Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Alternative medicine are whole medical systems that did not fit with conventional medicine as they have completely different philosophies and ideas on the causes of disease, methods of diagnosis and approaches to treatment. Although often overlapping, complementary medicine (or therapies) are specifically defined as those that can be used alongside conventional medicine. The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) include both approaches. Integrated medicine is a new hybrid of conventional and complementary therapies.
One of the most commonly used definitions is that used by the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field;
“Complementary medicine includes all such practices and ideas which are outside the domain of conventional medicine in several countries and defined by its users as preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well being. These practices complement mainstream medicine by 1) contributing to a common whole, 2) satisfying a demand not met by conventional practices, and 3) diversifying the conceptual framework of medicine. ” (Berman 2006)
CAM include acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine, homeopathy, osteopathy, Alexander technique, aromatherapy, Bach and other flower remedies, body work therapies, including massage, counseling stress therapy, hypnotherapy, meditation, reflexology, shiatsu, healing, Maharishi ayurvedic medicine, nutritional medicine, yoga, anthroposophical medicine, ayurvedic medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, Eastern medicine, naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, crystal therapy, dowsing, iridology, kinesiology and radionics.
CAM is controversial because of the evidence that it works, and how it works. There have been several attempts to estimate the amount of money available to CAM research as compared to conventional medical research and current estimates suggest that CAM research represents less than 0.01% of the current UK medical research budget. Anecdotal evidence is very strong, but clinical trials are complicated in this area by the holistic approach and the use of placebo controls.
Source; Adapted from NHS
PubMed Articles
The integrated EPR information system supports convenient and rapid e-medicine services. A secure and efficient authentication scheme for the integrated EPR information system provides safeguarding pa...
Of marsupials and men: "Backdoor" dihydrotestosterone synthesis in male sexual differentiation.
Following development of the fetal bipotential gonad into a testis, male genital differentiation requires testicular androgens. Fetal Leydig cells produce testosterone that is converted to dihydrotest...
PURPOSE: The cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen has recently been replaced by liquid crystal display (LCD) screens as visual stimulators for pattern-reversal visually evoked potentials (p-VEPs). The aim of...
Eculizumab and recurrent C3 glomerulonephritis.
BACKGROUND: Hyperactivity of the alternative complement pathway is the principle defect in C3 glomerulopathies (C3G). Eculizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds C5 to prevent formation of the membra...
Epoxy-amines are used as structural adhesives deposited on Ti. The amine adhesion to a Ti surface depends highly on the surface state (oxidation, hydroxylation). Amines may adsorb above preadsorbed wa...
Vesico-vaginal fistula repair as a day case: is it a worthy venture?
Two vesico-vaginal fistula patients who were successfully managed with outpatient care as an alternative approach, to ensure early access to care and integration into their family. The two patients ha...
Samples of spinel type oxides Li(4-x)/3Mn(5-2x)/3FexO4 (x = 0.5 and x = 0.7) were prepared by combining sol-gel processes and further thermal treatments. The structure and microstructure were characte...
BACKGROUND: Currently, remnant gastric cancer (RGC) is uncommon compared with gastric stump cancer, but early detection of gastric cancer and improved postsurgical survival will lead to increased inci...
The accurate detection and dosimetry of neutrons in mixed and pulsed radiation fields is a demanding instrumental issue with great interest both for the industrial and medical communities. In recent s...
This study sought to evaluate whether prasugrel may serve as an alternative to clopidogrel in patients with triple therapy.
News Articles
Roadmap for Commercialising Stem-Cell Based Therapies
Day One – Morning Session – World Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Congress Europe 2013 Professor Chris Mason, of the Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Unit at [...]
RICHMOND, Calif., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has granted the Company a $6.4 milli...
Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation and publisher of various natural health newsletters, books, and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulleti...
Steven Carr to Deliver Pittcon 2014 Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce that Steven Carr, director of proteomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will deliver the Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture at PIt...
Reducing experimental inflammatory arthritis
(Medical Xpress)—UCD researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor David Brayden in UCD School of Veterinary Medicine have successfully reduced inflammation in the swollen arthritic knees of a murine...
(PRWEB) May 24, 2013 Just about any bodyweight training program includes a variety of pushups, but according to Mike Whitfield, a trainer based in Dallas, GA that uses a variety of bodyweight condi...
The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Fellows Graduate with Master's Degrees from USF
Boca Raton, FL, May 24, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The twenty-nine (29) members of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Fellowship graduates were awarded a Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences wit...
Superiority Of Bivalirudin Over Heparin Questioned
Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patient...
Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis
A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk fact...
EMA recommends measures to minimise Dianette’s risks
Benefits of Dianette (cyproterone acetate 2mg, ethinylestradiol 35micrograms) and its generics outweigh the risks, provided that several measures are taken to minimise the risk of thromboembolism, th...
