Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Once labeling complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as quackery or fraud, the biomedical community is becoming increasingly complex as it struggles to cope with the explosion of alternative treatments seen in the United States. With the establishment of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine along with an increase in departments or courses on alternative medicine seen in major American medical schools, CAM has nudged its way into mainstream medicine.

Now that it has gained a foothold in the biomedical community, several questions arise about its impact...

Once labeling complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as quackery or fraud, the biomedical community is becoming increasingly complex as it struggles to cope with the explosion of alternative treatments seen in the United States. With the establishment of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine along with an increase in departments or courses on alternative medicine seen in major American medical schools, CAM has nudged its way into mainstream medicine.

Now that it has gained a foothold in the biomedical community, several questions arise about its impact...

Recent research in health decision making has shown that many patients, even those with a college education, have difficulties grasping a host of numerical concepts, including percentages and probabilities. Yet, basic numeracy and graph literacy are essential for understanding information relevant to making decisions about health, such as the incidence and prevalence of different diseases, risk reductions from medical screenings and treatments, and risk increases from side effects of treatments and unhealthy behaviors. Patients who have problems understanding such numerical concepts are...

The second edition of this popular text systematically addresses all aspects of treatment of infertility using Chinese medicine. Clinically focused and with a new easy-to-navigate design, the book begins?by covering all the essential fundamentals you will need to understand and treat infertility, before going on to look at what Chinese medicine offers in the way of treatment for functional infertility in men and women, gynecological disorders which contribute to infertility and relevant lifestyle factors. Jane Lyttleton importantly devotes a large part of the book to discussing ways in...

Der bewahrte Ratgeber fur die arztliche Praxis und die Apotheke bietet eine praxisorientierte Einfuhrung in die moderne Phytotherapie. Systematisch nach Organsystemen und Anwendungsgebieten gegliedert, gibt das Buch einen raschen Uberblick uber Dosierung, Applikationsform und Wirkung der wichtigsten pflanzlichen Arzneimittel. In der 5. Auflage dieses Standardwerkes findet der Leser jetzt auch ein Kapitel uber die Zulassung als Arzneimittel sowie eine pharmapolitische Bewertung pflanzlicher Arzneimittel neben synthetischen in der arztlichen Verordnung. Samtliche besprochene Drogen wurden im...