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  1. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among infertile women is popular in many countries, including Korea. Previous research has repeatedly found more than half of infertile women surveyed use CAM t...

    Authors: Jung Hye Hwang, Yi Young Kim, Hyea Bin Im and Dongwoon Han
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:301
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  3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one global disease. Lung function gradually declines. Medication does not fully reverse the airflow limitation. Qigong’s role in COPD rehabilitation has been ass...

    Authors: Hongxuan Tong, Yihua Liu, Yutian Zhu, Boli Zhang and Jingqing Hu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:239
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  4. The neurobiology of persistent pain shares common underlying psychobiology with that of traumatic stress. Modern treatments for traumatic stress often involve bottom-up sensorimotor retraining/exposure therapies,...

    Authors: Alison Flehr, Christopher Barton, Jan Coles, Stephen J. Gibson, Gavin W. Lambert, Elisabeth A. Lambert, Arup K. Dhar and John B. Dixon
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:234
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  5. While yoga is increasingly used for health purposes, its ... of this cross-sectional survey was to analyze yoga-associated adverse effects and their correlates.

    Authors: Holger Cramer, Daniela Quinker, Dania Schumann, Jon Wardle, Gustav Dobos and Romy Lauche
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:190
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  6. Mind-body practices are frequently used by people living with HIV to reduce symptoms and improve wellbeing. These include Tai Chi, Qigong, yoga, meditation, and all types of relaxation....

    Authors: Maria Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Marie-Pier Gagnon, Sébastien Colson, José Côté, Jorge Flores-Aranda and Myriam Dupont
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:125
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  7. Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) patients suffer from significant symptoms, inflammation and reduced quality of life. Yoga improves these outcomes in other cancers, but ... of success) of a 12-week online yoga i...

    Authors: Jennifer Huberty, Ryan Eckert, Amylou Dueck, Heidi Kosiorek, Linda Larkey, Krisstina Gowin and Ruben Mesa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:121
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  8. Data suggested that majority of students knew about the use of traditional herbs and considered massage (P: 84.4%, NP: 82%, p = 0.099), homeopathy, herbs (P: 86.5%, NP: 81%, p = 0.064], yoga [P: 357 (81.7%), NP: ...

    Authors: Mariam Ashraf, Hamid Saeed, Zikria Saleem, Hassaan Anwer Rathore, Fawad Rasool, Eman Tahir, Tooba Bhatti, Javeria Khalid, Iqra Bhatti and Ayesha Tariq
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:95
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  9. Teaching Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in medical schools is becoming prevalent worldwide. Few studies have been conducted to evaluate medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward CAM. Theref...

    Authors: Ahmad M. Samara, Ethar R. Barabra, Hala N. Quzaih and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:78
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  10. Access to and advice on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are uncommon within Swedish conventional cancer care and little is known about cancer patients’ own use of CAM. The aim of this cross-sectio...

    Authors: Kathrin Wode, Roger Henriksson, Lena Sharp, Anna Stoltenberg and Johanna Hök Nordberg
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:62
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  11. Menstrual pain is very common amongst young women. Despite the significant impact that menstrual pain has on academic attendance and performance, social activities and quality of life, most young women do not ...

    Authors: Mike Armour, Caroline A. Smith, Kylie A. Steel and Freya Macmillan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:22
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  12. Four hundred and eighty-four valid responses were received. Self-management strategies, consisting of self-care or lifestyle choices, were very common (76%) amongst women with endometriosis. The most common forms...

    Authors: Mike Armour, Justin Sinclair, K. Jane Chalmers and Caroline A. Smith
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:17
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  13. Obese and overweight individuals have greater illness and disease burden, but previous findings from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) suggest that they are no more likely to use complementary h...

    Authors: Dawn M. Upchurch, Linghui Liang and Fuschia M. Sirois
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:339
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  14. Neural Therapy (NT) is a common complementary treatment approach using injections with short-acting local anesthetics to treat pain and chronic diseases. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism...

