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Record 1 from database: MEDLINE
Good News For Homeopathy
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- Title
- Homoeopathic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation
by double-blind clinical therapeutic trial.
- Author
- Gibson RG; Gibson SL; MacNeill AD; Buchanan WW
- Address
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- Source
- Br J Clin Pharmacol, 1980 May, 9:5, 453-9
- Abstract
- Twenty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis on
orthodox first-line anti-inflammatory treatment plus
homeopathy were compared with a similar group of
twenty-three patients on orthodox first-line treatment plus
an inert preparation. There was a significant improvement in
subjective pain, articular index, stiffness and grip
strength in those patients receiving homoeopathic remedies
whereas there was no significant change in the patients who
received placebo. Two physicians were involved in
prescribing for the patients and there were no significant
differences in the results which they obtained. No side
effects were observed with the homoeopathic remedies.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 80242431
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid|*DT; Homeopathy|*; Salicylates|*TU
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Aged; Clinical Trials; Comparative Study;
Double-Blind Method; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age;
Placebos
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 2 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Controlled trial of homoeopathic treatment of
osteoarthritis.
- Author
- Shipley M; Berry H; Broster G; Jenkins M; Clover A;
Williams I
- Address
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- Source
- Lancet, 1983 Jan, 1:8316, 97-8
- Abstract
- In a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study to
compare the homoeopathic remedy Rhus tox. 6X with fenoprofen
in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, fenoprofen was shown
to have beneficial analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects
which differed significantly from those of placebo. The
effects of Rhus tox. 6X and placebo did not differ
significantly. Patient preference was for fenoprofen.
Side-effects were not severe but were seen more frequently
with fenoprofen. Similar results were seen in all patients
regardless of whether they had been referred to and assessed
by a homoeopathic physician or a rheumatologist.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 83087546
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Fenoprofen|*TU; Homeopathy|*; Osteoarthritis|*DT;
Phenylpropionates|*TU; Toxicodendron|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Aged; Clinical Trials; Comparative Study;
Double-Blind Method; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age;
Pain|DT; Plant Extracts|TU
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 3 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Heterodox practitioners and the availability of specialist
advice.
- Author
- Hewitt D; Wood PH
- Address
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- Source
- Rheumatol Rehabil, 1975 Aug, 14:3, 191-9
- Abstract
- The characteristics of the principal categories of more
professional heterodox practice are examined. It is
concluded that rheumatic diseases are one of the likeliest
fields for conflcit between orthodox and fringe medicine.
The distribution of manpower engaged in alternative systems
of health care is compared with that of orthodox medical
services. The limited data on utilization of unorthodox
remedies are reviewed. Far from conflict ensuing, it is
argued that dialogue must develop in order to submit
procedures like manipulation to satisfactory clinical trial.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 76013085
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Rheumatic Diseases|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Chiropractic; Great Britain; Homeopathy;
Human; Medicine, Traditional; Osteopathic Medicine
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0300-3396
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 4 from database: MEDLINE
Good News For Homeopathy
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- Title
- Salicylates and homoeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis:
preliminary observations.
- Author
- Gibson RG; Gibson SL; MacNeill AD; Gray GH; Dick WC;
Buchanan WW
- Address
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- Source
- Br J Clin Pharmacol, 1978 Nov, 6:5, 391-5
- Abstract
- This paper reports the results of a pilot study in which
41 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were treated with high
doses of salicylate, 3.9 g per day, and the results compared
with a further 54 similar patients treated with homoeopathy.
Both groups were compared with 100 patients who received
placebo. 2 The patients who received homoeopathy did better
than those who received salicylate. The design of the trial
was such, however, that it was not possible to distinguish
between the effects due to the physicians and the effects
due to the drugs and a further trial is planned to elucidate
this point. 3 Patients on homoeopathic treatment did not
experience toxic effects.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 79082580
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid|*DT/PP; Homeopathy|*; Salicylates|*TU
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Clinical Trials; Comparative Study; Female; Human;
Male; Middle Age; Time Factors
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 5 from database: MEDLINE
Bad Report On Homeopathy
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- Title
- Thallium intoxication caused by a homoeopathic
preparation.
- Author
- Stevens WJ
- Address
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- Source
- Toxicol Eur Res, 1978, 1:5, 317-20
- Abstract
- A case of human thallotoxicosis caused by the taking of a
homoeopathic preparation is reported. This preparation was
taken accidentally by a patient who rapidly developed
symptoms of thallotoxicosis. Treatment with Prussian blue
resulted in rapid and total recorvery.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 81034280
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*; Thallium|ME/*PO
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Case Report; Feces|AN; Female; Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- Country of Publication
- FRANCE
Record 6 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Non-medical treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
Surgical operations and other methods.
- Author
- Cassinari V; Fascendini A; Biroli F; Griffini C; Defanti
CA; Fontanari D
- Address
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- Source
- Eur Neurol, 1983, 22 Suppl 1:, 124-9
- Abstract
- Surgical operations on vessels and other methods of
treatment are considered as non-medical therapies for
ischemic cerebrovascular diseases. Some of these methods are
accepted (improvement in lifestyle, rehabilitative measures)
and some are not (acupuncture, homeopathic therapy).
Considering the surgical operations, the results of
microsurgical anastomoses between extra- and intracranial
vessels, in particular, are discussed on the basis of
experiences with 40 operated patients. The principles of
some therapeutic methods like acupuncture and homeopathic
therapy are then presented.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 83287488
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Cerebral Ischemia|RH/SU/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Adult; Cerebral Revascularization;
Comparative Study; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Homeopathy;
Human; Life Style; Male
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0014-3022
- Country of Publication
- SWITZERLAND
Record 7 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Distribution of physicians in family practice and other
medical specialties in Texas, 1969-1973: a statistical
review.
- Author
- Stefanu C; Zetzman MR
- Address
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- Source
- South Med J, 1977 Sep, 70:9, 1034-8
- Abstract
- This article documents distributional patterns of
allopathic family practice physicians (including general
practitioners) in Texas as compared with allopathic
physicians in all other medical specialties in the state
during the period 1969-1973, for which there are reliable
data. Statistical analysis of this information shows that
there was a significant difference between the growth of
family practice compared to all other medical specialties in
both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties. This study
draws no conclusions that the medical needs in many of these
areas are not being met, since patient travel may, to some
degree, compensate for disproportionate physician
distribution. There is no unanimous agreement on what
constitutes an ideal ratio of physicians in any specialty to
a population in so-called "medically underserved"
areas.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 77259098
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Family Practice|*MA; Physicians, Family|*SD
- MeSH Heading
- Homeopathy; Human; Population; Rural Health|MA;
Specialties, Medical; Texas
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0038-4348
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 8 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- The world according to homeopathy [see comments]
- Author
- Skinner S
- Address
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- Source
- J Cardiovasc Nurs, 1996 Apr, 10:3, 65-77
- Abstract
- The author, a family nurse practitioner, describes how
homeopathic medicines and the homeopathic conceptual
framework distinguish her practice from a conventional one.
An introduction to homeopathic health care includes a brief
history of the discovery of homeopathy, the homeopathic view
of the healing process, and the origins of disease. Factors
that would influence a person's candidacy for homeopathy are
discussed. Case studies are included.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 96417530
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*/MT/TD
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Animal; Case Report; Duodenal Ulcer|TH; Female;
Hemorrhoids|TH; Human; Mollusca; Nurse Practitioners;
Nursing Diagnosis; Plant Extracts|AD; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0889-4655
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 9 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Homeopathy and managed care: manageable or unmanageable
[see comments]
- Author
- Ullman D
- Address
- Homeopathic Educational Services, Berkeley, California,
USA. mail@homeopathic.com
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1999 Feb, 5:1, 65-73
- Abstract
- Managed care presents a challenge to homeopaths and to
consumers of homeopathic care. If homeopaths want to be a
part of managed care, they will have to organize themselves
to a higher level of professional order. Although the vast
majority of practicing homeopaths are licensed in one of
many conventional health professions, with the medical
license being the most common, homeopaths need to develop
more clearly defined educational standards and certification
programs in the specialty of homeopathic medicine, and they
need to have these programs certified by respected,
independent agencies. The small number of homeopaths who are
unlicensed will either have to become licensed or work with
those who are and whose malpractice insurance would cover
their care. This article notes that there is a small but
significant body of clinical research and additional
evidence that homeopathic care is cost effective. A recent
increase in public and private research monies is leading to
a larger body of evidence that homeopathic medicines are
effective, and this will help it achieve greater acceptance
and recognition from governmental bodies, medical
professional associations, and managed care organizations.
Reasons are given as to why managed care organizations will
play a leading role in advocating that consumers learn to
use homeopathic medicines for non-emergency self-care
ailments as a way to empower them to take greater control
over their health and to reduce doctor visits and
hospitalizations.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99199805
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*EC/*ST/TD; Managed Care Programs|*OG/TD
- MeSH Heading
- California; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Human; Licensure;
Professional Practice
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 10 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- The origins of classical homoeopathy?
- Author
- Campbell A
- Address
- Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, UK.
- Source
- Complement Ther Med, 1999 Jun, 7:2, 76-82
- Abstract
- Writers on homoeopathy frequently refer to classical
homoeopathy, usually with the implication that this is the
most complete and authoritative version of Hahnemann's
views. However, such claims do not correspond with the
historical facts. Homoeopathy arrived in the USA early in
the 19th century and there underwent considerable
modifications at the hands of its most influential
adherents, who were deeply influenced by the ideas of
Emanuel Swedenborg. J.T. Kent is particularly important in
this respect and he also introduced ideas from other
sources. The 'extremist' character of Kentian homoeopathy
goes far to explain the gulf that has separated homoeopathy
from orthodox medicine until comparatively recently. Kentian
views were brought to Britain by Margaret Tyler early in the
20th century and became dominant after the First World War,
to give rise to what is called classical homoeopathy today.
This is not only a considerable modification of Hahnemann's
teaching, but it fails to take account of Hahnemann's late
ideas which he developed in his Paris years and incorporated
in the sixth edition of 'The Organon', published
posthumously in 1920. Whatever one's opinion of the value of
classical homoeopathy, it cannot be legitimately represented
as a purely Hahnemannian teaching.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99373936
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|CL/*HI
- MeSH Heading
- History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human; United States
- Publication Type
- HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW,
TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0965-2299
- Country of Publication
- SCOTLAND
Record 11 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of
homoeopathic 'proving' for Belladonna C30.
- Author
- Goodyear K; Lewith G; Low JL
- Address
- School of Medicine, University Medicine, University of
Southampton, UK.
- Source
- J R Soc Med, 1998 Nov, 91:11, 579-82
- Abstract
- Homoeopathic drug pictures are developed by recording the
symptomatic effects of homoeopathic remedies given to
healthy volunteers (a 'proving'). In a double-blind
randomized controlled trial we tested the hypothesis that
individuals using an infinitesimal dilution of Belladonna
(thirtieth potency, C30) would record more true symptoms, on
a questionnaire that contained both true and false
Belladonna proving symptoms, than those receiving placebo.
60 volunteers entered the study and 47 completed data
collection. We were unable to distinguish between Belladonna
C30 and placebo using our primary outcome measure. For the
secondary outcome measure we analysed the number of
individuals who proved to the remedy according to our
predefined criteria: 4 out of 19 proved in the Belladonna
C30 group and 1 out of 27 in the placebo group (difference
not statistically significant). This pilot study does not
demonstrate a clear proving reaction for Belladonna C30
versus placebo, but indicates how the question might be
further investigated.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99257724
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Belladonna Alkaloids|*AE; Homeopathy|*ST/TD
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Comparative Study; Double-Blind Method; Drug
Evaluation; Female; Human; Male; Questionnaires;
Toothache|CI; Xerophthalmia|CI
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0141-0768
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 12 from database: MEDLINE
Growing Interest In
Alternative Health Care
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- Title
- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): a review for
the primary care physician.
- Author
- Onopa J
- Address
- University of Hawaii, Department of Medicine, Honolulu
96813, USA.
- Source
- Hawaii Med J, 1999 Feb, 58:2, 9-19
- Abstract
- It is difficult to find a satisfactory title for this
review, because both the word "complementary" and
"alternative"-are not very politically correct
currently. It is probable that there is no fully politically
correct word, except for "non-allopathic," which
is unfamiliar to many MDs. Accurately used, the term
"allopathic" is as opposed to
"homeopathic," so from its origins,
"allopathic medicine" should include herbal
medicine. However, in practice, herbal and many other
non-homeopathic treatments are called
"non-allopathic," whereas conventional medicine is
called "allopathic." "Complementary"
usually would include practices that are used with
conventional western medical treatments, and
"alternative" would include those practices that
are used instead of western medical treatments. For most of
this review, the terms "non-allopathic,"
"alternative," and "complementary" could
be used interchangeably. This topic has gained interest, and
received some allopathic legitimacy, in part because of an
article that David Eisenberg, M.D., published in the New
England Journal.' In 1990, he performed a telephone survey
of about 1,500 adults in the U.S. and asked them about the
use of treatments and practices that were
"alternative," which he defined as not generally
being taught in the U.S. medical schools and not being
readily available in U.S. hospitals. From his sample, he
extrapolated that in 1990, about 60 million Americans used
alternative medical treatments, at an estimated cost of
$13.7 billion. There were more visits to alternative healers
than to primary care MDs that year, and over two-thirds of
people who did use alternative medical treatments did not
tell their doctors about it. Now that third party figures
are becoming interested in paying for alternative medical
practices (especially naturopathic, chiropractic, and
acupuncture services), allopathic physicians will be
increasing in the position of being able to refer people to
alternative providers, and insurers will pay for services
that MDs approve. Therefore, it will become increasingly
important for physicians to have a degree of familiarity
with alternative treatments (including efficacy and risks).
So far, to date, there have been no cases of malpractice for
giving advice about the use of alternative medical
treatments, but liability will certainly exist to anyone who
delivers treatments, such as acupuncture or spinal
manipulation, in the event of an adverse effect. This review
will briefly introduce some of the most common alternative
practices likely to be seen in Hawaii communities:
Homeopathy, Herbs, Naturopathy, Chinese Medicine and
Acupuncture, and Chiropractic and spinal manipulation, and a
brief discussion of Dr. Eisenberg's recent position paper on
advising patients about alternative practices.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99198392
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*MT
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture|MT; Adult; Chiropractic|MT; Homeopathy|MT;
Human; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Medicine, Herbal
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0017-8594
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 13 from database: MEDLINE
Bad Report On Homeopathy
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- Title
- Efficacy of homeopathic arnica: a systematic review of
placebo-controlled clinical trials.
- Author
- Ernst E; Pittler MH
- Address
- Department of Complementary Medicine, School of
Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of
Exeter, England, United Kingdom. E.Ernst@exeter.ac.uk
- Source
- Arch Surg, 1998 Nov, 133:11, 1187-90
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: The efficacy of homeopathic remedies has
remained controversial. The homeopathic remedy most
frequently studied in placebo-controlled clinical trials is
Arnica montana. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the
clinical efficacy of homeopathic arnica. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: Computerized literature searches were performed to
retrieve all placebo-controlled studies on the subject. The
following databases were searched: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CISCOM,
and the Cochrane Library. Data were extracted in a
predefined, standardized fashion independently by both
authors. There were no restrictions on the language of
publications. RESULTS: Eight trials fulfilled all inclusion
criteria. Most related to conditions associated with tissue
trauma. Most of these studies were burdened with severe
methodological flaws. On balance, they do not suggest that
homeopathic arnica is more efficacious than placebo.
CONCLUSION: The claim that homeopathic arnica is efficacious
beyond a placebo effect is not supported by rigorous
clinical trials.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99036235
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Arnica|*TU; Homeopathy|MT/*ST; Wounds and Injuries|*DT
- MeSH Heading
- Bias (Epidemiology); Clinical Trials|ST; Human;
Reproducibility of Results; Research Design|ST; Treatment
Outcome
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0004-0010
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 14 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- The public science of Louis Pasteur: the experiment on
anthrax vaccine in the popular press of the time.
