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11 Citation Have a Happy Thanksgiving November 27 12:00 am . A. ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS | Comments Off, technorati.com
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Self-weighing helps overweight adolescents 1 Citation Should overweight teens be encouraged to weigh themselves? Yes, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. First, the details. 130 teens in the 85th percentile for body mass index (BMI) during the past 2 years participated. Some weighed themselves frequently and others infrequently. And, the results. Frequent self-weighers had a lower average weight index (BMI; 180 lb, 82 kg) , technorati.com
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1 Citation It?s recognized that doctors? relationships with their patients can have healing effects, but the skills in this area of medical practice are understudied. How does one recognize a ?healer?? The Annals of Internal Medicine has published the findings from interviews with 50 practitioners ? both allopathic and complementary and alternative medicine ? who were identified by , technorati.com
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FDA reports on the safety of dermal fillers 1 Citation They are the ultimate complementary medicine. First, some background. Injectable dermal fillers have been around for 20 years, most for at least 10 years. They include the following products, which the FDA categorizes as devices. Poly (methyl methacrylate) microspheres (Artefill) Hydroxylapatite (Radiesse) Poly-L-lactic acid (Sculptra) Hyaluronic acid (Restylane and others) Collagen (Cosmoderm and others) In general they?re used to smooth out wrinkles and , technorati.com
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American Academy of Pediatrics? position on CAM 1 Citation The Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine has published a review of everything a pediatrician ever wanted to know about CAM. Here are just a few of the highlights. Some background on kids and CAM Most pediatric patients receiving CAM also receive conventional care. Children using CAM are more likely to be seeing their pediatrician for , technorati.com
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1 Citation The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) reports that approximately 38% of adults and 12% of children use some form of CAM. First, the details. The findings are from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an annual survey of Americans regarding their health- and illness-related experiences. 23,393 adults aged at least 18 years of age , technorati.com
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1 Citation To find a workable definition of Reiki you can turn to Wikipedia. In fact, we quoted a short excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Reiki to get the discussion started: Reiki ? is a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by Mikao Usui. After three weeks of fasting and meditating on Mount Kurama, in Japan, Usui claimed to receive the ability of ?healing without energy depletion?. A portion of the practice, tenohira or palm healing, is used as a form of complementary and alternative medi, technorati.com
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Facemasks reduce the spread of influenza-like illness 1 Citation Influenza-like illness is similar to the flu, and more severe than cold-like symptoms.Researchers from Australia report that it?s a challenge, but when parents wear a facemask they have a reduced risk of getting influenza-like symptoms from their children.I?m reposting this entry because of its relevance to the swine flu epidemic.First, the details.During the 2006 and 2007 winter seasons, 280 adults from 145 households who had been exposed to a child with clinical respiratory illness were recrui, technorati.com
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1 Citation This entry was posted on Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under A. ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site., technorati.com
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We don?t know how to treat childhood apraxia of speech 1 Citation That?s the conclusion from a Cochrane review. First, the details. The objective was to assess the treatment by Speech and Language Pathologists(s)/Speech and Language Therapists for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). A literature search revealed 31 abstracts that appeared to be worth including in the review. And, the results. All 31 articles were excluded because they were so poorly designed. Oops! The , technorati.com
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