Original Article

Group Battlefield Acupuncture in Primary Care for Veterans with Pain

Objective: To obtain preliminary data on the short- and intermediate-term effects of battlefield acupuncture (BFA) on self-reported pain intensity in a relatively large cohort of veterans to assess whether a more comprehensive clinical trial evaluation is warranted. Methods: The treatment, in an outpatient group setting, consisted of up to five…

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Review Article

Battlefield Acupuncture: Is It Ready for Widespread Dissemination?

The use of prescription opioids for chronic pain has increased markedly within the past few decades; thus, death rates associated with opioid overdoses have increased dramatically. Nonopioid pharmacologic therapies also are associated with adverse effects. Other pain-abatement modalities such as acupuncture may be useful in the treatment of several painful…

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Review Article

Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Dementia

This is a review that evaluates complementary and alternative approaches to dementia and places them into an integrative framework. While many therapies in popular use have yet to be supported by “best-evidence” trials or meta-analysis, conventional treatments for dementia are clearly suboptimal. This encourages both health care providers and patients’…

Posted in: alternative medicine 3 Alzheimer disease 3 complementary medicine 3 dementia 3 integrative medicine 4 mind-body therapies 2

Expired CME Article

Approach to Communicating with Patients About the Use of Nutritional Supplements in Cancer Care

In recent years, complementary and alternative medicine has become popular among the general population in the Western world. Cancer patients have joined this global trend, often seeking supplements to conventional oncologic care, usually without their physicians’ knowledge. Among the most common forms of complementary and alternative medicine used by cancer…

Posted in: alternative medicine 3 antioxidants 2 cancer care 2 cancer prevention 3 dietary supplements 4 integrative medicine 4 patient-centered care 7
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