http://camwatch.blogsome.com new peer-reviewed articles about complementary and alternative medicine Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:32:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The blog is on hiatus, while moving to a new Linux-based server. See camevidencebase.com for new posts. http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/11/21/on-hiatus/ Kala CP. Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2009 Aug 4;5:20. PMID: 19653889; PMCID: PMC2729299. Chandra Prakash Kala of the Indian Institute of Forest Management reports on a comprehensive ethnobotanical survey of rural Surguja, a biodiverse region of rich ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/09/21/ethnobotany-of-chhattisgarh-state-in-india/ Chang FY, Lu CL. Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome using complementary and alternative medicine. J Chin Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;72(6):294-300. PMID: 19541564 A thoughtful and enlightened review of CAM practices used by patients with irritable bowel syndrome, by researchers at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/09/05/cam-in-irritable-bowel-syndrome/ Liu Y, Dao Z, Yang C, et al. Medicinal plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la, Yunnan, China. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2009 May 5;5:15. PMID: 19416515. Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China College of Life and Environment Sciences, and China University for Nationalities inventoried traditional medicinal plants used by Tibetans ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/06/30/speaking-mandarin-in-shangri-la/ Long C, Li S, Long B, Shi Y, Liu B. Medicinal plants used by the Yi ethnic group: a case study in central Yunnan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2009 Apr 23;5:13. PMID: 19389251 Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Minzu University of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, and Chuxiong Research ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/06/18/medicinal-plants-used-by-the-yi-people/ Witt CM, Lüdtke R, Mengler N, Willich SN. How healthy are chronically ill patients after eight years of homeopathic treatment?–Results from a long term observational study. BMC Public Health. 2008 Dec 17;8:413. PMID: 19091085 Researchers at Berlin’s Charité University Medical Center continue their long-term study of nearly 4,000 adults and children ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/35/ Kunwar RM, Bussmann RW. Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2008 Dec 2;4:24. Review. PMID: 19055723 Investigators at the Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal and Missouri Botanical Garden partnered for this comprehensive review of indigenous knowledge and use of plant resources in Himalayan Nepal. Their analysis included more than 200 ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/medicinal-plants-in-the-himalaya/ Büssing A, Cysarz D, Edelhäuser F, et al. The oil-dispersion bath in anthroposophic medicine–an integrative review. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Dec 4;8:61. Review. PMID: 19055811 An introduction to anthroposophic medicine - a whole medical system introduced by the Austrian polymath Rudolf Steiner - from the vantage of the oil-dispersion bath, ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/03/09/the-oil-dispersion-bath-in-anthroposophic-medicine/ Barnes PM, Bloom B, Nahin RL. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. National health statistics reports; no 12. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008. [Read the report.] This nationwide survey of CAM practices in the United States, developed by the National ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/03/09/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-use-in-the-united-states/ Madsen MV, Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A. Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups. BMJ. 2009 Jan 27;338:a3115. PMID: 19174438 This study by researchers at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen looked at 13 trials (3,025 patients) with pain from a number ... http://camwatch.blogsome.com/2009/02/22/systematic-review-of-acupuncture-treatment-for-pain/