Wilbert S Aronow Qiao, Zhou Jian, Liu Ling, Xin Qian, Song Jin chen, Guo Dan, Huang
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Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly widely used as a complementary approach for the treatment of osteoarthritis. In this paper, we examined the implicit prescription patterns behind the Chinese medicinal formulae by using association rules mining and clustering analysis, so as to explore the compatibility regularity of Ch...
Wilbert S Aronow Nwanodi, Oroma B
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Statement of Purpose: Although 75% of breast cancer patients may use integrative medicine, only 11.5% early-stage breast cancer patients believe integrative medicine has anticancer activity. The gap in users of and firm believers in integrative medicine indicates a need to increase awareness of integrative medicine's applicability to curative cance...
Wilbert S Aronow Rajan, Aswathy Ravichandran, Ramanibai Bagai, Upma
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Malaria is the most devastating infectious disease in the world, and increasing numbers of multi drug resistance parasites are making it worse. The rising problem of morbidity and mortality justify the search and adoption of new tools and measures to minimize the impact of malaria. World Health Organization stated that homoeopathy is the second mos...
Wilbert S Aronow Baba, Masaki Yakubo, Shuji Fukuda, Eriko Ueda, Yukiko Hattori, Tomohiro Shiba, Emiko Soma, Masayoshi Arashima, Yasutomo Namiki, Takao
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Introduction: Randomized usual-case controlled studies on Japanese dementia patients with behavioral and psychological symptoms were conducted to examine the effects of Kampo medicine Yokukan-San (YKS) on the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). These studies showed that YKS is effective in treating BPSD. Yokukan-San-Ka-Chimpi-...
Wilbert S Aronow Bernardini, Simonetta Gottard, Anna Rinaldi, Massimo Mattei, Alessandra Virgili, Gianni Cracolici, Franco Ferreri, Rosaria Pulcri, Roberto
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Background: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of treatment with integrated medicine (acupuncture and homeopathy in addition to conventional treatment) in improving measures of physical ability. Data from medical records with patient-reported information on background characteristics, diagnosis on admission (orthopaedic conditions and stroke) and mo...
Wilbert S Aronow AA, Jafri SB, Sharma K, Luthra M, Mehndiratta N, Khurana UR, Singh
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Background: In previous studies, Sharma et al. has already isolated an anti-hyperglycemic compound from the fruit pulp of Eugenia jambolana using HPLC and other chromatographic techniques. However, the effect of anti-hyperglycemic compound (FIIc) on the expression of PPAR gamma, IRS-1 and IRS-2 in high sucrose diet induced type 2 diabetic rats has ...
Wilbert S Aronow Freti, Lorenzo Condemi, Vincenzo Mazza, Marianna Nicola, Marco Di Janiri, Luigi Antonietti, Andrea Gestro, Massimo Solimene, Umberto
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Background: In the recent decades, the relationship between psycho-physical disorders and weather conditions
has taken on an increased scientific solidity. Furthermore, it is known to every clinician that healthcare practice has
an important role in the management of psycho-physical disorders of patients affected by multiple sclerosis. Given
tha...
Wilbert S Aronow Minelli, Emilio Francescucci, Bruna Toschi, Valentino Iotti, Stefano Malucelli, Emil Maier, Jeanette AM
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Acupuncture, a complementary therapy originated in China over 3000 years ago, is widely practiced in western countries. There is an urgent need to define the mechanisms underlying some clinical effects obtained by acupuncture. A placebo effect is sustained by neuroimaging evidence indicating the activation of areas in the brain that are involved in...
Wilbert S Aronow Gupta, Richa Sharma, Suman Bala Singh, Usha Rani
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Background: Germinated Glycine max seeds have been known to have anti-hyperglycemic effects; however, a comprehensive study pertaining to this has never been experimentally determined.
Wilbert S Aronow Atayoglu, A Timucin Atayoglu, Ayten Guner Cetinkale, Gulcin Kuran Cetinkale, M Ali
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Healthcare providers do consider the potential risk of harm that any treatment can cause. Chiropractic healthcare is a system of complementary medicine based on the manipulative treatment of misalignments of the joints, especially those of the spinal column. Recently, the use of chiropractic spinal manipulation has increased considerably while its ...