- Author
- Bucchi M
- Address
- Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy.
- Source
- Pubbl Stn Zool Napoli II, 1997, 19:2, 181-209
- Abstract
- The paper focuses on Pasteur's public experimentation of
the anthrax vaccine (Pouilly-le-Fort, 1881) as portrayed in
the English and French popular press of the time. It is
argued that this 'popular' level of representation did not
merely provide additional publicity for Pasteur's ideas.
Rather, the nature and meaning of the experiment itself and
of the related controversy on immunisation were
substantially negotiated and shaped within the public arena.
The multifold consequences of this framing at the public
level are explored. In particular, attention is drawn to the
relationships that in such process were established with
other issues debated at the same time in the arena, namely
homeopathy, vivisection and vaccination.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98310693
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Anthrax|*HI/PC/VE; Bacterial Vaccines|*HI; Newspapers|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- Animal; England; France; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.;
Homeopathy|HI; Human; Public Opinion; Vaccination|HI;
Vivisection|HI
- Publication Type
- BIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0391-9714
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 15 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Paranormal health claims.
- Author
- Skrabanek P
- Address
- Department of Community Health, University of Dublin,
Trinity College, Ireland.
- Source
- Experientia, 1988 Apr, 44:4, 303-9
- Abstract
- Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of
many sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious
rituals of healing are still around, but some have been
replaced by pseudo-scientific systems, thinly disguising old
superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the
half-educated. In medical quackery, inventiveness seems to
be limitless, and only the main paranormal healing systems
can be reviewed here. The increasing popularity of
'alternative' healing indicates the extent of
dissatisfaction with dehumanising aspects of modern,
technological medicine and its preoccupation with curing the
curable at the expense of caring for the incurable. This
leaves the sufferers, and also healthy people labelled with
non-existent diseases, bleeding prey for the sharks roving
the seas of medical ignorance.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 88196286
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*/HI; Parapsychology|*/HI
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture|HI; Chiropractic|HI; Christian Science;
History of Medicine, Ancient; History of Medicine, 19th
Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Homeopathy|HI;
Human; Mental Healing; Osteopathic Medicine|HI; Placebos;
Quackery|HI; Radiesthesia|HI; Religion and Medicine
- Publication Type
- HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0014-4754
- Country of Publication
- SWITZERLAND
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- Title
- Holistic health and the critique of Western medicine.
- Author
- McKee J
- Address
-
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1988, 26:8, 775-84
- Abstract
- The holistic view of health has been accurately criticized
in the literature for its individualistic, victim-blaming
ideology that obscures the social origins of illness. The
paper explains how the contrasting view of the body and
illness provided by the holistic model can help to show how
Western medicine reflects the capitalist system in which it
is promoted. It shows how evaluation of holistic therapies
is problematic insofar as it is based on the analytical,
reductionist criteria of the Western model. It suggests that
one reason why holistic practices are not more fully
accepted by Western medicine may be the challenge they pose
to the Western model, and to the commodification of health
needs promoted by this model.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 88235998
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Holistic Health|*; Homeopathy|*MT; Naturopathy|*MT;
Philosophy, Medical|*
- MeSH Heading
- Comparative Study; Economics, Medical; Health Status;
Human; Models, Theoretical; Social Environment; Technology,
Medical|EC
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 17 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Survey of the use of homeopathic medicine in the UK health
system.
- Author
- Swayne JM
- Address
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- Source
- J R Coll Gen Pract, 1989 Dec, 39:329, 503-6
- Abstract
- An analysis of 7218 consultations showed that homeopathic
medicines are being used to treat a wide range of morbidity
in the United Kingdom. The data were derived from all
consecutive consultations during one week by 73 doctors who
used homeopathic medicine. Of these consultations 88% were
conducted as part of the National Health Service (the
majority in general practice). Thirty five per cent overall
and 25% of general practice consultations were managed using
homeopathic medicines, and these were combined with
conventional drugs in 8.5% of the prescriptions.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90112257
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Attitude of Health Personnel|*; Family Practice|*;
Homeopathy|*TD; National Health Programs|*TD; Physician's
Practice Patterns|ST/*TD
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort
Studies; Female; Great Britain; Human; Infant; Infant,
Newborn; Male; Medical Audit; Middle Age; Questionnaires;
Sex Factors; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0035-8797
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Legal ramifications of homeopathy.
- Author
- Cohen MH
- Address
- Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17110, USA.
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1995 Win, 1:4, 393-8
- Abstract
- The article addresses four regulatory challenges faced by
practitioners of homeopathy: (1) medical practice acts,
which prohibit the unlicensed practice of
"medicine," (2) scope of practice limitations,
which restrict nonmedical providers' ability to diagnose and
treat disease; (3) prohibitions against "unprofessional
conduct;" and (4) malpractice rules. The article
concludes with suggestions for regulatory reform.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98051817
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*LJ/*ST; Licensure, Medical|*LJ; Malpractice|*LJ;
Professional Autonomy|*; Professional Competence|*LJ
- MeSH Heading
- Human; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- The relationship between homeopathy and the Dr Bach system
of flower remedies: a critical appraisal.
- Author
- van Haselen RA
- Address
- The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital NHS Trust.
- Source
- Br Homeopath J, 1999 Jul, 88:3, 121-7
- Abstract
- The relationship between homeopathy and the Dr Bach system
of flower remedies is explored. A historical perspective is
given, doctrinal similarities and dissimilarities between
both systems are discussed and the relationship between
remedies used in homeopathy as well as in Dr Bach's system
of flower remedies is explored. It is concluded that
although both systems are clearly different, some common
ground exists and that both systems may have a complementary
role which is perhaps insufficiently recognised.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99376292
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*HI; Medicine, Herbal|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- Great Britain; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human;
Plant Extracts|HI/TU
- Publication Type
- BIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0785
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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Good Report On Homeopathy
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- Title
- Mistletoe in homoeopathic cancer treatment.
- Author
- Mellor D
- Address
-
- Source
- Prof Nurse, 1989 Sep, 4:12, 605-7
- Abstract
- Mistletoe, or 'iscador' as its homoeopathic preparation is
called, has been found beneficial in treating patients with
some forms of cancer. It can be used with conventional
treatments.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90046959
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*MT; Neoplasms|NU/*TH; Viscum|*
- MeSH Heading
- Education, Nursing; Holistic Health; Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0266-8130
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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Growing Interest In
Alternative Health Care
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- Title
- Review, critique, and guidelines for the use of herbs and
homeopathy.
- Author
- Glisson J; Crawford R; Street S
- Address
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
- Source
- Nurse Pract, 1999 Apr, 24:4, 44-6, 53, 60 passim; quiz
68-9
- Abstract
- The number of Americans that use alternative therapies,
including herbal products, is increasing by overwhelming
proportions. Hundreds of herbal products and homeopathic
remedies are available to the consumer, but most of these
have not been proved safe or effective. Consumers are now
turning to their health care provider for guidance
concerning the quality, proper use, adverse effects, and
precautions associated with these products. Health care
providers must develop a thorough understanding of the
available literature concerning herbal products and
homeopathy to provide patients with truthful, unbiased
information regarding the potential risks and benefits of
each herbal product. This article addresses the distinct
difference between herbalism and homeopathy, the importance
of standardization, and general use precautions concerning
herbal products.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99250996
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*ST; Medicine, Herbal|*; Nurse Practitioners|*;
Plants, Medicinal|*
- MeSH Heading
- Human; Practice Guidelines
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0361-1817
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Out of step with the Lancet homeopathy meta-analysis: more
objections than objectivity? [see comments]
- Author
- Dean M
- Address
- Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Evaluation,
Alcuin College, University of York, United Kingdom. md118@york.ac.uk
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1998 Win, 4:4, 389-98
- Abstract
- The meta-analysis of homeopathy trials that appeared in
the Lancet in 1997 seemed to endorse the experience of
practitioners and patients that homeopathic medicines have
specific clinically relevant effects. However, results from
later unsuccessful trials, and negative inferences from a
review of trials for a condition excluded from the
meta-analysis--delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)--have
since been presented to suggest that the meta-analysis may
well have overestimated the positive effects of homeopathy,
and that the "placebo question is still not
resolved." This article reviews the evidence underlying
this challenge to the meta-analysis and homeopathy, and
demonstrates that it would be valid if it were based on: a
comprehensive literature search; appropriate classification
of primary studies; clear discrimination between clinical
effectiveness and placebo questions; sound and transparent
review methods; and a reliable and unconfounded clinical
treatment model for testing the ultramolecular hypothesis.
It is suggested that different models are needed to answer
different questions.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99098645
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Clinical Trials|*; Homeopathy|*ST; Meta-Analysis|*
- MeSH Heading
- Bias (Epidemiology); Exertion; Great Britain; Human;
Muscles|PP; Pain|ET/TH; Periodicals; Time Factors
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Randomized controlled trials of individualized homeopathy:
a state-of-the-art review [see comments]
- Author
- Linde K; Melchart D
- Address
- MÂunchener Modell-Centre for Complementary Medicine
Research, Department of Internal Medicine II, Technical
University Munich, MÂunchen, Germany.
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1998 Win, 4:4, 371-88
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Individualized homeopathy is the
most controversial form of this therapy. This review aims to
summarize the actual state of clinical efficacy research on
individualized homeopathy. METHODS: Electronic databases as
well as other sources were searched for possibly relevant
studies. Randomized or quasirandomized controlled clinical
trials comparing an individualized homeopathic treatment
strategy with placebo, no treatment, or another treatment
were eligible. Information on patients, methods,
interventions, outcomes, and results was extracted in a
standardized manner and quality was assessed using a
checklist and two scoring systems. Trials providing
sufficient data were pooled in a quantitative meta-analysis.
RESULTS: A total of 32 trials (28 placebo-controlled, 2
comparing homeopathy and another treatment, 2 comparing
both) involving a total of 1778 patients met the inclusion
criteria. The methodological quality of the trials was
highly variable. In the 19 placebo-controlled trials
providing sufficient data for meta-analysis, individualized
homeopathy was significantly more effective than placebo
(pooled rate ratio 1.62, 95% confidence interval 1.17 to
2.23), but when the analysis was restricted to the
methodologically best trials no significant effect was seen.
CONCLUSION: The results of the available randomized trials
suggest that individualized homeopathy has an effect over
placebo. The evidence, however, is not convincing because of
methodological shortcomings and inconsistencies. Future
research should focus on replication of existing promising
studies. New randomized studies should be preceded by pilot
studies.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99098644
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*ST; Randomized Controlled Trials|*/MT/SN/ST;
Research Design|*
- MeSH Heading
- Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Human; Pilot Projects;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- From 19th century nursing reforms to current practice: a
selective overview with special reference to The Royal
London Homoeopathic Hospital (The Royal London Homoeopathic
Hospital NHS trust from 1993).
- Author
- Osborne S; Lorentzon M
- Address
-
- Source
- J Nurs Manag, 1995 Mar, 3:2, 75-80
- Abstract
- Early nursing reforms in the 19th century are usually
associated with Nightingale, although later emphasis has
been placed on similar movements in the Poor Law sector.
Extension of nursing influence over decision-making in terms
of nursing practice and education is charted, using examples
from 19th century Minutes of hospital committees and more
recent experience based mainly on the observations made by
one of the writers, who had substantial input into steering
the hospital through the stages prior to achieving National
Health Service (NHS) Trust status. The significance of nurse
executive power following the 1990s NHS reforms is
highlighted and means of extending the use of this authority
are explored.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95253612
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Health Care Reform|*HI; Nursing Service, Hospital|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- Great Britain; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of
Medicine, 20th Cent.; Homeopathy|HI; Hospitals, Urban|HI;
Human; London; Nursing, Supervisory|HI; State Medicine|HI
- Publication Type
- HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0966-0429
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Patient characteristics and practice patterns of
physicians using homeopathy.
- Author
- Jacobs J; Chapman EH; Crothers D
- Address
- University of Washington School of Public Health and
Community Medicine, Seattle, USA.
- Source
- Arch Fam Med, 1998 Nov, 7:6, 537-40
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: The use of homeopathy is growing in the United
States, but little is known about practice patterns of
physicians using homeopathy and the patients who seek
homeopathic care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data for
consecutive patient visits to 27 doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy using homeopathy in 1992 were
collected and compared with the National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey of 1990. RESULTS: Patients seen by the
homeopathic physicians were younger, more affluent, and more
likely to present with long-term complaints. Physicians
using homeopathic medicine surveyed spent more time with
their patients, ordered fewer tests, and prescribed fewer
pharmaceutical medications than physicians practicing
conventional medicine. CONCLUSIONS: While definite
conclusions cannot be made based on this survey, we have
documented that the use of diagnostic testing and
conventional medications by physicians who use homeopathy to
treat common chronic conditions is well below that of
conventional primary care physicians. These findings, if
associated with comparable clinical outcomes, suggest a
potential for substantial cost savings. Further studies
documenting outcomes, cost benefits, physician
decision-making, and patient satisfaction will be required
to further explore this subject.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99037589
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- Homeopathy|*SN; Patient Acceptance of Health Care|*SN;
Physician's Practice Patterns|*SN
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Evidence-Based
Medicine|SN; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age; Office Visits;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1063-3987
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Homeopathy and the treatment of mental illness in the 19th
century.
- Author
- Perez CB; Tomsko PL
- Address
- Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA 22046.
- Source
- Hosp Community Psychiatry, 1994 Oct, 45:10, 1030-3
- Abstract
- In the 19th century, when bleeding and purging were widely
used in mainstream medicine, homeopathy was warmly embraced
by some U.S. practitioners as a more humane alternative.
Developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann,
homeopathy sought to cure symptoms of disease by use of
drugs that induced similar symptoms and restored the
patient's "vital force." This paper describes the
general principles of homeopathy and recounts specific
treatments of mental illness from the homeopathic
literature. It also describes the application of homeopathic
principles to the institutional care of mental illness,
using New York's Middletown Homeopathic Asylum for the
Insane as an example.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95130050
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*HI; Hospitals, Psychiatric|*HI; Mental
Disorders|*HI/TH
- MeSH Heading
- History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th
Cent.; Human; United States
- Publication Type
- HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0022-1597
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Nongenetic perinatal anemias: conventional, herbal, and
homeopathic treatments.
- Author
- Graf LA; McPherson Smith L
- Address
-
- Source
- NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs, 1991, 2:3,
357-63
- Abstract
- Nongenetic maternal anemia long has been recognized as a
pregnancy risk factor. A thorough investigation of the
patient's laboratory values, diet, medical history, and
life-style is basic to successful management. Treatment
modalities include conventional, herbal, and homeopathic
medicines. Early initiation of a comprehensive anemia
program can enhance the quality of life for the mother and
improve fetal outcomes.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92030619
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Anemia|CL/*DT/TH; Ferrous Compounds|AD/*TU;
Homeopathy|*MT; Plants, Medicinal|*; Pregnancy
Complications, Hematologic|CL/*DT/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Female; Human; Pregnancy
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1046-7475
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Edwin Hartley Pratt and orificial surgery: unorthodox
surgical practice in nineteenth century United States.
- Author
- Rutkow IM
- Address
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
Newark.
- Source
- Surgery, 1993 Sep, 114:3, 558-63
- Abstract
- Among the more interesting yet bizarre chapters in the
history of nineteenth century American medicine was the
emergence of "orificial surgery" as a widely
practiced specialty. This philosophy, the treatment of
chronic disease through surgical operations on the rectum,
vagina, cervix, urethra, nares, and mouth, evolved from the
personal practice experiences of Edwin Hartley Pratt, a
homeopathic general practitioner/surgeon. Through his
salesmanship skills, Pratt was able to establish a field of
surgery that maintained its own national society, in
addition to publishing a widely distributed specialty
journal.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93377183
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- Surgery|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th
Cent.; Homeopathy|HI; Human; Portraits; Societies,
Medical|HI; Surgical Procedures, Operative|MT; United States
- Publication Type
- HISTORICAL ARTICLE; BIOGRAPHY; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Community hospital homeopathy clinic: audit of the first
12 months activity.
