CJ Thompson, CMTG Wijk van, D Colquhoun, D Lie, D Ojanuga, DE Hoffmann, DH Robinson, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Flammer, E Grossman, E Sointu, EH Chen, F Goodyear-Smith, FG Miller, G Iacobucci, GJ Andrews, GW Mikhail, H Herrman, HA Cahill, HA Tindle, HG Hall, J Chatwin, J Drew, J Jacobs, J Moore, J Murray, J Posner, JA Astin, JT Shuval, K Bakx, K Hamberg, K Malterud, KC Atwood, KD Stein, L Cordingley, L Leidy Sievert, L Page, LS Wieland, M Cameron, M Frass, M Siahpush, M Upmark, MD Finnigan, MJ Verhoef, MS Lee, N Nissen, N Robinson, N Tuana, O O’Neill, P Posadzki, R Blais, R Casiday, R Pelletier, RA Verheij, RR Bies, S Eardley, S Gollschewski, S Homola, S Thorne, SE Hartman, SM Greenfield, T Nuhn, TA Mirtz, TJ Kaptchuk, TJ Kaptchuk, U Mitzdorf, UF Trummer, V Govender, V Vaccarino, Y Keshet   +86 more
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopause

Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, 2019
Menopause is associated with problematic symptoms, including hot flashes, sleep problems, mood disorders, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, and declines in cognitive functioning.
Alisa J. Johnson, Lynae Roberts, G. Elkins   +2 more
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Preliminary phytochemical analysis and in vivo evaluation of antipyretic effects of hydro-methanolic extract of Cleome scaposa leaves

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2018
Cleome scaposa has been associated with the prevention of many diseases as fever, abdominal complaints and cancer. But its antipyretic effect is not reported so far. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of C.
Waheed Mumtaz Abbasi, Saeed Ahmad, Sajida Perveen, Tayyeba Rehman   +3 more
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Alternative medicine: Soul healers [PDF]

Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2005
The wars and subsequent crisis in the former Yugoslavia have brought about a different, distressed value system to the populations in Serbia. One of its reflections is seen in an establishment of the so-called alternative healing systems.
Stojanović Marko
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