    Authors: Heidemarie Haller, Felix J. Saha, Barbara Ebner, Anna Kowoll, Dennis Anheyer, Gustav Dobos, Bettina Berger and Kyung-Eun Choi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:311
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  15. Comorbidity of musculoskeletal (MSK) and mental health (MH) problems is common but challenging to treat using conventional approaches. Integration of conventional with complementary approaches (CAM) might help...

    Authors: Deborah Sharp, Ava Lorenc, Gene Feder, Paul Little, Sandra Hollinghurst, Stewart Mercer and Hugh MacPherson
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:290
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  16. Individuals living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis are increasingly using complementary therapies and medicines (CM) to enhance the effectiveness of cancer treatment, manage treatment-related side effects, ...

    Authors: Caroline A. Smith, Jennifer Hunter, Geoff P. Delaney, Jane M. Ussher, Kate Templeman, Suzanne Grant and Eleanor Oyston
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:289
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  17. Rest or acute exercise can decrease state anxiety, with some evidence showing exercise to prevent laboratory-induced elevations in anxiety. No study has examined whether yoga provides short-term protection agains...

    Authors: Kembra Albracht-Schulte and Jacalyn Robert-McComb
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:280
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  18. Biologically-based complementary medicines (BB-CAM) including herbs and nutritional supplements are frequently taken by breast- and gynecological cancer patients undergoing systemic therapy. The aim of this st...

    Authors: Loisa Drozdoff, Evelyn Klein, Marion Kiechle and Daniela Paepke
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:259
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  19. Half of the sample used non-pharmacological health practices. Six classes of users were identified. “Low use” (50%) had low rates of health practice use. “Exercise” (23%) had high exercise use. “Psychotherapy” (6...

    Authors: Melvin T. Donaldson, Melissa A. Polusny, Rich F. MacLehose, Elizabeth S. Goldsmith, Emily M. Hagel Campbell, Lynsey R. Miron, Paul D. Thuras and Erin E. Krebs
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:246
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  20. Mental health issues in children have become a serious public health concern in the U.S. within the past few decades. Emerging evidence suggests that Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) can be benefic...

    Authors: Claudia Wang, John Preisser, Yunro Chung and Kaigang Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:241
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  21. Women who drank alcohol more than once a month were more likely to have applied herbal or “natural” medicine and self-treatment techniques (meditation, yoga, qi gong or tai-chi), compared...

    Authors: Kristina Sivertsen, Marko Lukic and Agnete E. Kristoffersen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:239
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  22. In Korea, there are two types of medical doctors: one practises conventional medicine (hereafter called a physician), and the other practises traditional medicine (hereafter called a Korean medical doctor). Th...

    Authors: Ju Ah Lee, Yui Sasaki, Ichiro Arai, Ho-Yeon Go, Sunju Park, Keiko Yukawa, Yun Kung Nam, Seong-Gyu Ko, Yoshiharu Motoo, Kiichiro Tsutani and Myeong Soo Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:238
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  23. Hypertension control remains a major global challenge. The behavioral approaches recommended for blood pressure reduction are stress reduction, increased exercise and healthy dietary habits. Some study findings s...

    Authors: Raja Ram Dhungana, Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Suira Joshi, Om Prakash Kalauni, Anu Shakya, Vijay Bhrutel, Savyata Panthi, Ramesh Kumar KC, Binod Ghimire, Achyut Raj Pandey, Bihungum Bista, Binaya Sapkota, Shiva Ram Khatiwoda, Craig Steven McLachlan and Dinesh Neupane
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:207
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. A total of 394 out of 503 patients participated in the survey (78%). 60% declared using CAM in general, 45% specifically in relation to their pregnancy or childbed. Most commonly used modalities were vitamins (31...

    Authors: Nikolas Schürger, Evelyn Klein, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Marion Kiechle and Daniela Paepke
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:187
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  25. Aromatase inhibitors reduce breast cancer recurrence rates in postmenopausal women by about 30% compared with tamoxifen while treatments differ. Unfortunately, nearly half of women taking AIs report AI-associa...

    Authors: Inmaculada Conejo, Bella Pajares, Emilio Alba and Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:180
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  26. Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are sometimes used by individuals who desire to improve the outcomes of their fertility treatment and/or mental health during fertility treatment. However, there i...

