OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of alternative therapies among different racial/ethnic groups in the USA. Specifically, we examined whether alternative medicine use differs for working aged whites, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics. DESIGN Using the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, racial differences in utilization were investigated at two levels: (1) the bivariate leve...

Trying to construct a definition that covers a large heterogeneous group of complementary and alternative therapies is difficult. Many therapies are well known whereas others may be exotic, mysterious or even dangerous. Some relaxation techniques, massage therapies, special diets and self-help groups could be considered to be lifestyle choices rather than true therapeutic interventions, althoug...

This paper examines the (in)compatibility between the diagnostic and therapeutic theories of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and a science-based regulatory framework. Specifically, the paper investigates the nexus between statutory legitimacy and scientific validation of health systems, with an examination of its impact on the development of complementary and alternative therapies....

the aim of the current study was to assess the extent to which complementary and alternative medicine (cam) has been used in children and adults to treat seizures and to compare the perceptions and usage of cam between adult patients who decides for themselves and adults who decide for their sick children.in this cross-sectional study, patients who have been treated for epilepsy for at least on...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a hormonal disorder that affects between 5 - 10% of women who are of reproductive age. the most common symptoms of pcos are obesity/difficulty losing weight, acne, amenorrhea (absence of menstrual cycles), irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism (increased growth of corporal hair), insulin resistance, and high cholesterol. one of the treatments for pcos is the ...

how to cite this article: tonekaboni sh, jafari naeini s, khajeh a, yaghini o, ghazavi a, abdollah gorji f. use of complementary and alternative medicine for epileptic children in tehran: a cross-sectional study (2009-2011). iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):26-31. objective although the use of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) has been evaluated globally, there are few studies ...

conclusions overall, the results of this study indicate that intermittent exercise reduces the plasma leptin level. in addition, this reduction is significantly correlated to the glucose level in the blood. the continuous exercise was shown to have no effects on the plasma leptin level, and there was no relationship between the glucose and leptin levels. results the results demonstrated that se...

results approximately 20% of the patients expressed alternatively spliced transcripts of gla mrna involving exon 3. we additionally report that such non-canonical transcripts are physiologically expressed at trace levels in healthy individuals, and that their expression in leukocytes markedly increased in blood samples kept at room-temperature for 48 hours before rna extraction. background defi...

in his insightful editorial, nir eyal explores the connections between nudging and shaming. one upshot of his argument is that we should question the principle of the least restrictive alternative in public health and health policy. in this commentary, i maintain that eyal’s argument undermines only a rather implausible version of the principle of the least restrictive alternative and i sketch ...

background: to determine the prevalence and patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) use in urban population in isfahan. methods: in a cross–sectional study through two-stage sampling methods, 870 individuals were selected from isfahan province, center of iran. we selected 20 clusters randomly and chose one household from each cluster by chance then 24 households were included...