News tagged with integrative medicine


Researchers develop molecular 'calcium sponge' to tackle heart failure

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology and the Lillehei Heart Institute have utilized molecular genetic engineering to optimize heart performance in models of diastolic ...

Cardiology created Feb 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brazilian mediums shed light on brain activity during a trance state

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil analyzed the cerebral blood flow (CBF) of Brazilian mediums during the practice of psychography, described as a form of writing whereby ...

Neuroscience created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study shows positive impact of mind-body course on well-being of medical students

A Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study shows a mind-body class elective for medical students helps increase their self-compassion and ability to manage thoughts and tasks more effectively. The study, published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Traditional Chinese medicine makes fertility treatments more effective: study

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations ...

Other created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study shows PTSD symptoms reduced in combat-exposed military via integrative medicine

Healing touch combined with guided imagery (HT+GI) provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for combat-exposed active duty military, according to a study released in the September ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Cocoa compounds may reduce blood pressure

Compounds in cocoa may help to reduce blood pressure, according to a new systematic review in The Cochrane Library. The researchers reviewed evidence from short-term trials in which participants were given dark chocolate or coc ...

Health created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protection against whooping cough waned during the five years after fifth dose of DTaP

OAKLAND, Calif. − Protection against whooping cough (also called pertussis) waned during the five years after the fifth dose of the combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, according to researchers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Concurrent treatment for type 2 diabetes and depression significantly improves both conditions

(Medical Xpress) -- Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, ...

Health created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnant women seek alternative care

Nearly half of all pregnant women in Australia consult a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner for pregnancy-related health conditions.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acupuncture appears linked with improvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

According to a small clinical trial reported by investigators from Japan, acupuncture appears to be associated with improvement of dyspnea (labored breathing) on exertion, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shingles vaccine is safe, according to new study

The herpes zoster vaccine, also known as the shingles vaccine, is generally safe and well tolerated according to a Vaccine Safety Datalink study of 193,083 adults published online in the Journal of Internal Medicine.

Medications created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Discovery in cell signaling could help fight against melanoma

The human body does a great job of generating new cells to replace dead ones but it is not perfect. Cells need to communicate with or signal to each other to decide when to generate new cells. Communication or signaling errors ...

Cancer created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer risk estimates increased with repeated prior CT and nuclear imaging

Researchers reviewing the records of approximately 250,000 women enrolled in an integrated healthcare delivery system found that increased CT utilization between 2000 and 2010 could result in an increase in the risk of breast ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mediation with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety

Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Female cancer survivors have 'worse health behaviors' than women with no cancer history

A recent study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found that female cancer survivors receiving screening mammography have "worse health behaviors" ...

Cancer created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0