- Author
- Neville Smith R
- Address
- Linton, Cleveland, UK.
- Source
- Br Homeopath J, 1999 Jan, 88:1, 20-3
- Abstract
- The aim of the study was to examine the activity of a new
service providing a homeopathy clinic at a community
hospital. This was initiated in a limited way and was served
by a relatively inexperienced practitioner. A range of
presenting complaints, treatments and outcomes are
described. Funding has been maintained by the Health
Authority and referrals have continued to be made by the
local eligible General Practitioners. The outcomes have been
quite good but the default rate has been disappointingly
high.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99245284
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*ST; Hospitals, Community|*ST/UT; Outcome
Assessment (Health Care)|*; Outpatient Clinics,
Hospital|*ST/UT
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Child, Preschool; Female;
Great Britain; Human; Male; Middle Age; Utilization Review
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0785
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- A review of the incorporation of complementary and
alternative medicine by mainstream physicians.
- Author
- Astin JA; Marie A; Pelletier KR; Hansen E; Haskell WL
- Address
- Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif 94304-1583,
USA.
- Source
- Arch Intern Med, 1998 Nov, 158:21, 2303-10
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that between 30% and 50% of
the adult population in industrialized nations use some form
of complementary and/or alternative medicine (CAM) to
prevent or treat a variety of health-related problems.
METHOD: A comprehensive literature search identified 25
surveys conducted between 1982 and 1995 that examined the
practices and beliefs of conventional physicians with regard
to 5 of the more prominent CAM therapies: acupuncture,
chiropractic, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and massage. Six
studies were excluded owing to their methodological
limitations. RESULTS: Across surveys, acupuncture had the
highest rate of physician referral (43%) among the 5 CAM
therapies, followed by chiropractic (40%) and massage (21%).
Rates of CAM practice by conventional physicians varied from
a low of 9% for homeopathy to a high of 19% for chiropractic
and massage therapy. Approximately half of the surveyed
physicians believed in the efficacy of acupuncture (51%),
chiropractic (53%), and massage (48%), while fewer believed
in the value of homeopathy (26%) and herbal approaches
(13%). CONCLUSIONS: This review suggests that large numbers
of physicians are either referring to or practicing some of
the more prominent and well-known forms of CAM and that many
physicians believe that these therapies are useful or
efficacious. These data vary considerably across surveys,
most likely because of regional differences and sampling
methods, suggesting the need for more rigorous surveys using
national, representative samples. Finally, outcomes studies
are needed so that physicians can make decisions about the
use of CAM based on scientific evidence of efficacy rather
than on regional economics and cultural norms.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99043483
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Attitude of Health Personnel|*;
Physicians|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Adult; Chiropractic; Homeopathy; Human;
Massage; Medicine, Herbal; Referral and Consultation;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0003-9926
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Florence Nightingale and holistic philosophy.
- Author
- Light KM
- Address
- University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas,
USA.
- Source
- J Holist Nurs, 1997 Mar, 15:1, 25-40
- Abstract
- Florence Nightingale lived at a time when allopathy and
homeopathy were competing for dominance in medical care.
Nightingale's philosophy of health and healing was more
similar to the holistic philosophy of homeopathy than to the
mechanistic philosophy of allopathy. Why, then, did
Nightingale align organized nursing with allopathic
medicine? Perhaps Nightingale, always the pragmatist,
understood that allopathy would gain the dominant position
in medicine. Perhaps aligning nursing with allopathy was a
way to ensure the survival and legitimacy of nursing as a
profession. Modern nursing can reconnect with Nightingale's
holistic philosophy by preparing graduates conversant with
holistic philosophy and by encouraging research that focuses
on how the natural healing process is facilitated.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97291653
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Holistic Nursing|*HI; Homeopathy|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- History of Medicine, Ancient; History of Medicine, 19th
Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human; Models,
Nursing; Philosophy, Nursing
- Publication Type
- BIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0898-0101
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Homeopathic terminology: a consensus quest.
- Author
- Guajardo G; Bellavite P; Wynn S; Searcy R; Fernandez R;
Kayne S
- Address
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias,
University of Baja California, Mexico.
- Source
- Br Homeopath J, 1999 Jul, 88:3, 135-41
- Abstract
- The aim of this project is to develop a common homeopathic
terminology to improve communication. A questionnaire was
sent by email to an international group of experts. As a
result of an iterative process we propose that a number of
terms which are inaccurate, unclear or have become outdated
should be replaced by new terms. The main areas in which
terminology should be updated are: concepts relating to:
homeopathic pharmacology, research, homeopathic medicine,
the principle of similarity, homeostasis and disease
imitation, miasms, experimental homeopathy, provings and
pathogenic trials.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99376294
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*ST; Terminology|*
- MeSH Heading
- Human; International Cooperation; Questionnaires
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0785
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Studies on the efficacy of unconventional therapies.
Problems and designs.
- Author
- Gaus W; Högel J
- Address
- UniversitÂat Ulm, Biometrie und Medizinische
Dokumentation, Ulm, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
- Source
- Arzneimittelforschung, 1995 Jan, 45:1, 88-92
- Abstract
- Many unconventional therapies (e.g. dietary, phytotherapy,
acupuncture, homeopathy) are well known and often applied,
but their efficacy has hardly been proven. New trial designs
and study components must be found to meet the specific
demands of the particular unconventional therapy on one hand
and keep the high methodological standard of controlled
clinical trials on the other hand. Biometricians and
unconventional therapists are challenged to develop such
designs. Typical problems in designing studies of
unconventional therapies include that placebo is not
possible, therapies cannot be masked, outcome variables are
not reliable, therapy is highly individualized, and studies
on the efficacy of soft therapies require many patients and
long treatment periods. Studies with unconventional
therapies should be performed by practitioners (because they
use these therapies), but this leads to further problems.
Some solutions are given in examples: A study is described
investigating the herbal remedy Kava-Kava for patients in
the state of anxiety, tension and restlessness; a study on
classical homeopathy for chronical headaches is specified;
some designs for dietary studies in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis are compared. A design called
"cross-allocation of patients to two treatments with
randomization option" and the "N-of-1
design", also called "single case design" are
described and discussed. The "change-to-open-label
design" could be useful to investigate soft and natural
therapies which require studies with many patients and
long-term treatment.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95200408
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Research Design|*
- MeSH Heading
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid|DH; Chronic Disease; Headache|TH;
Homeopathy; Human; Medicine, Herbal; Plants, Medicinal;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0004-4172
- Country of Publication
- GERMANY
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- Questions of the end of the century and millennium.
Ecologic pharmacology.
- Author
- Dobrescu D
- Address
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and
Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
- Source
- Rom J Physiol, 1994 Jan, 31:1-4, 19-24
- Abstract
- The author starts from the idea that drugs are factors of
the external environment, which can produce the pollution of
the organism. This raised the problem of the necessity to
practice an ecologic pharmacology. Referring to the drugs as
part of the material, the author underlines that they
represent a unit, substance-energy-information. He considers
that the pharmacologic effects are the result mainly of
information transmission, while the pharmacotoxicologic
effects are produced by substance. There is a single way to
reduce the toxic effects, by diminution of the dosage, which
is achieved by homeopathy. The author proposes that
pharmacology should include two branches, allopathy and
homeopathy, the only possibility to perform a pharmacology
with a dominant, defining ecologic character.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 96224674
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- Ecology|*; Pharmacology|*TD
- MeSH Heading
- Homeopathy; Human; Pharmaceutical Preparations|TO
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- Country of Publication
- ROMANIA
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- Title
- The use of complementary/alternative medicine for the
treatment of asthma in the United States.
- Author
- Davis PA; Gold EB; Hackman RM; Stern JS; Gershwin ME
- Address
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California
at Davis, USA.
- Source
- J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol, 1998 Mar, 8:2, 73-7
- Abstract
- Despite our advances in the diagnosis and treatment of
asthma, the incidence of mortality is increasing in
developed countries. As patients and health care providers
seek new options for the treatment and prevention of asthma,
various complementary and alternative medical therapies are
being used. With funding from the Office of Alternative
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, our goal was to
identify the type and prevalence of complementary and
alternative treatments for asthma in use in the United
States in order to establish a research agenda for the study
of the most promising therapies. A survey was developed by
an expert panel. After undergoing a preliminary round of
testing and improvement, the survey was then sent along with
a postage-paid return envelope as inserts in the May 1996
issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a
peer-reviewed periodical of complementary and alternative
medical research and scholarly activity; 10,000 surveys were
distributed. We asked that only those who treated asthma
respond. The surveys were designed to identify
characteristics of the respondent, their particular practice
type, use of complementary and alternative medicine, or
conventional medicine in general, patient characteristics
and numbers, and their use of 20 specific potential
therapies to treat asthma. A total of 564 surveys were
returned. The 5.64% response rate was low but was reflective
of the demographics of the readership of this journal of
complementary and alternative medicine. The survey
population was 46% male and 43% female; 11% did not specify
gender. They ranged in age from under 31 years old to over
70. The largest group (37%) of respondents held degrees as
medical doctors, 27% held doctorates in complementary and
alternative medicine related disciplines, 11% had registered
nursing degrees, 4% were acupuncturists and 18% did not
specify their training. Practice characteristics between MD
and non-MD asthma care providers did not differ. The
majority had general practices (75%) seeing all ages of
patients. MDs were less likely to employ complementary and
alternative medicine techniques for asthma compared to
non-MDs. Both groups identified dietary and nutritional
approaches as their most prevalent and useful asthma
treatment option. Use of botanicals, meditation and
homeopathy were frequently cited; statistically significant
differences appeared in the rankings of treatment usefulness
and prevalence between MD and non-MDs. Non-MD asthma care
providers were more likely to ask patients about their use
of complementary and alternative treatments for asthma than
MDs (92% vs. 70%), while both groups showed statistically
significant increases in their levels of patient inquiries
compared to 2 years previously (up 9% and 8% for MDs and
non-MDs respectively). The predominance of diet and
nutrition supplementation used by MDs and non-MDs suggests
that further attention and research efforts should be
directed toward this area of complementary and alternative
practice. Other complementary and alternative medicine
practices such as botanicals, meditation and homeopathy
appear to warrant research efforts. Differences between MDs
and non-MDs in their use of such therapies may reflect
different philosophies as well as training.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98277525
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Asthma|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Aged; Data Collection; Diet Therapy; Female; Health
Personnel; Homeopathy; Human; Male; Meditation; Support,
U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1018-9068
- Country of Publication
- SPAIN
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- Title
- A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the
effectiveness of homeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Author
- Andrade LE; Ferraz MB; Atra E; Castro A; Silva MS
- Address
- Division of Rheumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
- Source
- Scand J Rheumatol, 1991, 20:3, 204-8
- Abstract
- Forty-four patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis were
entered into a 6-month double-blind trial comparing
homeopathy and placebo. The treatments were generally
equally effective in most assessments. Statistically
significant improvements were produced, however, in 3 of 5
and 2 of 5 results respectively assessed in homeopathic and
placebo treated groups. There was no statistically
significant difference between groups. Adverse effects were
scarcely and comparably reported in both groups and did not
require a change in therapy.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91297443
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid|PP/*TH; Homeopathy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Comparative Study; Human; Severity of Illness Index
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0300-9742
- Country of Publication
- SWEDEN
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Growing Interest In Alternative Health
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- Title
- Complementary therapies: an adjunct to traditional
therapies [letter]
- Author
- Whitmore SM; Leake NB
- Address
-
- Source
- Nurse Pract, 1996 Aug, 21:8, 10, 12-3
- Abstract
- Many Americans currently use complementary therapies, and
there is a growing interest among others in trying these
therapies in the future. Large amounts of money are being
spent out of pocket on these measures. Health care provide
these treatments to their patients. Research studies show
that these methods are helpful for certain complaints. Many
people turn to alternatives because traditional medical
treatments do not always cure their ills. These alternatives
are readily available to consumers who often lack knowledge
of them. NPs are in a position to monitor and educate the
public in their use. NPs, by the nature of their practice
and theory base, are also in a position to incorporate some
alternative therapies into their practices -- and they can
start with some of the therapies described in this article.
With further study, such therapies as Chinese herbs,
homeopathy, massage, biofeedback, and therapeutic touch can
be added.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97025805
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*/UT
- MeSH Heading
- Aromatherapy; Data Collection; Homeopathy; Human; Massage;
United States
- Publication Type
- LETTER
- ISSN
- 0361-1817
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Demarcation and transformation within homoeopathic
knowledge. A strategy of professionalization.
- Author
- Cant S; Sharma U
- Address
- Department of Sociology, Roehampton Institute, Southlands
College, Wimbledon Parkside, London.
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1996 Feb, 42:4, 579-88
- Abstract
- Both the medically and non-medically qualified homoeopaths
in Britain have engaged in a number of changes to the way
that their knowledge is constructed and communicated. In
this paper we describe these changes and link them to claims
for legitimacy, status and authority in the health care
market. The public presentation of homoeopathic knowledge
claims are thus linked to a 'professional project'.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 96212116
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*TD; Professional Autonomy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Chiropractic|TD; Great Britain; Human; Longitudinal
Studies; Marketing of Health Services|TD; Massage|TD;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Results of five randomized studies on the immunomodulatory
activity of preparations of Echinacea.
- Author
- Melchart D; Linde K; Worku F; Sarkady L; Holzmann M;
Jurcic K; Wagner H
- Address
- Projekt MÂunchener Modell, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitÂat
MÂunchen, Germany.
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1995 Sum, 1:2, 145-60
- Abstract
- This article describes and discusses five
placebo-controlled randomized studies investigating the
immunomodulatory activity of preparations containing
extracts of Echinacea in healthy volunteers. A total of 134
(18 female and 116 male) healthy volunteers between 18 and
40 years of age were studied. Two studies tested intravenous
homeopathic complex preparations containing Echinacea
angustifolia D1 (study 1) and D4 (study 5). Two studies (2
and 3a) tested oral alcoholic extracts of roots of E.
purpurea, one study an extract of E. pallida roots (study
3b), and one study an extract of E. purpurea herb (study 4).
Test and placebo preparations were applied for four (study
5) or five (studies 1-4) consecutive days. The primary
outcome measure for immunomodulatory activity was the
relative phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear neutrophil
granulocytes (PNG), measured in studies 1 and 2 with a
microscopic method and in studies 3, 4, and 5 with two
different cytometric methods. The secondary outcome measure
was the number of leukocytes in peripheral venous blood.
Safety was assessed by a screening program of blood and
other objective parameters as well as by documentation of
all subjective side effects. In studies 1 and 2 the
phagocytic activity of PNG was significantly enhanced
compared with placebo [maximal stimulation 22.7% (95%
confidence interval 17.5-27.9%) and 54.0% (8.4-99.6%),
respectively], while in the other studies no significant
effects were observed. Analysis of intragroup differences
revealed significant changes in phagocytic activity during
the observation periods in five test and three control
groups. Leukocyte number was not influenced significantly in
any study. Side effects due to the test preparations could
not be detected. Our studies provide evidence for
immunomodulatory activity of the homeopathic combination
tested in study 1 and the E. purpureae radix extract tested
in study 2. The negative results of the other three studies
are difficult to interpret due to the different methods for
measuring phagocytosis, the relevant changes in phagocytic
activity within most placebo and treatment groups during the
observation period, and the small sample sizes. Future
studies should be performed on patients rather than healthy
volunteers and use standardized or chemically defined
monopreparations of Echinacea.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98051794
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Adjuvants, Immunologic|CH/*ST; Anti-Inflammatory Agents,
Non-Steroidal|CH/*IM; Granulocytes|*DE; Homeopathy|*ST;
Leukocyte Count|*DE; Neutrophils|*DE; Phagocytosis|*DE;
Plant Extracts|CH/*IM
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical;
Double-Blind Method; Female; Flow Cytometry; Human; Male;
Single-Blind Method
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- LM potencies: one of the hidden treasures of the sixth
edition of the Organon.
