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Conventional health care service utilization among cancer survivors that visit traditional and complementary providers in the Tromsø study: a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) is commonly used among cancer patients worldwide. Cancer patients in Norway mainly visit T&CM providers in addition to conventional health care services.
Kiwumulo Nakandi, Dana Mora, Trine Stub, Agnete E. Kristoffersen   +3 more
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Europe: Health-related and sociodemographic determinants

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2017
Aims: The aim of this research was to study health-related and sociodemographic determinants of the use of different complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in Europe and differences in CAM use in various European countries.
L. Kemppainen, T. Kemppainen, Jutta A. Reippainen, Suvi Salmenniemi, P. Vuolanto   +4 more
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Measurement error and precision medicine: error-prone tailoring covariates in dynamic treatment regimes [PDF]

, 2019
Precision medicine incorporates patient-level covariates to tailor treatment decisions, seeking to improve outcomes. In longitudinal studies with time-varying covariates and sequential treatment decisions, precision medicine can be formalized with dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs): sequences of covariate-dependent treatment rules. To date, the precision
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Biological markers for the effects of yoga as a complementary and alternative medicine

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, 2019
From the last few decades, there are increasing incidences of disorders like premature aging, cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and Alzheimer’s disease In addition to medication, researchers have found that yoga, a mind-body ...
Ashu Mohammad, P. Thakur, Rakesh Kumar, Sharanpreet Kaur, R. Saini, A. Saini   +5 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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Optimal SNP filtering strategies for pedigree reconstruction: A case study with wild red‐spotted masu salmon population

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
In this article, we tested optimal SNP filtering strategies for accurate parentage assignment and pedigree reconstruction for a wild population of red‐spotted masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae. We found that mid‐point filtering in terms of call rate and minor allele frequency performs well for pedigree reconstruction.
Shohei Noda, Tetsuya Akita, Rui Ueda, Takafumi Katsumura, Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Hirohiko Takeshima, Takuya Sato   +6 more
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Dysregulated circular RNAs and their pathological implications in knee osteoarthritis: potential novel therapeutic targets and diagnostic biomarkers

All Life, 2022
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of chronic pain and disability in the elderly. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms of OA remain unclear.
Jaehee Kim
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Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2017
There is limited available information on patterns of utilization and efficacy of alternative medicine (AM) for patients with cancer. We identified 281 patients with nonmetastatic breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer who chose AM, administered as
Skyler B Johnson, Henry S. Park, C. Gross, James B. Yu   +3 more
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The dual nature of TDC – bridging dendritic and T cells in immunity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
TDC are hematopoietic cells combining dendritic and T cell features. They reach secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) and peripheral organs (liver and lungs) after FLT3‐dependent development in the bone marrow and maturation in the thymus. TDC are activated and enriched in SLOs upon viral infection, suggesting that they might play unique immune roles, since
Maria Nelli, Mirela Kuka
wiley   +1 more source

Use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in nine countries: A cross-sectional multinational survey

Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2022
Objectives: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TC&AM) play an exceptional role in health care around the world as many patients has sought a holistic approach.
Bo-Young Youn, Seunghwan Moon, Kyungyul Mok, Chunhoo Cheon, Youme Ko, Sunju Park, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Yong Cheol Shin, Seong-Gyu Ko   +8 more
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