    Authors: Skye A. Miner, Stephanie Robins, Yu Jia Zhu, Kathelijne Keeren, Vivian Gu, Suzanne C. Read and Phyllis Zelkowitz
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:158
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  27. The significant use of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) by cancer survivors is well documented. The aim of this study was to explore cancer survivors’ views on integrating T&CM services with conve...

    Authors: Jennifer Hunter, Jane Ussher, Chloe Parton, Andrew Kellett, Caroline Smith, Geoff Delaney and Eleanor Oyston
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:153
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  28. Cancer patients often suffer from emotional distress as a result of the oncological process. The purpose of our study was to determine whether practice of Jacobson’s relaxation technique reduced consumption of...

    Authors: Paula Parás-Bravo, Cristina Alonso-Blanco, María Paz-Zulueta, Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo, Manuel Herrero-Montes, Ester Boixadera-Planas and César Fernández-de-las-Peñas
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:139
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  29. There is limited research regarding patients’ profiles and consumer attitudes and habits of osteopathy in Spain. The purpose of this study was to profile patients who regularly receive osteopathic care in Spai...

    Authors: Gerard Alvarez Bustins, Pedro-Victor López Plaza and Sonia Roura Carvajal
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:129
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  30. Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) is seen as a way to provide healthcare in both developed and developing countries across the world. In Cambodia, there is a long tradition of using TC...

    Authors: Hattie Pearson, Tyler Fleming, Pheak Chhoun, Sovannary Tuot, Carinne Brody and Siyan Yi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:114
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  31. To explore if health related quality of life(HRQoL) increased after traditional yoga(TY), mindfulness based cognitive therapy(MBCT)...

    Authors: Astrid Grensman, Bikash Dev Acharya, Per Wändell, Gunnar H. Nilsson, Torkel Falkenberg, Örjan Sundin and Sigbritt Werner
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:80
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  32. Many complementary therapies offer benefits for patients with cancer. Others may be risky for patients due to negative interactions with conventional treatment and adverse effects. Therefore, cancer patients n...

    Authors: Trine Stub, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury, Joanne C. Sandberg and Agnete E. Kristoffersen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:44
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  33. Within the intercultural milieu of medical pluralism, a nexus of worldviews espousing distinct explanatory models of illness, our research aims at exploring factors leading to complementary and alternative med...

    Authors: Szilvia Zörgő, György Purebl and Ágnes Zana
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:25
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  34. Unhealthy lifestyles are a major factor in the development and exacerbation of many chronic diseases. Improving lifestyles though immersive residential experiences that promote healthy behaviours is a focus of...

    Authors: Dhevaksha Naidoo, Adrian Schembri and Marc Cohen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:8
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  35. Integrative health care (IHC) is an innovative approach to health care delivery. There is increasing focus on and demand for the evaluation of IHC practices. To ensure such evaluations capture their full scope...

    Authors: Ania Kania-Richmond and Amy Metcalfe
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:548
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  36. The University of Arizona Integrative Health Center (UAIHC) was an innovative integrative medicine (IM) adult primary care clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. UAIHC used a hybrid payment model to deliver comprehensive...

    Authors: Robert L. Crocker, Amy J. Grizzle, Jason T. Hurwitz, Rick A. Rehfeld, Ivo Abraham, Randy Horwitz, Andrew Weil and Victoria Maizes
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:490
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  37. Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread among different patient populations despite the availability of evidence-based conventional medicine and lack of supporting evidence for the cl...

    Authors: Mandreker Bahall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:422
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  38. Colorectal cancer imposes threats to patients’ well-being. Although most physical symptoms can be managed by medication, psychosocial stressors may complicate survival and hamper quality of life. Mindfulness a...

    Authors: Rainbow T. H. Ho, Adrian H. Y. Wan, Jessie S. M. Chan, S. M. Ng, K. F. Chung and Cecilia L. W. Chan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:390
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common symptoms experienced by cancer patients, and it diminishes their quality of life. However, there is currently no confirmed standard treatment for cancer-related...