- Author
- De Schepper L
- Address
-
- Source
- Br Homeopath J, 1999 Jul, 88:3, 128-34
- Abstract
- 50 millesimal (LM) potencies have great advantages for all
patients, not just those who are hypersensitive because of
their great power to heal without major aggravations. Before
discussing their advantages this paper describes what LM
potencies are, and how they are administered, then addresses
two questions: why do we want to avoid aggravations if most
homeopaths look for aggravation to know if the remedy is
working? And if LM potencies are indeed superior, why are
they still relatively unknown and unused?
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99376293
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*ST; Pharmaceutical Preparations|*AD
- MeSH Heading
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Compounding; Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0785
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- The early work of Dr. Edward Bach.
- Author
- Leary B
- Address
- Windycroft, Derbyshire, UK.
- Source
- Br Homeopath J, 1999 Jan, 88:1, 28-30
- Abstract
- The work of Edward Bach, prior to his discovery of the
Flower remedies, is described. He demonstrated
non-lactose-fermenting bacteria in patients' stools. These
were later used as the basis of some of the Bowel Nosodes.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99245286
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*HI
- MeSH Heading
- Great Britain; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human
- Publication Type
- BIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0785
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Bach Flower Remedies: a personal commentary on the work of
Dr Edward Bach.
- Author
- Howard J
- Address
- Bach Centre, Oxon, UK.
- Source
- Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery, 1998 Oct, 4:5, 148-9
- Abstract
- During my nursing career, I remember constantly being
aware of patients who needed some emotional help--those who
were frightened about a forthcoming operation, those who
were shocked and despairing after being given their
diagnosis and prognosis, others who were down in the dumps
because they couldn't go home as soon as they had hoped.
There were also the 'ward clowns' who tried to make everyone
laugh with their good humour and little pranks, yet felt no
less anxious, worried or depressed than anyone else.
Patients seem to fit into categories: the nervous ones, the
depressives, the jovial types, the moaners, those who demand
attention and those who shun it. I feel sure that every
nurse has noticed the different 'types' of people who fill
hospital beds-ordinary people who seem to take on a new
persona as soon as they get into their pyjamas and become a
'patient'. Somehow, their identity gets folded up and put
away in their locker along with their outdoor clothes and
other reminders of the outside world.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99048638
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*HI; Personality|*; Plants, Medicinal|*; Sick
Role|*
- MeSH Heading
- Great Britain; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human;
Temperament
- Publication Type
- BIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1353-6117
- Country of Publication
- SCOTLAND
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- Title
- Problems in the evaluation of alternative medicine.
- Author
- Patel MS
- Address
- Institut Universitaire de MÆedecine Sociale et PrÆeventive,
Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1987, 25:6, 669-78
- Abstract
- Evaluation of alternative medicine poses paradigmatic as
well as procedural difficulties. Difficulties faced by the
scientific community in accepting the 'world view' of
acupuncture and homeopathy are described, and possibilities
for evaluating alternative medical paradigms are considered.
A selection of randomized controlled trials are reviewed and
weaknesses in protocol and method identified.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 88070805
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Acupuncture|*; Alternative Medicine|*; Homeopathy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Clinical Trials; Human; Pain|TH; Random Allocation
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, ACADEMIC
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Clinical trials of homoeopathy [published erratum appears
in BMJ 1991 Apr 6;302(6780):818] [see comments]
- Author
- Kleijnen J; Knipschild P; ter Riet G
- Address
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research,
University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Source
- BMJ, 1991 Feb, 302:6772, 316-23
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE--To establish whether there is evidence of the
efficacy of homoeopathy from controlled trials in humans.
DESIGN--Criteria based meta-analysis. Assessment of the
methodological quality of 107 controlled trials in 96
published reports found after an extensive search. Trials
were scored using a list of predefined criteria of good
methodology, and the outcome of the trials was interpreted
in relation to their quality. SETTING--Controlled trials
published world wide. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Results of the
trials with the best methodological quality. Trials of
classical homoeopathy and several modern varieties were
considered separately. RESULTS--In 14 trials some form of
classical homoeopathy was tested and in 58 trials the same
single homoeopathic treatment was given to patients with
comparable conventional diagnosis. Combinations of several
homoeopathic treatments were tested in 26 trials; isopathy
was tested in nine trials. Most trials seemed to be of very
low quality, but there were many exceptions. The results
showed a positive trend regardless of the quality of the
trial or the variety of homeopathy used. Overall, of the 105
trials with interpretable results, 81 trials indicated
positive results whereas in 24 trials no positive effects of
homoeopathy were found. The results of the review may be
complicated by publication bias, especially in such a
controversial subject as homoeopathy. CONCLUSIONS--At the
moment the evidence of clinical trials is positive but not
sufficient to draw definitive conclusions because most
trials are of low methodological quality and because of the
unknown role of publication bias. This indicates that there
is a legitimate case for further evaluation of homoeopathy,
but only by means of well performed trials.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91159730
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Clinical Trials|*ST; Homeopathy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Human; Meta-Analysis; Methods; Prejudice; Publishing;
Research Design; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; META-ANALYSIS
- ISSN
- 0959-8138
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Women's use of complementary and alternative therapies in
reproductive health care.
- Author
- Beal MW
- Address
- Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT
06536-0740, USA.
- Source
- J Nurse Midwifery, 1998 May, 43:3, 224-34
- Abstract
- Numerous studies have documented that health care
consumers all over the world are spending money out of
pocket for alternative therapies and that billions of
dollars are spent in the United States alone. In this
article, the use of complementary and alternative therapies
by women health care consumers is discussed, particularly as
this phenomenon relates to women's reproductive health in
the United States. Women use conventional health care
services more frequently than men; thus, it is not
surprising that women account for approximately two thirds
of health care appointments for complementary and
alternative therapies. The traditional conceptual frameworks
of herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, and acupressure
are presented, and common clinical applications to women's
reproductive care are discussed.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98339157
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Reproduction|*; Women's Health|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupressure; Acupuncture; Female; Homeopathy; Human;
Medicine, Herbal; Pregnancy; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0091-2182
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- The use of complementary therapies by breast cancer
patients attending conventional treatment.
- Author
- Crocetti E; Crotti N; Feltrin A; Ponton P; Geddes M;
Buiatti E
- Address
- U.O. di Epidemiologia, CSPO, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi,
Firenze, Italy.
- Source
- Eur J Cancer, 1998 Feb, 34:3, 324-8
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to measure the proportion and
characteristics of complementary therapy (CT) users among
female breast cancer patients receiving conventional
treatment. 473 women who had received surgical intervention
for breast cancer in the year of diagnosis were sent a
questionnaire for completion, and 242 responded. CT had been
used by 16.5% after cancer diagnosis, only 8.7% before. The
most commonly used CTs were homeopathy, manual healing
method, herbalism and acupuncture. The main reason for using
CTs was physical distress. Only a minority was searching for
psychological support. 24 users were satisfied with these
treatments, and two-thirds would suggest them. Users were
significantly younger, more educated, and previous users of
CTs than non-users. Adjusting each variable for the effect
of the others, only previous use had an independent effect
on increasing the probability of being users after cancer
diagnosis.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98304398
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Breast Neoplasms|SU/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture Therapy; Adult; Aged; Female; Health Surveys;
Homeopathy; Human; Massage; Medicine, Herbal; Middle Age;
Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patient Satisfaction;
Socioeconomic Factors
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Diabetes and alternative medicine: cause for concern.
- Author
- Gill GV; Redmond S; Garratt F; Paisey R
- Address
- Diabetes Centre, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
- Source
- Diabet Med, 1994 Mar, 11:2, 210-3
- Abstract
- 'Alternative' medicines are becoming increasingly popular,
and in this paper we describe our experience with
alternative approaches to orthodox diabetes management. Four
patients with insulin-dependent diabetes reduced or stopped
their insulin in favour of therapeutic approaches including
prayer, faith healing, unusual diets, and supplements of
vitamins and trace elements. This resulted in ketoacidosis
in three, in one case life-threatening; and weight loss and
hyperglycaemia in the other. One patient developed serious
retinopathy. Additionally, eight other types of alternative
diabetic treatment are described, not as far as we know
associated with such serious complications. These include
homeopathy, reflexology, meditation, herbal treatment,
'cellular nutrition', 'subconscious healing', 'pearl
therapy' (drinking milk in which pearls have been boiled)
and 'astrotherapy' (typing pieces of coral around the arm).
Diabetes is a chronic incurable disease, for which modern
treatments remain somewhat unsatisfactory. It is therefore
perhaps not surprising that some patients seek alternative
treatments with more attractive claims. Diabetes health
professionals need to be aware of the potential dangers
associated with some of these treatments.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 94258907
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Diabetes Mellitus,
Insulin-Dependent|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Case Report; Female; Homeopathy; Human; Male;
Massage; Medicine, Herbal; Relaxation Techniques; Religion
and Medicine
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0742-3071
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Homoeopathic treatment during the menopause.
- Author
- Katz T
- Address
- Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK.
- Source
- Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery, 1997 Apr, 3:2, 46-50
- Abstract
- Nurses and midwives may not be directly involved in
treating menopausal patients, nevertheless they are in a
unique position to offer support and advice to patients
concerned about the menopause. Many women want to know about
ways of dealing with uncomfortable symptoms and fears
associated with going through the menopause. Homoeopathic
treatment is one form of therapy which can be used during
the menopause, which takes into account both the physical
symptoms and the emotional responses. Homoeopathic treatment
can be used as an alternative to treatment with hormone
replacement therapy (HRT), or alongside HRT, in the
management of menopausal symptoms. As well as exploring
homoeopathic approaches to the treatment of menopausal
symptoms, the current trend of promoting HRT is questioned
in this article.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98085425
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*MT; Menopause|*DE/PH/PX
- MeSH Heading
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy; Female; Holistic Nursing;
Human; Middle Age; Patient Education
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 1353-6117
- Country of Publication
- SCOTLAND
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- Homoeopathy and the treatment of alcohol-related problems.
- Author
- Rogers J
- Address
- Hull and District Alcohol Advisory Service.
- Source
- Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery, 1997 Feb, 3:1, 21-8
- Abstract
- This paper discusses the use of homoeopathy in the work of
a community alcohol team, focusing on the application of
homoeopathy for treating sleep disorder in alcohol-dependent
clients. This work is placed in the context of the
historical use of homoeopathy for treating 'alcoholism' and
of the increasing use of complementary therapies in
mainstream health care and in drug and alcohol agencies.
Issues of research methodology and measurement of outcomes
are examined. Examples of some specific homoeopathic
treatments, together with a case report, are given to
illustrate the potential uses of this form of therapy. It is
concluded that homoeopathy can provide a valid and effective
therapy to help clients break the cycle of dependence on
alcohol. A number of further research questions arise and
much clinical and research work needs to be done by those
attempting to bring complementary therapies into drug and
alcohol treatment.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98085420
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alcoholism|*CO; Community Mental Health Services|*OG;
Homeopathy|*OG; Sleep Disorders|*ET/*TH; Substance Abuse
Treatment Centers|*OG
- MeSH Heading
- Case Report; Female; Human; Outcome Assessment (Health
Care); Research Design
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1353-6117
- Country of Publication
- SCOTLAND
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- Title
- When conventional treatment is not enough: a case of
migraine without aura responding to homeopathy.
- Author
- Whitmarsh TE
- Address
- Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Scotland.
- Source
- J Altern Complement Med, 1997 Sum, 3:2, 159-62
- Abstract
- A case of migraine without aura is reported, unresponsive
to five years of treatment with very well indicated
conventional therapies, which are listed in detail.
Consultation with a homeopathic physician, who also has
extensive experience in diagnosis and treatment of headache
disorders, leads to the prescription of a single homeopathic
remedy which was absolutely effective for the condition.
This case is offered as an open, admittedly retrospective
study, comparing the best of conventional migraine therapy
with appropriate homeopathic therapy in the same patient.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98051889
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Migraine|*TH; Plants, Medicinal|*TU
- MeSH Heading
- Case Report; Homeopathy; Human; Male; Middle Age
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1075-5535
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Dentistry and alternative therapy [see comments]
- Author
- Schissel MJ; Dodes JE
- Address
- SUNY at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Department
of Dental Medicine, USA.
- Source
- N Y State Dent J, 1997 Mar, 63:3, 32-7
- Abstract
- Many dentists have embraced the "holistic"
dentistry movement. What is presented here is a critical
examination of the logical and scientific fallacies inherent
in this movement. Specific topics covered include amalgam
"toxicity," applied kinesiology, nutrition
quackery, acupuncture, homeopathy and the muddle that is
commonly known as TMD.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97263149
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Dentistry|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Craniomandibular Disorders|ET; Dental
Amalgam|AE/CH; Fraud; Holistic Health; Homeopathy; Human;
Mercury|AE/CH; Movement; Nutrition; Quackery; Science
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0028-7571
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- The frontier of modern Western medicine in Nepal.
- Author
- Streefland P
- Address
-
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1985, 20:11, 1151-9
- Abstract
- Using the concepts frontier and interface the introduction
and spreading of modern Western medicine in Nepal and its
relations to other medical systems are described and
analyzed. Medical systems do not prevail in the same degree
in all places; we may call the geographic areas of
concentration the core areas or center(s) of medical systems
and the remaining areas their periphery. The frontier of a
medical system is defined as that part of the periphery
where the presence of the system is increasing. The place of
the frontier, its width and the forms in which a medical
system appears at its frontier are determined by both
internal dynamics and contextual factors. In non-socialist
countries like Nepal the dynamics of modern Western medicine
are characterized by three tendencies: centralization,
expansiveness and a commercial and capitalist character.
Some important contextual factors which have been shaping
the frontier in Nepal are: migration, including tourism,
labor-migration and trade; the role of foreign aid and
geographical conditions. The situation at the frontier has
an important influence on the nature of the interface
between modern Western medicine and other medical systems.
In the article Faith-healing, Ayurvedic medicine, Homeopathy
and Tibetan medicine are described briefly and the interface
between them and modern Western medicine is looked into.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 85272673
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Medicine|*
- MeSH Heading
- China; Developing Countries; Homeopathy; Human; Medicine,
Ayurvedic; Medicine, Oriental Traditional; Mental Healing;
Nepal; Public Health; Social Change; Transients and
Migrants; Travel
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Are patients who use alternative medicine dissatisfied
with orthodox medicine?
- Author
- Donnelly WJ; Spykerboer JE; Thong YH
- Address
-
- Source
- Med J Aust, 1985 May, 142:10, 539-41
- Abstract
- Approximately 45% of asthmatic families and 47% of
non-asthmatic families had consulted an alternative-medicine
practitioner at some time. The most popular form of
alternative medicine was chiropractic (21.1% and 26.4%,
respectively), followed by homoeopathy/naturopathy (18.8%
and 12.7%, respectively), acupuncture (9.4% and 10.9%,
respectively), and herbal medicine (4.7% and 6.4%,
respectively), while the remainder (20.3% and 11.8%
respectively) was distributed among iridology, osteopathy,
hypnosis, faith healing and megavitamin therapy. More
families were satisfied with orthodox medicine (87.1% and
93.6%, respectively) than with alternative medicine (84.2%
and 75.1%, respectively). Crosstabulation analysis of pooled
data both from asthma and from non-asthma groups showed that
76.4% were satisfied both with orthodox and with alternative
medicine, and 16.4% were satisfied with orthodox, but not
with alternative, medicine. In contrast, only 2.7% were
dissatisfied with orthodox medicine and satisfied with
alternative medicine (chi2 = 9.33; P less than 0.01). These
findings do not support the view that patients who use
alternative medicine are those who are disgruntled with
orthodox medicine.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 85187685
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Attitude to Health|*; Consumer Satisfaction|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Adult; Asthma|TH; Chiropractic; Demography;
Female; Homeopathy; Human; Male; Middle Age; Naturopathy;
Socioeconomic Factors; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Surgical
Procedures, Minor
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0025-729X
- Country of Publication
- AUSTRALIA
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- Title
- Is homoeopathy a placebo response? Controlled trial of
homoeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model.
