The journal of alternative and complementary medicine : research on paradigm, practice, and policy
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J Altern Complement Med · Nov 2010
Conducting literature searches on Ayurveda in PubMed, Indian, and other databases.
Literature searches for articles on Ayurveda provide special challenges, since many of the Indian journals in which such articles appear are not indexed by current medical databases such as PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. ⋯ This article proposes guidelines enabling comprehensive searches to locate all types of Ayurvedic articles, not necessarily only randomized controlled trials.
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J Altern Complement Med · Nov 2010
Controlled Clinical TrialEfficacy of Biodanza for treating women with fibromyalgia.
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a 3-month Biodanza intervention in women with fibromyalgia (FM). ⋯ A 3-month (one session per week) Biodanza intervention shows improvements on pain, body composition, and FM impact in female patients.
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J Altern Complement Med · Nov 2010
Reasons, perceived efficacy, and factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use among Malaysian patients with HIV/AIDS.
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the pattern of use, reasons for use, and perceived effect of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), accompanied by identification and comparison of the factors that are potentially associated with CAM use. ⋯ This study confirmed the range of 30%-100% CAM use among individuals infected with HIV/AIDS. Although, on the one hand some types of CAM reduced viral load and enhanced the immune system, on the other hand some forms of CAM produced a detrimental effect on the virological suppression, opening this platform to more research and investigation in order to optimize the use of CAM among patients with HIV/AIDS.