    Authors: Mikyung Kim, Jung-Eun Kim, Hye-Yoon Lee, Ae-Ran Kim, Hyo-Ju Park, O-Jin Kwon, Eun-Jung Kim, Yeon-Cheol Park, Byung-Kwan Seo, Jung Hyo Cho and Joo-Hee Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:353
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  40. Sophisticated conventional medicine (CM) has brought significant advances to cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. However, many cancer patients still turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM...

    Authors: Mandreker Bahall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:345
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  41. Authors: Miriam Ortiz, Katharina Schnabel, Michael Teut, Gabriele Rotter, Sylvia Binting, Margit Cree, Fabian Lotz, Ralf Suhr, Benno Brinkhaus, Mohammad M. Parvizi, Farhad Handjani, Mohammad M. Zarshenas, Mahmood R. Moein, Majid Nimrouzi, Gholamreza Hatam, Jafar Hasanzadeh…
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17(Suppl 1):333
    Content type: Meeting abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  42. Authors: Benno Brinkhaus, Torkel Falkenberg, Aviad Haramati, Stefan N. Willich, Josephine P. Briggs, Merlin Willcox, Klaus Linde, Töres Theorell, Lisa M. Wong, Jeffrey Dusek, Darong Wu, David Eisenberg, Aviad Haramati, Bettina Berger, Kathi Kemper, Beate Stock-Schröer…
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17(Suppl 1):322
    Content type: Meeting abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  43. Authors: Carolyn Ee, Sharmala Thuraisingam, Marie Pirotta, Simon French, Charlie Xue, Helena Teede, Agnete E. Kristoffersen, Fuschia Sirois, Trine Stub, Jennifer Engler, Stefanie Joos, Corina Güthlin, Jennifer Felenda, Christiane Beckmann, Florian Stintzing, Roni Evans…
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17(Suppl 1):317
    Content type: Meeting abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  44. Engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as healthy diet and regular physical activity, are known to reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD). Complementary and alternative medicine (C...

    Authors: Agnete E. Kristoffersen, Fuschia M. Sirois, Trine Stub and Anne Helen Hansen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:324
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  45. Despite a growing body of scientific literature exploring the nature of meditation there is limited information on the characteristics of individuals who use it. This is particularly true of comparative studie...

    Authors: Adam Burke, Chun Nok Lam, Barbara Stussman and Hui Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:316
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  46. This study revealed that majority of the pharmacy students were using or had previously used at least one type of CAM. Among the students, 59% had used homeopathy followed by Ayurveda (30%), meditation (29%), mas...

    Authors: Bijoy Laxmi Saha, Md. Omar Reza Seam, Md. Mainul Islam, Abhijit Das, Sayed Koushik Ahamed, Palash Karmakar, Md. Fokhrul Islam and Sukalyan Kumar Kundu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:314
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  47. In recent decades, the evidence supporting the physical and mental health benefits of holistic movement practices such as yoga and t’ai chi have become increasingly ... was to examine participation prevalence and...

    Authors: Ineke Vergeer, Jason A. Bennie, Melanie J. Charity, Jack T. Harvey, Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen, Stuart J. H. Biddle and Rochelle M. Eime
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:296
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  48. While complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used in the United States and elsewhere, and hazardous interactions with prescription drugs can occur, patients do not regularly communicate with ...

    Authors: Carrie M. Christensen, Rebecca S. Morris, Seraphine Chepkemoi Kapsandoy, Melissa Archer, Jinqiu Kuang, Laura Shane-McWhorter, Bruce E. Bray and Qing Zeng-Treitler
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:272
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  49. Despite the paucity of scientific evidence, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used for the prevention and treatment of illness, holistic care, and counteracting the adverse effects of conv...

    Authors: Mandreker Bahall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:250
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  50. Chronic activation of the stress-response can contribute to cardiovascular disease risk, particularly in sedentary individuals. This study investigated the effect of a Bikram yoga intervention on the high frequen...

    Authors: Zoe L. Hewett, Kate L. Pumpa, Caroline A. Smith, Paul P. Fahey and Birinder S. Cheema
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:226
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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