- Author
- Reilly DT; Taylor MA; McSharry C; Aitchison T
- Address
-
- Source
- Lancet, 1986 Oct, 2:8512, 881-6
- Abstract
- The hypothesis that homoeopathic potencies are placebos
was tested in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled
trial. The study model chosen compared the effects of a
homoeopathic preparation of mixed grass pollens with placebo
in 144 patients with active hayfever. The homoeopathically
treated patients showed a significant reduction in patient
and doctor assessed symptom scores. The significance of this
response was increased when results were corrected for
pollen count and the response was associated with a halving
of the need for antihistamines. An initial aggravation of
symptoms was noted more often in patients receiving the
potency and was followed by an improvement in that group. No
evidence emerged to support the idea that placebo action
fully explains the clinical responses to homoeopathic drugs.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 87013672
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- Hay Fever|*TH; Homeopathy|*; Placebos|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical
Trials; Double-Blind Method; Female; Follow-Up Studies;
Histamine H1 Antagonists|TU; Human; Male; Models,
Biological; Pollen; Random Allocation; Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Food sensitivity, a search for underlying causes. Case
study of 12 patients.
- Author
- Kenyon JN
- Address
-
- Source
- Acupunct Electrother Res, 1986, 11:1, 1-13
- Abstract
- Twelve cases of multiple food sensitivity were studied.
All had responded to food elimination and a number were
receiving sublingual food desensitization drops. An
underlying cause was postulated and looked for. The method
used was an electrical recording technique called the
segmental electrogram. All of the cases were seen to have a
primary colonic dysfunction which has been described as
Dysbiosis. It was assumed that the colonic dysfunction was
due to abnormal intestinal flora and this was corrected by a
repopulation of the bowel with normal commensals and the
simultaneous stimulation of liver and pancreatic function.
This resulted in all of the patients losing at least a
number of their sensitivities and those who were on
sublingual desensitization drops were able to stop these
drops and tolerate the foods without any further problem. It
has postulated that much of multiple food and chemical
sensitivity is due to underlying causes of which Dysbiosis
is one.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86238685
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Colonic Diseases, Functional|*CO/TH; Food
Hypersensitivity|*ET/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Desensitization, Immunologic; Female;
Homeopathy; Human; Liver; Male; Medicine, Herbal; Middle
Age; Pancreas
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0360-1293
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Unconventional therapies in asthma: an overview.
- Author
- Lewith GT; Watkins AD
- Address
- University of Southampton, UK.
- Source
- Allergy, 1996 Nov, 51:11, 761-9
- Abstract
- Acupuncture, homoeopathy, mind-body therapies, and
nutritional, herbal, and environmental medicine have all
been used in the management of patients with asthma. This
paper reviews the evidence base for the use of these
unconventional or complementary therapies. Although there is
a paucity of large randomized, controlled trials in this
area, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that many of
these therapies can produce objective and subjective benefit
in selected groups of patients. In view of the increasing
popularity of complementary medicine among patients and
general practitioners, there is now an urgent need for
high-quality research to determine how, or whether, these
therapies may be interwoven with the more orthodox
treatments currently available.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97102960
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*MT; Asthma|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Diet Therapy; Food Hypersensitivity|CO;
Homeopathy; Human; Hypnosis; Medicine, Herbal; Yoga
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, ACADEMIC
- ISSN
- 0105-4538
- Country of Publication
- DENMARK
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- Title
- Apparent response of small cell lung cancer to an extract
of mistletoe and homoeopathic treatment.
- Author
- Bradley GW; Clover A
- Address
- William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent.
- Source
- Thorax, 1989 Dec, 44:12, 1047-8
- Abstract
- A patient with small cell lung carcinoma was treated
initially with extracts of mistletoe and homoeopathic
treatment and appeared to respond. Subsequently radiotherapy
was given and the patient lived for five years seven months,
which is much longer than is usual with this type of tumour.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90141440
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic|*TU; Carcinoma, Small
Cell|*DT/RA/RT; Homeopathy|*; Lung Neoplasms|*DT/RA/RT;
Plant Extracts|*TU; Viscum|*
- MeSH Heading
- Case Report; Combined Modality Therapy; Human; Lung|RA;
Male; Middle Age
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0040-6376
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Homeopathic treatment of plantar warts [see comments]
- Author
- Labrecque M; Audet D; Latulippe LG; Drouin J
- Address
- Department of Family Medicine, UniversitÆe Laval,
Sainte-Foy, Que.
- Source
- CMAJ, 1992 May, 146:10, 1749-53
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a homeopathic
treatment of plantar warts. DESIGN: Randomized double-blind
placebo-controlled trial. SETTING: Hospital-based family
medicine unit. PATIENTS: Patients were recruited from the
unit, through advertisements in the local media and through
personal contacts with colleagues. Of the 853 people
screened between December 1987 and January 1989, 174 met the
eligibility criteria (age 6 to 59 years and presence of one
or more plantar warts untreated during the previous 3
months) and agreed to participate; 162 (93%) completed the
18-week follow-up. INTERVENTIONS: The 6-week homeopathic
treatment consisted of thuya 30 "centésimal
hahnemannien" (CH) (one tube containing 200 pellets
weekly), antimonium crudum 7 CH (5 pellets daily) and
nitricum acidum 7 CH (one tube containing 200 pellets
daily). The placebo pellets were identical to the treatment
pellets in appearance and taste. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The
proportion of healed patients; a patient was considered
healed if all of the warts had disappeared. MAIN RESULTS:
The rates of healing at 6, 12 and 18 weeks were 4.8%, 13.4%
and 20.0% respectively in the homeopathic treatment group
and 4.6%, 13.1% and 24.4% in the placebo treatment group.
CONCLUSION: The homeopathic treatment was no more effective
than the placebo treatment of plantar warts.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92282506
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Foot Diseases|*TH; Homeopathy|*; Warts|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Child; Double-Blind Method; Female;
Human; Male; Middle Age; Placebos; Treatment Outcome
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0820-3946
- Country of Publication
- CANADA
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- Title
- Natural remedies recommended for the management of oral
health.
- Author
- Ocasio NA; Solomowitz BH; Sher MR
- Address
- Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
- Source
- N Y State Dent J, 1999 Jun, 65:6, 22-4
- Abstract
- This paper discusses various practices recommended by
homeopaths, herbalists, spiritual and natural healers for
the management and maintenance of oral health. It is
intended as a partial guide to educate the dental
professional on self-administered, over-the-counter remedies
that are easily available to the general population. Since
few if any clinical studies exist assessing the efficacy or
side effects of these ingested products, little is known
about the beneficial or potentially harmful course these
remedies may take on the human body.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99404240
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- Alternative Medicine|*; Mouth Diseases|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Child; Drugs, Non-Prescription|AE/AN/TU; Herbs|AE/CH/TU;
Homeopathy; Human; Infant; Medicine, Herbal; Mental Healing;
Oral Health; Pain, Postoperative|PC; Self Medication; Tooth
Eruption|PH; Tooth Extraction|AE; Toothache|TH
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0028-7571
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- A controlled evaluation of a homoeopathic preparation in
the treatment of influenza-like syndromes.
- Author
- Ferley JP; Zmirou D; DAdhemar D; Balducci F
- Address
- Centre Alpin de Recherche EpidÆemiologique et de PrÆevention
Sanitaire, Grenoble University Hospital, France.
- Source
- Br J Clin Pharmacol, 1989 Mar, 27:3, 329-35
- Abstract
- 1. A controlled clinical trial was conducted to assess the
effectiveness of a homoeopathic preparation in the treatment
of influenza-like syndromes. 2. 237 cases received the test
drug and 241 were assigned to placebo. Patients recorded
their rectal temperature twice a day, and the presence or
absence of five cardinal symptoms (headache, stiffness,
lumbar and articular pain, shivers) along with cough, coryza
and fatigue. 3. Recovery was defined as a rectal temperature
less than 37.5 degrees C and complete resolution of the five
cardinal symptoms. 4. The proportion of cases who recovered
within 48 h of treatment was greater among the active drug
group than among the placebo group (17.1% against 10.3%, P =
0.03). 5. The result cannot be explained given our present
state of knowledge, but it calls for further rigorously
designed clinical studies.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 89247264
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*; Influenza|*DT
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Clinical Trials; Female; Human; Male; Time Factors
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Appetoff: another diet fad.
- Author
- Beckerich MJ
- Address
- Indiana Poison Center, Indianapolis 46206.
- Source
- Vet Hum Toxicol, 1989 Dec, 31:6, 540-3
- Abstract
- Appetoff diet patches were diet aids introduced to the
public in 1987 and removed from the market in 1988 by the
FDA for reasons of fraud. The ingredients were supposedly
homeopathic concentrations of plant and mineral products.
Although 91.6% of persons in this study who used the product
for at least 1 week reported weight loss and mild side
effects, no active ingredients could be detected by gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90142463
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- Appetite Depressants|*/AE/AN
- MeSH Heading
- Administration, Cutaneous; Adult; Drugs, Non-Prescription|AE;
Female; Homeopathy; Human; Interviews; Male; Middle Age;
Minerals|AE; Plants, Medicinal; United States; United States
Food and Drug Administration
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0145-6296
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Cantharis in the early treatment of minor burns.
- Author
- Leaman AM; Gorman D
- Address
- Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Liverpool
Hospital, England.
- Source
- Arch Emerg Med, 1989 Dec, 6:4, 259-61
- Abstract
- The analgesic action of the homeopathic preparation
Cantharis in the treatment of minor burns was assessed in a
series of 34 patients. Under double blind conditions no
statistically significant difference was found between
Cantharis and a placebo.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90121418
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Analgesics|*TU; Burns|*DT; Cantharidin|*TU
- MeSH Heading
- Acetaminophen|TU; Adolescence; Adult; Double-Blind Method;
Drug Evaluation; Homeopathy; Human; Middle Age; Pain
Measurement; Time Factors
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0264-4924
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Cyclical breast pain--some observations and the
difficulties in treatment.
- Author
- McFayden IJ; Forrest AP; Chetty U; Raab G
- Address
- Longmore Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
- Source
- Br J Clin Pract, 1992 Aut, 46:3, 161-4
- Abstract
- This paper describes a retrospective study of the clinical
aspects and treatment of 566 women with cyclical breast pain
over a seven-year period. Figures for the effectiveness of
simple treatments including some homeopathic drugs are
reported. The article concludes that reassurance is the
fundamental treatment. Good responses are obtained from
simple and safe drugs (oil of evening primrose, vitamin B6)
with minimal side-effects. The use of stronger hormone drugs
such as tamoxifen and danazol was only necessary in a small
proportion of patients and resulted in a higher incidence of
side-effects.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93159956
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Breast Diseases|*DT/ET; Pain|*DT/ET
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal|TU;
Fatty Acids, Essential|TU; Female; Homeopathy; Hormones|TU;
Human; Middle Age; Periodicity; Pyridoxine|TU; Retrospective
Studies
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- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0007-0947
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- The comprehensiveness of Medline and Embase computer
searches. Searches for controlled trials of homoeopathy,
ascorbic acid for common cold and ginkgo biloba for cerebral
insufficiency and intermittent claudication.
- Author
- Kleijnen J; Knipschild P
- Address
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Limburg,
Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Source
- Pharm Weekbl Sci, 1992 Oct, 14:5, 316-20
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To assess the comprehensiveness of Medline and
Embase computer searches for controlled trials. DESIGN:
Comparison of articles found after an exhaustive search of
the literature with the yield of a Medline or Embase search.
This was performed for controlled clinical trials on the
efficacy of three interventions: homoeopathy, ascorbic acid
for common cold, and ginkgo biloba for intermittent
claudication and cerebral insufficiency. The number of
controlled trials found by exhaustive search of the
literature was 107, 61 and 45, respectively. RESULTS: For
homoeopathy, ascorbic acid and ginkgo the proportion of all
trials found by Medline was 17%, 36% and 31% respectively
and for Embase 13%, 25% and 58% respectively. After checking
of the references in the Medline articles 44%, 79% and 76%
of all trials were identified. After checking of the
references in the Embase articles 42%, 72% and 93% of all
trials were identified. About 20% of the articles was not
correctly indexed. Of the best trials 68%, 91% and 83% could
be found with Medline and 55%, 82% and 92% of the best
trials were identified through Embase. CONCLUSIONS: For the
topics mentioned, Medline and Embase searches are sufficient
to get an impression of the evidence from controlled trials,
but only if references in the articles are followed for
further evidence. If one wants to get a more complete
picture, additional search strategies make sense. Of course,
this picture may be different for other topics.
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- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93065143
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- Ascorbic Acid|*TU; Cerebral Ischemia|*DT; Clinical
Trials|*; Common Cold|*DT; Homeopathy|*; Information
Systems|*; Intermittent Claudication|*DT; MEDLINE|*; Plants,
Medicinal|*
- MeSH Heading
- Abstracting and Indexing; Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0167-6555
- Country of Publication
- NETHERLANDS
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- Title
- The in vitro action of a succussed substance on the
proliferative response of human lymphocytes stimulated with
phytohemagglutinin.
- Author
- Chirila M; Hristescu S; Manda G; Neagu M; Olinescu A
- Address
- N. Gh. Lupu Institute of Internal Medicine, Bucharest,
Romania.
- Source
- Rom J Intern Med, 1992 Jan, 30:1, 63-7
- Abstract
- Human peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy controls,
immunodepressed patients presenting chronic bacterial
infections or neoplasias and from allergic patients were
stimulated in vitro with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in culture
medium supplemented or not with 1 x 10(-7), 1 x 10(-15) or 1
x 10(-30) succussed dilutions or bee venom or phosphorus in
tridistilled water. The most significant inhibition due to
DNA incorporation was noted in lymphocytes from allergic
patients cultivated in media supplemented with 1 x 10(-30)
succussed substance dilution in the presence of PHA. The
cells from immunodepressed patients did not show a
significant inhibition at 1 x 10(-30) dilution.
Hypothetically, we try to explain these findings as the
expression of the changes induced by the succussed solution
on the water molecule which in turn, influences the chemical
structure of the cellular membrane and implicitly, its
functions.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92358085
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Bee Venoms|*PD; Lymphocytes|CY/*DE; Phosphorus|*PD;
Phytohemagglutinins|*
- MeSH Heading
- Cell Division|DE; Cells, Cultured|CY/DE; Comparative
Study; DNA|BI/DE; Homeopathy; Human; Hypersensitivity|IM;
Immunocompromised Host|DE/IM
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1220-4749
- Country of Publication
- ROMANIA
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- Title
- Rheumatologists and their patients who seek alternative
care: an agreement to disagree.
- Author
- Visser GJ; Peters L; Rasker JJ
- Address
- Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care, Utrecht.