Events
The European Society for Translational Medicine (EUSTM) and the Centre de Recherche Public – Santé (CRP-ÂSanté)
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress
North America’s commercial stem cells event
Select Biosciences Translational Medicine Summit (TMS) is focused on providing an up-to-date expansive view of the current marketplace focused primarily on translational activities worldwide.
Welcome to Molecular Medicine Congress and exhibition.
6TH ANNUAL RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES Conference
An insight into novel therapeutics and future technologies
Companies
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
1781 Founding Over two centuries ago in 1781, 32-year-old Chobei Takeda I started a business selling traditional Japanese and Chinese medicines in Doshomachi, Osaka, the center of the medicine trade...
The Moss Center for Integrative Medicine
KineMed, Inc. ("KineMed" or the "Company") is a drug discovery and development company employing its proprietary translational medicine technology (AquaTag™ and KineMarkerâÂ...
Ignyta, Inc., located in San Diego, California, is a personalized medicine company developing revolutionary new products and services to customize diagnosis and treatment of patie...
Foundation Medicine is dedicated to the development of comprehensive tests that will help physicians personalize cancer treatment for their patients. Foundation Medicine’s la...
Health Discovery Corporation is a molecular diagnostics company that uses advanced mathematical techniques to analyze large amounts of data to uncover patterns that might otherwis...
National Academy of Sports Medicine
The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) has been a global leader in providing evidence-based certifications and advanced credentials to Health and Fitness Professionals sin...
OvaScience is a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of new treatments for infertility. The Company’s patented technology is base...
PatientsLikeMe is a patient network that improves lives and a real-time research platform that advances medicine. Through the network, patients connect with others who have the sa...
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM) is a leading physician group practice company focused on the delivery of hospitalist medicine and related facility-based services. IPC's physicians and...
Clinical Trials
Telepsychology-Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans
The purpose of this study is to see whether therapy for elderly adults with major depression can be delivered effectively using videoconferencing technology ("telepsychology"), which allow...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an experimental medicine (mirabegron) is as good as a currently approved medicine (solifenacin) in the treatment of patients with overacti...
Exploration of Tumor Accumulation of BAY94-9392 in Patients With Cancer
The study will be conducted as an open label, single-dose, explorative study with patients with histologically proven cancer and, preferably, tumor positive lesions in previously performed...
Genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients who did not respond (did not lose virus during treatment) or relapsed (virus went away on treatment but came back after treatment was stopped) a...
Randomized clinical study of two CAM therapies, 1) Reiki and 2) Relaxation Response Therapy with Cognitive Restructuring counseling (RRT with CR), compared to an education-only control arm...
Extension Neoadjuvant Taxotere: Study of the Effects of Taxotere in Patients With Breast Cancer
We, the investigators at Baylor Breast Care Cancer, are doing this study to learn how well Taxotere makes tumors become smaller. We are also doing this study to find out how well Taxotere...
Pilot Studies of Novel Therapies to Treat Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
The current management of primary FSGS is predicated on the assumption that the disease is caused by an immune-mediated disturbance in glomerular barrier function. Therefore, most treatmen...
Does Telephone Follow-up Improve Patients Satisfaction
Several studies have shown the importance of Telephone follow-up in reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure. Therefore, we aimed in this cohort to investigate whether telephone fo...
Julius Schachter, PhD, from the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, and Jeffrey Klausner, MD, from the Department of Public Health, are conducting a study to evaluate a type of test...
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Following Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer
To determine whether an accelerated course of radiotherapy delivered to the lumpectomy cavity plus margin using IORT as a single dose, intracavitary brachytherapy with the MammoSite device...
Videos
The Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Dr. Stephen E. Straus, Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gives an...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Monascus
A genus in the family Monascaceae, order EUROTIALES. One species, Monascus purpureus, has multiple uses in traditional Chinese medicine (MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL).
Ganoderma
A genus of fungi in the family Ganodermataceae, order POLYPORALES, containing a dimitic hyphal system. It causes a white rot, and is a wood decomposer. Ganoderma lucidum (REISHI) is used in traditional Chinese medicine (MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL).
Cinnamomum Aromaticum
A plant species of the genus CINNAMOMUM that contains CINNAMATES and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL).
Narration
The act, process, or an instance of narrating, i.e., telling a story. In the context of MEDICINE or ETHICS, narration includes relating the particular and the personal in the life story of an individual.
Reproductive Health Services
Health care services related to human REPRODUCTION and diseases of the reproductive system. Services are provided to both sexes and usually by physicians in the medical or the surgical specialities such as REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ANDROLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; and PERINATOLOGY.
