Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide data for the development Korean medicine (KM) clinical practice guidelines (CPG) gastric cancer (GC) by identifying awareness and knowledge needs KM doctors (KMD) through an online survey.Methods: A survey questionnaire produced referring previous recognition studies KMDs. composed questions regarding current status care GC, level clinicians a...

UNLABELLED Back pain significantly affects both patients and society through personal suffering, supporting burden, work loss, and incurred expenses. With no unequivocal support for surgery versus conservative treatment, an integrative approach has become popular in Korea. OBJECTIVES To investigate the outcomes of an integrative package for low back pain with leg pain. METHODS A prospective...

Objective To review the literature and systematically evaluate the effectiveness of Chuna (or Tuina) manual therapy (C[T]MT) on pain and function for musculoskeletal disorders. Methods We searched 15 English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean databases using relevant keywords. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of C(T)MT for musculoskeletal disorders were considered, and we limited analyses ...

Seven Central Yup’ik masks from Alaska owned by the Anima Mundi Museum, ethnological museum at Vatican, were examined in museum’s Conservation Laboratory over five months 2022 Ellen Pearlstein, consultation with Chuna McIntyre, a artist and culture bearer. Technical details documented these together cultural meanings explored jointly two authors. The authors history of Catholic missionary acqui...