- Source
- Br J Rheumatol, 1992 Jul, 31:7, 485-90
- Abstract
- Alternative treatment, such as homoeopathy, acupuncture
and spiritual healing, are popular among patients with
rheumatic diseases. Rheumatologists are therefore likely to
be confronted with patients who make use of less orthodox
health care. Patients' and rheumatologists' views on the
subject and on the rheumatologists' role, however, have not
yet been assessed. A questionnaire on alternative medicine
was sent to all 101 practising Dutch rheumatologists
(response rate: 70%). After the results had been analysed 17
rheumatologists, seven rejecting alternative medicine and
ten accepting it, handed out a questionnaire to a sample of
their patients: 1466 patient questionnaires were distributed
(response rate: 80%). Of the respondents 43% had visited an
alternative practitioner at least once for their rheumatism
and 26% in the year before the survey was held. Hand
healers, homoeopaths and acupuncturists were most often
visited. Rheumatologists, on their part, were not too
enthusiastic about these visits. Only patients' visits to
spa treatment centres were welcomed by a majority of them;
visits of their patients to manipulative therapists,
acupuncturists and homoeopaths were judged positively by a
large minority, whereas other therapies were strongly
disapproved. Nevertheless, most patients informed their
rheumatologist about their visiting an alternative
practitioner. A surprisingly low percentage of these
patients noticed that the rheumatologist did not sympathize
with it. Although many patients paid a visit to an
alternative practitioner because regular care did not really
help them, their satisfaction with the alternative treatment
turned out to be less than their satisfaction with the
rheumatologists' help.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92330890
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Arthritis, Rheumatoid|*TH;
Physician-Patient Relations|*; Rheumatology|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Attitude of Health Personnel; Homeopathy;
Human; Mental Healing; Netherlands; Patient Acceptance of
Health Care; Patient Satisfaction; Physician's Role;
Questionnaires; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0263-7103
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Treatment with zincum metallicum CH5 in patients with
liver cirrhosis. Preliminary study.
- Author
- Badulici S; Chirulescu Z; Chirila P; Chirila M; Rosca A
- Address
- Christiana Center of Social Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
- Source
- Rom J Intern Med, 1994 Jul, 32:3, 215-9
- Abstract
- The zinc, an important enzymatic cofactor, is involved in
many metabolic processes. Its deficiency might be due either
to malabsorption or to excessive utilization. In the medical
literature of the latest 10 years, zinc was considered to
play a part in the immune processes. The authors of the
present paper intend to study the zinc and immunoglobulin
levels in various diseases, i.e., chronic progressive
hepatitis, liver cirrhosis (LC), dermatitis, bronchial
asthma. This preliminary investigation was carried out in 30
patients with LC in whom serum zinc values were assayed by
atomic absorption spectrophotometry and the immunoglobulin
levels were determined using the Mancini type simple radial
immunodiffusion technique. All these patients presented
considerable decrease of serum zinc concentration, the
values ranging between 3.06 and 7.65 mumol/l as compared
with 19.8 +/- 1.5 mumol/l in the controls, alongside with
the increase of immunoglobulins G and M. In the patients
treated with Zincum metallicum CH5 it was observed after
about 30 days of treatment that the clinical state was
considerably improved and IgG and IgM as well as serum zinc
had resumed their normal values. This treatment should not
be interrupted since in LC, without permanent additional
supply, the serum zinc returns rapidly to the initial
deficit or even lower.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95170667
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Liver Cirrhosis|BL/*DT; Zinc|BL/*TU
- MeSH Heading
- Aged; Blood Proteins|AN; Comparative Study; Female;
Hepatitis, Chronic|BL/DT; Homeopathy; Human;
Immunoglobulins|BL; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic|BL/DT; Male;
Middle Age
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1220-4749
- Country of Publication
- ROMANIA
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- Title
- Village health care providers in Matlab, Bangladesh: a
study of their knowledge in the management of childhood
diarrhoea.
- Author
- Bhuiya A
- Address
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
Bangladesh, Dhaka.
- Source
- J Diarrhoeal Dis Res, 1992 Mar, 10:1, 10-5
- Abstract
- This study was conducted among village health care
providers in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1987. The objectives were
to assess their knowledge of childhood diarrhoea and methods
of management. All types of health care providers considered
diarrhoea as a major childhood disease and opined that
treatment should be initiated in case of four or more loose
motions a day. Slightly more than half of the allopaths were
aware of the scientific causes of diarrhoea; homeopaths and
traditional healers in large proportions related diarrhoeal
diseases with certain types of food, and 'evil eyes'. Eighty
per cent of the allopaths reported use of oral rehydration
solution in treating watery diarrhoea against 20% of the
others. Prescription of antibiotics in treating dysentery
was higher among allopaths than others. Allopaths were also
less restrictive regarding continuation of breastfeeding and
intake of food during diarrhoea among children.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92317596
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Antibiotics|*TU; Community Health Aides|*ED; Diarrhea|ET/*TH;
Diarrhea, Infantile|ET/*TH; Fluid Therapy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Bangladesh; Child; Female; Homeopathy; Human;
Infant; Male; Medicine, Traditional; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;
Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0253-8768
- Country of Publication
- BANGLADESH
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- Title
- In vitro immunological degranulation of human basophils is
modulated by lung histamine and Apis mellifica.
- Author
- Poitevin B; Davenas E; Benveniste J
- Address
- INSERM U 200, UniversitÆe Paris-Sud, Clamart, France.
- Source
- Br J Clin Pharmacol, 1988 Apr, 25:4, 439-44
- Abstract
- 1. The effect of high dilutions of two homeopathic drugs
Lung histamine (Lung his) and Apis mellifica (Apis mel) used
for the treatment of allergic diseases has been assessed on
in vitro human basophil degranulation. Experiments were
conducted blind. 2. Basophil degranulation induced by 1.66 X
10(-9) M anti-IgE antibody was significantly inhibited in
the presence of 5 Lung his (5th centesimal dilution of Lung
his) and 15 Lung his (15th centesimal dilution of Lung his)
by 28.8% and 28.6% respectively and by 65.8% in the presence
of 9 Apis mel (9th centesimal dilution of Apis mel).
Basophil degranulation induced by 1.66 X 10(-16) to 1.66 X
10(-18) M anti-IgE antibody was also inhibited by high
dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel with an inhibition of
nearly 100% with 18 Lung his (18th centesimal dilution of
Lung his) and 10 Apis mel (10th centesimal dilution of Apis
mel). An alternance of inhibition, inactivity and
stimulation was observed when basophils were incubated in
the presence of serial dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel.
3. The investigation of the clinical efficacy of high
dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel should be envisaged in
allergic diseases in parallel with in vitro and ex vivo
biological assays.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 88251969
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Basophils|DE/*IM/UL; Histamine|*PD; Homeopathy|*; Honey|*;
Lung|*AN
- MeSH Heading
- Animal; Guinea Pigs; Human; IgE|IM; Tissue Extracts|PD
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Complementary therapies for depression: an overview.
- Author
- Ernst E; Rand JI; Stevinson C
- Address
- Department of Complementary Medicine, School of
Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of
Exeter, England. E.Ernst@exeter.ac.uk
- Source
- Arch Gen Psychiatry, 1998 Nov, 55:11, 1026-32
- Abstract
- Depression is one of the most common reasons for using
complementary and alternative therapies. The aim of this
article is to provide an overview of the evidence available
on the treatment of depression with complementary therapies.
Systematic literature searches were performed using several
databases, reference list searching, and inquiry to
colleagues. Data extraction followed a predefined protocol.
The amount of rigorous scientific data to support the
efficacy of complementary therapies in the treatment of
depression is extremely limited. The areas with the most
evidence for beneficial effects are exercise, herbal therapy
(Hypericum perforatum), and, to a lesser extent, acupuncture
and relaxation therapies. There is a need for further
research involving randomized controlled trials into the
efficacy of complementary and alternative therapies in the
treatment of depression.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 99034381
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*MT; Depressive Disorder|DT/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Aromatherapy; Dance Therapy; Exercise
Therapy; Homeopathy; Human; Hypnosis; Massage; Medicine,
Herbal; Music Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0003-990X
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Choosing alternative medicine: a comparison of the beliefs
of patients visiting a general practitioner and a
homoeopath.
- Author
- Furnham A; Smith C
- Address
- Department of Psychology, University College London,
England.
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1988, 26:7, 685-9
- Abstract
- This study was concerned with the different health and
illness beliefs of patients choosing traditional vs
alternative medicine. Two groups of patients, one visiting a
GP and the other a homoeopath, were not significantly
different in terms of sex, age, education, marital status,
religion and income. They were asked to complete a
questionnaire measuring such things as their perceived
susceptibility to disease and illness; their beliefs
concerning their own control over their health; measures of
their own mental health; preventive measures in staying
healthy; and the perceived efficacy of traditional vs
alternative treatment. The major differences between the two
groups were the fact that the homoeopathic group were much
more critical and sceptical about the efficacy of
traditional medicine; they believe that their general health
could be improved; and that they tended to have higher
psychiatric morbidity. By and large, the two groups did not
differ on their beliefs about illness susceptibility or
preventive measures. The results suggested that people who
choose alternative medicine may do so from disenchantment
with, and bad experiences of, traditional medical
practitioners, rather than believing that traditional
medicine is itself ineffective. Limitations of this
particular study are also considered.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 88190853
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Family Practice|*; Homeopathy|*; Patient Acceptance of
Health Care|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Alternative Medicine; Attitude to Health; Chronic
Disease; Comparative Study; Disease Susceptibility; Female;
Human; Internal-External Control; Male; Mental Health;
Middle Age
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- The integration of alternative treatment modalities in HIV
infection--the patient's perspective.
- Author
- Langewitz W; Rüttimann S; Laifer G; Maurer P; Kiss A
- Address
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital,
Switzerland.
- Source
- J Psychosom Res, 1994 Oct, 38:7, 687-93
- Abstract
- The relationship between professionals representing
conventional treatment (CT) and professionals representing
non-conventional therapies (alternative therapy (AT) and/or
psychotherapy (PT)) is usually characterized by mutual
scepticism and mistrust, the overriding fear being that
either side will evoke unjustified hopes or will provide
false treatment. We investigated whether patients with HIV
infection had unrealistic hopes in non-conventional
treatment (non-CT), to what extent they use non-CT, and
whether perceived benefit and harm differ between the two
modes of treatment. We examined a sample of 100 patients
with documented HIV-infection in the out-patient department
using a self-developed questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety
and Depression Scale (HAD) and data concerning the HIV
status. Fifty-six patients used AT and/or PT. Severity of
HIV disease did not differ between users and non-users of
non-CT. The most important reasons for the use of AT were
'strengthening the body and resistance; supplementing
conventional therapy'. Users of non-CT rated the competence
of CT lower than non-users in solving medical problems
(VAS-scores 0-100: 65.5 +/- 17.6 vs 76.3 +/- 17.7; p =
0.003) and in solving emotional problems (VAS scores 0-100:
35.8 +/- 21.2 vs 48.2 +/- 28.9; p = 0.02). Users of non-CT
were significantly more anxious 8.4 +/- 4.8 vs 5.5 +/- 4.6;
p = 0.004) and more depressive (5.7 +/- 4.5 vs 3.7 +/- 4.5;
p = 0.03) than non-users. Expectations and hopes did not
differ between users of AT and non-users: main hopes were a
delay of disease progression (76% vs 71%) and an alleviation
of symptoms (78% vs 66%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95182409
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- HIV Infections|*TH; Psychotherapy|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Alternative Medicine; Female; Homeopathy; Human;
Male; Massage; Plants, Medicinal; Relaxation Techniques;
Self Care; Treatment Outcome
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0022-3999
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Referrals for alternative therapies [see comments]
- Author
- Borkan J; Neher JO; Anson O; Smoker B
- Address
- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of the Health
Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva,
Israel.
- Source
- J Fam Pract, 1994 Dec, 39:6, 545-50
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND. The purpose of this study was to examine how
allopathic physicians participate in the decision to refer
patients for alternative therapies. METHODS. A pretested,
self-administered, structured questionnaire was distributed
simultaneously to all area physicians at community locations
in Washington State, New Mexico, and southern Israel. The
primary outcome measures were monthly and yearly rates of
referral to alternative therapies. RESULTS. More than 60% of
all physicians made referrals to alternative providers at
least once in the preceding year and 38% in the preceding
month. Referrals were generally based on patient requests,
synergy between the alternative therapy and the patients'
cultural beliefs, failure of conventional treatment, and the
belief that patients have "nonorganic" or
"psychological" disease. There was no relationship
between the rate of referral and the referring physician's
level of knowledge about, beliefs about the effectiveness
of, or familiarity with alternative therapies. CONCLUSIONS.
Primary care physicians are more likely than other medical
specialists to be knowledgeable about, personally subscribe
to, and refer patients for alternative therapies. Physicians
who use alternative techniques for themselves and their
families or who adopt complementary therapies into their
practices have higher rates of referrals. Referral rates and
patterns were similar between sites despite considerable
cross-cultural and health system differences. Given the high
rate of referral and the absence of an apparent internal
logic for such recommendations, guidelines and physician
education may be advisable.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95096769
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice|*;
Physicians|*PX; Referral and Consultation|*SN
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Aged; Comparative Study; Female; Homeopathy; Human;
Israel; Male; Middle Age; New Mexico; Physician's Practice
Patterns; Physicians, Family|PX; Professional Practice
Location; Specialties, Medical|SN; Washington
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0094-3509
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Cultural components of behavioural epidemiology:
implications for primary health care.
- Author
- Heggenhougen HK; Shore L
- Address
-
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1986, 22:11, 1235-45
- Abstract
- In this article we discuss the association of culturally
linked behaviour and epidemiology: that patterns of disease
are significantly related to cultural sets of normative
beliefs and behaviour. The literature on this is vast and
includes much of what is written under the headings of
Medical Anthropology as well as, for example, Cross-cultural
Psychiatry and Medical Geography. A comprehensive review is
obviously impossible, but as this is presented primarily as
a background paper, basic issues are raised, and related to
examples from the literature, to stimulate discussion. The
article is divided into four subsections which give an
indication of our focus: culture, disease and illness
causation; utilization and provision of health resources;
health, illness and normative socio-political and economic
behaviour and primary health care, community participation
and culture--implications for the future.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86315984
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Behavioral Sciences|*; Culture|*; Epidemiology|*; Primary
Health Care|*
- MeSH Heading
- Choice Behavior; Cultural Characteristics; Economics;
Forecasting; Health Resources; Health Services|UT; Health
Status; Homeopathy; Human; Medicine, Traditional; Politics;
Social Behavior; South Africa; Stress, Psychological|CO;
United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Concepts in alternative medicine.
- Author
- Aakster CW
- Address
-
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1986, 22:2, 265-73
- Abstract
- After discussing some important alternative approaches,
different interpretations are presented of the concepts of
health, disease, diagnosis, therapy and patient. These
differences are elucidated in three main frames of medical
thinking: the pharmaceutical, the integrational and the
holistic model. Attention is given to the problem of
scientific proof, especially in relation to the
effectiveness of alternative therapies. In a concluding
paragraph it is attempted to analyse the (social)
backgrounds of the controversy between regular and
alternative medicine.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86179985
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Anthroposophy; Chiropractic; Diagnosis;
Health; Holistic Health; Homeopathy; Human; Hypnosis; Mental
Healing; Models, Biological; Naturopathy; Osteopathic
Medicine; Psychotherapy
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Asthma management by private general practitioners of
Punjab.
- Author
- Bedi RS
- Address
- Bedi Nursing Home, Sher-e-Punjab Market, Patiala.
- Source
- Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci, 1994 Jan, 36:1, 9-13
- Abstract
- Analysis of information about asthma management, gathered
from 106 private general practitioners of Punjab shows a
lack of awareness among doctors about recent advances in the
treatment of asthma. Improper use of oral steroids, overuse
of ephedrine preparations and supportive measures and
underuse of inhalers, oxygen therapy, peak flow meter as
well as inadequate attention to patient education support
this observation. This study highlights the need for
continuing education for updating the knowledge of doctors.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95048580
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Asthma|*TH; Family Practice|*; Oxygen|*TU; Private
Practice|*
- MeSH Heading
- Combined Modality Therapy; Drug Therapy, Combination;
Homeopathy; Human; India; Respiratory Therapy; Suburban
Population; Urban Population
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0377-9343
- Country of Publication
- INDIA
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- Title
- Alternative dental products.
