Ann Abraham, Debi Narasimhan, Udayakumar Christy, Senta Muhasaparur Ganesan, Rajanandh
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Amino acids
L-Carnosine is an amino acid that acts as an anti-oxidant, anti-toxic and neuroprotective agent. There is a paucity of data about the effectiveness of L-Carnosine in the management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of L-Carnosine as adjunctive therapy in the management of ASD. This wa...
Dale, Virginia H
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Journal of perioperative practice
Music interventions have been analysed for their use in many surgical specialties, but they have not yet been reviewed in relation to abdominal surgery. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the effect that listening to music perioperatively has on the postoperative pain of abdominal surgery patients. A systematic search of PubMed, Coch...
Armstrong, Megan Kupeli, Nuriye Flemming, Kate Stone, Patrick Wilkinson, Susie Candy, Bridget
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Palliative Medicine
Background: Interventions delivered in palliative care are complex and their evaluation through qualitative and quantitative research can lead to contrasting results. In a systematic review of trials, the effectiveness results of complementary therapies in palliative care were inconclusive; however, our qualitative synthesis showed participants per...
Ooi, Soo Liang Pak, Sok Cheon Micalos, Peter S. Schupfer, Emily Zielinski, Rob Jeffries, Thomas Harris, Garth Golombick, Terry McKinnon, David
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
Introduction Rice bran arabinoxylan compound (RBAC) is a nutraceutical for enhancing a depleted immune system during and after cancer treatment. This pilot feasibility trial aims to evaluate the effects of RBAC on cancer patients' quality of life during active treatment, compared to placebo, using a validated questionnaire. Other outcome measures i...
Wang, Zhang Wu, Jiaqi Li, Dongyun Tang, Xuan Zhao, Yue Cai, Xiao Chen, Xianghong Chen, Xiumin Huang, Qingchun Huang, Runyue
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Chinese Medicine
BackgroundBiqi capsule is a traditional Chinese medicine widely used as a complementary and alternative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective is to understand the efficacy, safety and mechanism of Biqi combined with methotrexate (MTX) in RA.MethodsWe present a randomized, controlled pilot trial on Biqi combined with MTX against pat...
Lee, Jang Won Hyun, Min Kyung Ang, Lin
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Integrative medicine research
There are numerous reports worldwide on the use of complementary therapy for female infertility. This paper presents an overview of the available systematic reviews (SRs) on the outcomes of complementary therapy for female infertility. Electronic databases, including Pubmed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Google sc...
Mahdavipour, Fatemeh Rahemi, Zahra Sadat, Zohreh Ajorpaz, Neda Mirbagher
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Complementary therapies in medicine
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of foot reflexology on depression during menopause. Randomized controlled clinical trial. Gynecology outpatient clinic. We enrolled 90 menopausal women with depression. Participants were assigned to the intervention (n = 45) and control (n = 45) groups by block randomization. Participants in th...
Koh, Li Mei Percival, Beccy Pauley, Tara Pathak, Sangeeta
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Heliyon
Obstetrics; complementary therapy; induction of labour; Women's Health; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Alternative Medicine; Clinical Research.
Tang, Shuk Kwan Tse, Mimi Mun Yee Leung, Sau Fong Fotis, Theofanis
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundPain is common in older adults. To maintain their quality of life and promote healthy ageing in the community, it is important to lower their pain levels. Pharmacological pain management has been shown to be effective in older adults. However, as drugs can have various side effects, non-pharmacological pain management is preferred for com...
Deliana, Muthia Suza, Dewi Elizadiani Tarigan, Rosina
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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
BACKGROUND: Proper treatment of cancer can make it easier for the healing process. Delay in patients seeking treatment is a problem that often occurs today. Handling of complementary and alternative therapies, which is not appropriate is one of the causes of delay in seeking treatment, which worsens the patient’s condition. Patients usually come to...