- Author
- Jacobsen PL; Cohan RP
- Address
- UOP School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
- Source
- J Calif Dent Assoc, 1998 Mar, 26:3, 191-8
- Abstract
- Alternative, complementary or holistic health care is a
growing area of medicine and dentistry. There are a variety
of dental products promoted as an "alternative" to
the standard commercial dental products that most dentists
recommend and most patients use. These alternative products
can be categorized as standard dental products made with
natural ingredients, herbal products, homeopathic products,
and synthetic alternative products. The use of dental care
products should be based upon sound basic science and
sufficient evidence of safety and efficacy. Dental health
care providers should be aware of the range of alternative
dental products and be able to help their patients
understand the type of support/evidence needed to determine
safety and efficacy of treatment.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98375377
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Oral Hygiene|*MT
- MeSH Heading
- Holistic Health; Homeopathy; Human; Medicine, Herbal;
Oils, Volatile; United States
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 1043-2256
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- Alternative treatments for menopausal symptoms. Systematic
review of scientific and lay literature [published erratum
appears in Can Fam Physician 1998 Aug;44:1598]
- Author
- Seidl MM; Stewart DE
- Address
- Toronto Hospital.
- Source
- Can Fam Physician, 1998 Jun, 44:, 1299-308
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To review the scientific literature on common
alternative remedies for treatment of symptoms attributed to
menopause and to contrast this with available lay
literature. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: Scientific articles were
identified by searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, and HEALTH
databases from 1966 to mid-1997 for English-language
articles. More than 200 references were reviewed; 85 were
selected for citation based on specific reference to
alternative medicine for symptoms commonly attributed to
menopause (e.g., hot flashes), to the effects of changing
estrogen levels (e.g., irregular menses, vaginal dryness),
and to reported side effects of the treatments. MAIN
FINDINGS: The scientific literature was categorized under
the headings nutritional supplements, herbal remedies,
homeopathic remedies, and physical approaches. Some
scientific evidence of the safety and efficacy of
alternative treatments during menopause was uncovered, with
the strongest evidence emerging in favour of phytoestrogens,
which occur in high concentrations as isoflavones in soy
products. CONCLUSIONS: In available controlled studies, the
strongest data support phytoestrogens for their role in
diminishing menopausal symptoms related to estrogen
deficiency and for possible protective effects on bones and
the cardiovascular system. Randomized controlled trials,
standardization of dosage, and accurate safety and efficacy
labeling are required to ensure proper use of alternative
remedies.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98304706
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*MT/ST; Menopause|*/DE/PH/PX
- MeSH Heading
- Estrogens, Non-Steroidal|TU; Evidence-Based Medicine;
Health Food; Homeopathy; Human; Medicine, Herbal; Research
Design; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Treatment Outcome
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, ACADEMIC
- ISSN
- 0008-350X
- Country of Publication
- CANADA
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- Title
- Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic
life-threatening negligence [see comments]
- Author
- Benmeir P; Neuman A; Weinberg A; Sucher E; Weshler Z;
Lusthaus S; Rotem M; Eldad A; Wexler MR
- Address
- Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah
University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Source
- Ann Plast Surg, 1991 Dec, 27:6, 583-5
- Abstract
- The strange case of a 37-year-old modern, Western woman
who presented with a giant black mass on her inner right
thigh is presented. She was treated 10 months before this
present admission by an excision of a nodular melanoma, and
she was treated, thereafter, by a homeopathic practitioner
until she came late to follow-up. The woman is discussed
with special attention to the fact that alternative medicine
does not always constitute good advice, and the relevant
literature is reviewed.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92171423
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*; Melanoma|PA/RT/*SU; Skin Neoplasms|PA/RT/*SU;
Surgical Flaps|*MT
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Brachytherapy; Case Report; Combined Modality
Therapy; Female; Human; Thigh
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0148-7043
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Tuberculosis patients and practitioners in private clinics
in India.
- Author
- Uplekar M; Juvekar S; Morankar S; Rangan S; Nunn P
- Address
- Foundation for Research in Community Health, Worli,
Mumbai, India.
- Source
- Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 1998 Apr, 2:4, 324-9
- Abstract
- SETTING: Rural and urban areas of Maharashtra, a large
state in Western India. OBJECTIVE: To understand
tuberculosis (TB) management practices among private medical
practitioners (PPs) and the treatment behaviour of the
patients they manage. DESIGN: Prospective study of
help-seeking patterns and treatment behaviour among 173
pulmonary TB patients diagnosed in private clinics, and the
TB management practices of 122 PPs treating these patients.
RESULTS: The first source of help for 86% of patients was a
PP. The diagnostic and treatment practices of PPs were
inadequate; 15% did not consider sputum examination to be
necessary, and 79 different treatment regimens were
prescribed by 105 reporting PPs. Sixty-seven percent of the
patients diagnosed in private clinics remained with the
private sector, and the rest shifted to public health
services within six months of treatment. The treatment
adherence rate among the patients in private clinics was
59%. There were discrepancies between the reported
management practices of the PPs and what their patients
actually followed. CONCLUSION: The study identifies and
highlights the need to educate PPs and their TB patients,
and indicates ways in which PPs could be meaningfully
involved in efforts to revitalize the national TB control
programme.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98220158
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care|*; Patient Compliance|*;
Physician's Practice Patterns|*; Tuberculosis,
Pulmonary|*DT/EP
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Antitubercular Agents|TU; Community
Health Services; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female;
Homeopathy; Human; India|EP; Male; Medicine, Ayurvedic;
Middle Age; Private Practice; Prospective Studies; Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't
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- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1027-3719
- Country of Publication
- FRANCE
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- Title
- Katayama fever in scuba divers. A report of 3 cases.
- Author
- Evans AC; Martin DJ; Ginsburg BD
- Address
- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment,
South Africa Medical Research Council, Nelspruit, Tvl.
- Source
- S Afr Med J, 1991 Mar, 79:5, 271-4
- Abstract
- Katayama fever or acute schistosomiasis probably occurs
more commonly than is recorded. Interviews with a 3-man
scuba diving team who had had contact with a large dam in an
endemic area of the eastern Transvaal Lowveld at the same
time and contact area on the same day during late summer of
1986 are discussed. Two, who had not previously been exposed
to infected water, presented with Katayama fever, due to
Schistosoma mansoni infection, 21 days after contact and it
took 30-36 months for them to recover fully after several
treatments. The third patient, a keen water-sportsman and
resident in the endemic area for a period of 10 years,
presented with a mild infection, probably due to acquired
immunity initiated during previous contacts with infected
water; he took about a year to recover. The pathogenesis,
clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of the 3 cases
are described in the light of recent observations made
elsewhere on Katayama fever cases and the effects of
chemotherapy on the course of illness. The necessity of
obtaining basic information on the travel and water-contact
activities of patients in order to make a diagnosis is
emphasised.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91188363
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Diving|*; Schistosomiasis mansoni|EP/*ET/PA
- MeSH Heading
- Acute Disease; Adult; Case Report; Fresh Water;
Homeopathy; Human; Male; Pruritus|ET; Schistosomicides|TU;
South Africa|EP; Time Factors
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0038-2469
- Country of Publication
- SOUTH AFRICA
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- Title
- Vega testing in the diagnosis of allergic conditions. The
Australian College of Allergy [see comments]
- Author
- Katelaris CH; Weiner JM; Heddle RJ; Stuckey MS; Yan KW
- Address
- Westmead Hospital, NSW.
- Source
- Med J Aust, 1991 Jul, 155:2, 113-4
- Abstract
- Vega testing (the Vega test method) is an unorthodox
method of diagnosing allergic and other diseases. It has no
established scientific basis and there are no controlled
trials to support its usefulness. Vega testing may lead to
inappropriate treatment and expense to the patient and
community.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91312241
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Electroacupuncture|*IS/MT; Hypersensitivity|*DI/PP
- MeSH Heading
- Evaluation Studies; Galvanic Skin Response|PH; Homeopathy;
Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0025-729X
- Country of Publication
- AUSTRALIA
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- Title
- The use of complementary and alternative therapies in
health care: a selective review of the literature and
discussion of the implications for nurse practitioners and
health-care managers.
- Author
- Gates B
- Address
-
- Source
- J Clin Nurs, 1994 Jan, 3:1, 43-7
- Abstract
- Much has been written concerning the use of complementary
and alternative therapies in health care. It is the author's
belief that much of the current debate exists within a
context of little knowledge of the research concerning these
therapies. Because of this lack of knowledge, nursing
practice may not be informed and/or directed by research.
Despite guidance from the UKCC (1992) nurses need to ensure
that their position regarding these therapies is based upon
a judicious review of the literature and carefully crafted
and reasoned actions.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 94147048
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Nurse Practitioners|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture Therapy; Homeopathy; Human; Massage; Odors
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0962-1067
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Current practices for treatment of dysentery in rural
Bangladesh.
- Author
- Ronsmans C; Bennish ML; Chakraborty J; Fauveau V
- Address
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Source
- Rev Infect Dis, 1991 Mar, 13 Suppl 4:, S351-6
- Abstract
- A rural area of Bangladesh with a population of 191,000
had 643 health care providers, of whom 324 (50%) practiced
allopathic (Western) medicine, 152 (24%) were spiritualists,
109 (17%) were herbalists, and 58 (9%) were homeopaths. Two
hundred eight (64%) of the allopaths had no formal training,
and only 18 (6%) were graduates of medical school. In a
community-based study of 480 children with bloody diarrhea
and 480 children with nonbloody diarrhea, allopathic
treatment was the most common care provided. Furazolidone
and metronidazole were the two most commonly prescribed
drugs, given to 26% and 23% of children, respectively, who
were seen by a practitioner. Only 25% of children had
received oral rehydration therapy. We conclude that in this
region of Bangladesh care of acute diarrhea is provided
mostly by private medical practitioners who have little or
no training; that such care currently is largely irrational;
and that the provision of rational care will require the
development of simple algorithms that these practitioners
can implement for treatment of this disease.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91262365
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Diarrhea|DT/*TH; Dysentery|DT/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Bangladesh; Child, Preschool; Community Health Aides;
Fluid Therapy; Homeopathy; Human; Infant; Medicine, Herbal;
Mental Healing; Rural Population; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;
Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0162-0886
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- A dialogue between practitioners of alternative
(traditional) medicine and modern (western) medicine in
Norway.
- Author
- Christie VM
- Address
- NIBR (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional
Research), Oslo.
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1991, 32:5, 549-52
- Abstract
- This paper tells about a 'dialogue group', consisting of
alternative and modern health practitioners, that was
started in Norway in 1989, how it works and what has been
achieved up to now. WHO has strongly advocated promotion of
cooperation between traditional and modern health
practitioners. In Botswana, where one of the general
practitioners in the group has practiced, 'United Health
Committees' have been established aiming at creating a
dialogue between the different types of health
professionals. In industrialized countries little seems to
have been done so far. Many patients in Norway, as in many
other countries, consult ordinary doctors as well as
alternative practitioners. In Norway, members of these two
professions almost never meet, other than as opponents. They
receive information about each other mostly through
discontented patients who have been unsuccessfully treated
by the other part. In this way practitioners get an
insufficient and biased report of one another's practices,
as well as an unrealistic and distorted picture. If patients
know that both parts respect one another, then most of them
dare to tell that they use both types of practitioners.
Otherwise many patients conceal this.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91205361
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Communication|*; Interprofessional Relations|*; Medicine,
Traditional|*; Physicians|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Attitude of Health Personnel; Chiropractic;
Homeopathy; Human; Norway; Physicians, Family
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Title
- Alternative therapy for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis:
patient-reported motivation, information source and effect.
- Author
- Jensen P
- Address
- Department of Dermatology, Rikshospitalet University
Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
- Source
- Acta Derm Venereol, 1990, 70:5, 425-8
- Abstract
- In a questionnaire study, 227 patients with atopic
dermatitis and 215 with psoriasis, who had used alternative
medicine, were asked to state their main reason for trying
alternative medicine. The answers indicated that the absence
of satisfactory effect of physician-provided therapy was the
most decisive factor. Their main information sources on
alternative therapies were persons without skin disease, and
the mass media. The majority reported no improvement, or
even aggravation of their skin disease, as a result of
alternative treatments (except for diet changes). These
findings emphasize the need for documentation of effect of
alternative medicine, as well as for further research and
education efforts in order to improve therapy for atopic
dermatitis and psoriasis.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91135314
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*/SN; Dermatitis, Atopic|DH/*TH;
Patients|*PX; Psoriasis|DH/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Consumer Satisfaction; Homeopathy; Human; Mass Media;
Norway; Plants, Medicinal; Questionnaires; Retrospective
Studies; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0001-5555
- Country of Publication
- SWEDEN
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- Title
- Use of alternative medicine by patients with atopic
dermatitis and psoriasis.
- Author
- Jensen P
- Address
- Department of Dermatology, Rikshospitalet University
Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
- Source
- Acta Derm Venereol, 1990, 70:5, 421-4
- Abstract
- In a questionnaire study at a university hospital in
Norway, 227 of 444 patients with atopic dermatitis (51.1%)
and 215 of 506 patients with psoriasis (42.5%) reported
previous or current use of one or more forms of alternative
medicine. Homoeopathy, health food preparations and herbal
remedies were used most. Use was related to disease
duration, disease severity and--among the atopic dermatitis
patients--the inefficacy of therapy prescribed by
physicians, as judged by the patients. The use of
alternative medicine is commonplace and should be of concern
to dermatologists.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 91135313
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Dermatitis, Atopic|DH/*TH;
Psoriasis|DH/*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Female;
Homeopathy; Human; Infant; Male; Middle Age; Norway; Plants,
Medicinal; Questionnaires; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0001-5555
- Country of Publication
- SWEDEN
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- Title
- Doctors' attitudes towards empirical data--a comparative
study.
- Author
- Lynöe N; Svensson T
- Address
- Department of Social Medicine, University of UmeÁa,
Sweden.
- Source
- Scand J Soc Med, 1997 Sep, 25:3, 210-6
- Abstract
- In the assessment of the effects of medical technologies,
the focus is most often on the quality of the empirical
data. In order to shed light on the question whether medical
researchers are really so empirically oriented we conducted
the following study. 600 questionnaires were sent by mail to
three groups, selected at random: 1) pre-clinical
researchers; 2) clinical researchers who received research
grants from The Swedish Medical Research Council; and 3)
general practitioners. The questionnaire was built around
three cases concerning the assessment of the effects of: a)
H-2-receptor antagonists, b) coronary by-pass surgery and c)
the homeopathic treatment of hay fever. The results indicate
that there are rather small differences in how the three
groups assessed the three technologies and larger
differences within one and the same group concerning
different cases. The tendency is that the more one considers
that empirical data should be assessed independent of
theoretical considerations, the higher are the demands which
are placed on the quality and quantity of the empirical
documentation, and vice-versa.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98024596
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Attitude of Health Personnel|*; Clinical Trials|*;
Physicians|*PX
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Comparative Study; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary
Disease|SU; Female; Hay Fever|TH; Histamine H2
Antagonists|TU; Homeopathy; Human; Male; Middle Age; Peptic
Ulcer|DT; Physicians, Family|PX; Questionnaires; Random
Allocation; Research Personnel|PX; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0300-8037
- Country of Publication
- SWEDEN
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- Title
- Traditional remedies and food supplements. A 5-year
toxicological study (1991-1995).
- Author
- Shaw D; Leon C; Kolev S; Murray V
- Address
- Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
Trust, London, England. debbies@medtox.demon.co.uk
- Source
- Drug Saf, 1997 Nov, 17:5, 342-56
- Abstract
- Since 1991, the Medical Toxicology Unit (MTU) at Guys'
Hospital, London, has been assessing the toxicological
problems associated with the use of traditional and herbal
remedies and dietary supplements. This assessment was
carried out by evaluating reports to the National Poisons
Information Service (London) [NPIS(L)] which provides
emergency information to medical professionals. Relevant
telephone enquiries to NPIS(L) were identified. Further case
details were obtained by follow-up questionnaire, clinical
consultation, toxicological analysis of samples from
patients and/or products and botanical identification of
plant material. Of 1297 symptomatic enquiries evaluated
there was a possible/confirmed association in 785 cases.
Case series have been identified which substantiate previous
reports, including liver problems following the use of
Chinese herbal medicine for skin disorders, allergic
reactions to royal jelly and propolis and heavy metal
poisoning caused by remedies from the Indian subcontinent.
Although the overall risk to public health appears to be
low, certain groups of traditional remedies have been
associated with a number of potentially serious adverse
effects. Considering the extent of use of herbal remedies
and food supplements a comprehensive surveillance system for
monitoring the adverse health effects of these products is
essential. Surveillance of a large population is needed for
the complex task of identifying the uncommon and
unpredictable adverse effects which are potentially serious.
In the UK, the Medicines Control Agency responded to the MTU
report by recognising the need for vigilance and by
incorporating adverse reactions reporting on unlicensed
herbal remedies into their drug reaction monitoring
function. As a further step to safeguard the
patients/consumers an effective single regulatory system is
required which would ensure the safety and quality of all
herbal remedies and food supplements available in the UK.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 98053265
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Dietary Supplements|*AE/ST; Medicine, Herbal|*
- MeSH Heading
- Amino Acids|AE; Central Nervous System Stimulants|AE; Drug
Hypersensitivity; Drug Interactions; Drugs, Chinese
Herbal|AE; Homeopathy; Human; Medicine, Ayurvedic;
Minerals|AE; Plant Extracts|AE; Vitamins|AE
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0114-5916
- Country of Publication
- NEW ZEALAND
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- Title
- Alternative medicine consultations and remedies in
patients with the irritable bowel syndrome.
- Author
- Smart HL; Mayberry JF; Atkinson M
- Address
-
- Source
- Gut, 1986 Jul, 27:7, 826-8
- Abstract
- The use of alternative medicine was assessed by
questionnaire in 96 patients with irritable bowel syndrome,
143 patients with organic upper gastrointestinal disorders
and 222 patients with Crohn's disease of comparable age and
sex. Significantly more patients with the irritable bowel
syndrome (16%) had consulted practitioners of alternative
medicine about their condition than had patients in either
of the other groups. Similarly, significantly more irritable
bowel syndrome patients said they would consult an
alternative medicine practitioner (41%) if conventional
treatment failed. Current usage of alternative medicine
remedies was significantly greater in the irritable bowel
syndrome patients (11%) than in patients with Crohn's
disease (4%) and tended to be greater than in patients with
organic upper gastrointestinal disorders (6%). This study
has shown that the use of alternative medicine is common in
patients with irritable bowel syndrome and this does not
appear to be explicable in terms of the nature, chronicity
or refractoriness to treatment of symptoms.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86276147
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*; Colonic Diseases, Functional|*TH
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Adult; Ecology; Female; Homeopathy; Human;
Male; Medicine, Herbal; Mental Healing; Middle Age;
Osteopathic Medicine; Yoga
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0017-5749
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Traditional concepts of mental disorder among Indian
psychiatric patients: preliminary report of work in
progress.
- Author
- Weiss MG; Sharma SD; Gaur RK; Sharma JS; Desai A; Doongaji
DR
- Address
-
- Source
- Soc Sci Med, 1986, 23:4, 379-86
- Abstract
- In a medically pluralistic setting a range of health care
providers offer not only different forms of treatment, but
different ways of understanding illness. Even within a
single tradition, these concepts evolve over time. Chapters
in the classical texts of Ayurveda describe varieties of
severe mental disorder (unmada) arising from a particular
humoral imbalance (dosa) or arising in association with
specific demons and deities (bhuta) that produce distinct
character changes and symptom patterns. Patients currently
presenting for treatment of mental disorder may describe
their illness with reference to these concepts, but they
also rely on other indigenous traditional concepts such as
astrology, karma, the effects of other humoral
relationships, such as semen loss and so forth; or they may
rely on ideas derived from cosmopolitan medicine or both.
Patients presenting to allopathic psychiatric centers in
India were studied to determine whether patterns of help
seeking could be predicted from the conceptual model by
which they understood their illness. We elicited explanatory
models from patients and obtained a history of prior
consultations to other types of healer. Preliminary findings
were notable for the pervasiveness of prior use of folk
healers and the prominence of somatic symptoms among
patients presenting to these allopathic physicians.
Hypotheses regarding the impact of explanatory models on
patterns of medical help seeking require further study from
a larger and more diverse data base.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86316026
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Attitude to Health|*; Medicine, Traditional|*; Mental
Disorders|*PX/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Comparative Study; Female; Homeopathy; Human; India; Male;
Medicine, Ayurvedic; Mental Healing; Models, Theoretical;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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- Drug consumption pattern in low socio-economic group in an
urban community.
- Author
- Mitra J; Saha JB; Chaudhuri RN
- Address
- Dept. of Community Medicine, National Medical College,
Calcutta.
- Source
- Indian J Public Health, 1993 Jan, 37:1, 16-22
- Abstract
- 117 families, having a total population of 558 were
studied regarding drug consumption pattern. It was found
that the average no. of episodes per person was 0.99 of
which drugs were consumed for 72% of episodes. Significant
difference was observed in consumption of drugs between
males and females. Allopathic medicines were consumed for
93.3% of the episodes and the major source (53.8%) of
medical care was from private practitioners. It was seen
that the number of drugs consumed per episode of sickness
rose as the per capita income increased. Vitamins and
Minerals (22.3%) were the main group of drugs consumed.
Drugs acting on the alimentary system (17.5%), Respiratory
System (14.7%), Antimicrobials (14.6%) and Analgesics
(10.8%) contributed to 80% of drug intake.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 94193263
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Drug Therapy|CL/*UT; Poverty|*; Urban Population|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug
Utilization; Family Characteristics; Female; Health
Services|UT; Homeopathy; Human; India; Infant; Male; Middle
Age; Seasons; Self Medication|SN; Socioeconomic Factors
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0019-557X
- Country of Publication
- INDIA
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- Title
- Double-blind trial comparing the effectiveness of the
homeopathic preparation Galphimia potentiation D6, Galphimia
dilution 10(-6) and placebo on pollinosis.
- Author
- Wiesenauer M; Gaus W
- Address
-
- Source
- Arzneimittelforschung, 1985, 35:11, 1745-7
- Abstract
- The preparation of homeopathic drugs is based on
potentiation. In this potentiation the primary substance is
specially mixed with a carrier (typically 90% ethanol) in
the ratio 1:10. Usually this potentiation is done repeatedly
and the final drug is labeled, e.g., "D6" which
means a 6 times decimal potentiation. In a controlled
randomized strictly double-blind trial with 164 patients the
effectiveness of homeopathically prepared Galphimia D6, a
conventional Galphimia dilution 10(-6) and a placebo was
investigated for the therapy of pollinosis. The average
duration of treatment was about 5 weeks. Although no
statistical significance was achieved, it is remarkable that
there was a clear trend for the superiority of Galphimia D6
while the Galphimia dilution 10(-6) was about equally
effective compared with placebo. The study itself
demonstrates that it is possible to do strictly controlled
trials for homeopathic drugs and with medical practitioners.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 86130836
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Hay Fever|*DT/PP; Histamine Antagonists|*TU; Homeopathy|*;
Plant Extracts|AD/*TU; Plants, Medicinal|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Clinical Trials; Comparative Study;
Double-Blind Method; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Human; Male;
Placebos; Random Allocation; Solutions; Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't; Vehicles
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0004-4172
- Country of Publication
- GERMANY, WEST
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- Title
- The clinical efficacy of Vertigoheel in the treatment of
vertigo of various etiology.
- Author
- Morawiec Bajda A; Lukomski M; Latkowski B
- Address
- ENT Clinic, Medical Academy in LÆodz, Poland.
- Source
- Panminerva Med, 1993 Jun, 35:2, 101-4
- Abstract
- In this paper the authors describe the clinical efficacy
in treatment of vertigo of various etiology. A group of 31
patients were treated with Vertigoheel medication: 14
patients suffered from vertebrobasilar arterial
insufficiency, 8 patients were diagnosed as Meniere's
disease, 5 patients complained of vertigo of traumatic
origin and 4 patients suffered from neuronitis vestibularis.
The authors found regression of clinical symptoms in the
majority of cases in the investigated group who were treated
with Vertigoheel.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 94020949
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Minerals|*TU; Picrotoxin|*TU; Plant Extracts|*TU;
Vertigo|*DT/ET
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Drug Combinations; Female; Homeopathy; Human; Male;
Middle Age; Vestibule|DE
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0031-0808
- Country of Publication
- ITALY
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- A contemporary view of alternative healing modalities.
- Author
- Engebretson J; Wardell D
- Address
- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
- Source
- Nurse Pract, 1993 Sep, 18:9, 51-5
- Abstract
- Alternative forms of healing have increasingly gained
popularity in the United States as evidenced by books,
healing groups, and a burgeoning variety of healing
modalities. Knowledge about these modalities can facilitate
health care providers' effectiveness in managing care by
understanding the healing practices selected by patients,
and incorporating alternative approaches into holistic case
management. A matrix is presented that classifies these
modalities according to preparation of the healer and
methods of healing. A brief description is provided of
various types of alternative healing with some of their
potential risks and benefits to health. Suggestions are made
regarding selection of a healer and sources of information.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 94020534
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture Therapy; Chiropractic; Homeopathy; Human;
Massage; Mental Healing; Naturopathy
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0361-1817
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
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- Title
- A communication process: a new paradigm applied to
high-dilution effects on the living body.
- Author
- Bastide M; Lagache A
- Address
- University of Montpellier, France.
- Source
- Altern Ther Health Med, 1997 Jul, 3:4, 35-9
- Abstract
- Living beings communicate with their world nonverbally,
whether on a somatic or a psychological level. This paradigm
of signifiers or sense takes place in the framework of the
logic of analogy. The signifier is the semantic object that
materially designates information to be transmitted and
dealt with; a homeopathic remedy is the mimetic
representation of the disease. Differential levels of
information organize the spread of signifiers; each level is
the result of regulation and integration of the previous
level. The living self is the never-ending process whereby
levels of information are synthesized in the face of the
informing environment. Such representations meet one another
in the communication between the patient and the
physician-remedy system. The medical device must reinform
the patient and make the patient's signs and symptoms move
toward a higher level of integration. The dilution of the
remedy permits us to receive and treat it as information
about disease. Signs and symptoms can be recognized as an
erroneous adaptation; the organism is engaged in a process
of paradoxical negation. The action of the remedies consists
of a dynamic analogy between pieces of information. The
paradigm of signifiers offers a new possibility for the
exploration of informative therapeutics.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97354502
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- Alternative Medicine|*; Communication|*; Mental Healing|*
- MeSH Heading
- Homeopathy; Human; Physician-Patient Relations
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 1078-6791
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 97 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Review of randomized trials of homoeopathy.
- Author
- Hill C; Doyon F
- Address
- Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif.
- Source
- Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique, 1990, 38:2, 139-47
- Abstract
- The present review covers forty published randomized
trials in which the results of a homoeopathic treatment were
compared to those of a standard treatment, a placebo, or no
treatment at all. These trials were identified after an
extensive search through the literature. They cover a wide
range of pathologies. Most were double-blind and used
subjective and/or multiple endpoints. The median number of
patients per group was 28. The analysis only included all
the randomized patients in one third of the trials. In our
opinion, the results do not provide acceptable evidence that
homoeopathic treatments are effective.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90326889
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Homeopathy|*; Randomized Controlled Trials|*
- MeSH Heading
- Double-Blind Method; Europe; Human
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
- ISSN
- 0398-7620
- Country of Publication
- FRANCE
Record 98 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Relativism and the social scientific study of medicine.
- Author
- Risjord M
- Address
- Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East
Lansing 48824.
- Source
- J Med Philos, 1993 Apr, 18:2, 195-212
- Abstract
- Does the social scientific study of medicine require a
commitment to relativism? Relativism claims that some
subject (e.g., knowledge claims or moral judgments) is
relative to a background (e.g., a culture or conceptual
scheme) and that judgments about the subject are
incommensurable. Examining the concept of success as it
appears in orthodox and nonorthodox medical systems, we see
that judgments of success are relative to a background
medical system. Relativism requires the social scientific
study of medicine to be value free in the sense that a
medical system must be described without evaluating its
elements. When social scientists do evaluate the
successfulness of a nonorthodox medical system, they give a
crucial role to the nonorthodox conception of success. This
strategy does not vitiate value-freedom and it entails a
relativism about success. The social scientific study of
medicine, therefore, does require relativism in the form of
a relativism about success.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93301571
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Medicine, Traditional|*; Sociology, Medical|*
- MeSH Heading
- Alternative Medicine; Christianity; Culture; Delivery of
Health Care; Female; Homeopathy; Human; Male; Mental
Healing; Religion and Medicine
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0360-5310
- Country of Publication
- NETHERLANDS
Record 99 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Acoustic evaluation of the efficacy of medical therapy for
allergic nasal obstruction.
- Author
- Yamagiwa M
- Address
- Department of Otolaryngology, Matsusaka Chuo Hospital, Mie-ken,
Japan.
- Source
- Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Suppl, 1997, 1:, S82-4
- Abstract
- Acoustic rhinometry (AR) was used for objective
measurements of nasal cavity dimensions in conjunction with
a 100-mm horizontal visual analogue scale (VAS) for
simultaneous subjective assessments of nasal sensations of
airflow. Studies were conducted on 45 patients with
perennial allergic rhinitis before, during and after a
2-week period of treatment with oral emedastine difumarate,
azelastine hydrochloride, and xiao qing long tang (a
homeopathic decongestant), as well as intranasal fluticasone
propionate aqueous nasal spray. During the treatment period,
there was a significant increase in the right and left
minimum cross-sectional areas (MCA) of the nose and/or nasal
cavity volumes (NCV) in all groups. The average increase in
MCA ranged from 21-39% after 1 week of treatment and 16-39%
after 2 weeks, whereas that in the NCV ranged from 16-24%
and 19-24%, respectively. Post-treatment measurements were
not significantly different from the corresponding
pre-treatment ones. These findings were in close agreement
with that obtained with VAS, demonstrating that AR can be
used to validate the application of VAS in the evaluation of
nasal airflow during medical therapy.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97217974
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Nasal Cavity|*DE/PA; Nasal Obstruction|*DT/PA; Rhinitis,
Allergic, Perennial|*DT/PA
- MeSH Heading
- Acoustics; Administration, Intranasal; Administration,
Oral; Adult; Androstadienes|AD/TU; Anti-Allergic Agents|AD/TU;
Benzimidazoles|AD/TU; Evaluation Studies; Female; Follow-Up
Studies; Histamine H1 Antagonists|AD/TU; Homeopathy; Human;
Imidazoles|TU; Male; Middle Age; Naphazoline|TU; Nasal
Decongestants|AD/TU; Nose|DE/PA; Phthalazines|AD/TU;
Pulmonary Ventilation|DE; Reproducibility of Results
- Publication Type
- CLINICAL TRIAL; JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
- ISSN
- 0934-2400
- Country of Publication
- GERMANY
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- Title
- A measure of success [see comments]
- Author
- Lewith GT
- Address
- Department of Medicine, University of Southampton.
- Source
- Br J Gen Pract, 1997 Jan, 47:414, 47-9
- Abstract
- Complementary medicine is increasing in popularity and is
also beginning to develop its own research culture. We are
developing strategies that will enable us to measure the
success of our interventions, but require more information
and more research investment if we are to respond rationally
to public demand.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 97248794
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Alternative Medicine|*ST
- MeSH Heading
- Acupuncture; Chiropractic; Homeopathy; Human; Nausea|TH;
Research Support; Treatment Outcome
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0960-1643
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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