Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) are used by an extensive number of
patients in the UK and elsewhere. In order to understand this pattern of behavior, it is helpful to …

People might be attracted to and use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM)
because they hold beliefs that are congruent with CAM. This article collates, examines and …

This paper reviews some of the recent randomised trials on acupuncture published in the
literature, with particular reference to the definition of placebo (control), sham acupuncture and …

… To test the consistency of the data extraction, 3 of us (Drs Bishop, Lewith, and Chan) extracted
data from the same 3 articles, and pairs of us extracted data independently from another 8 …

Objectives: Existing studies on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
have produced diverse results regarding the types and prevalence of CAM use due, in part, to …

Background: Insomnia is the most common of all sleep complaints and is under-researched.
The current treatments of choice are conventional hypnotics agents, but these have …

Background: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is popular for treatment of fibromyalgia (FM)
although there is a lack of comprehensive evaluation of current clinical evidence for …

Breathing exercises and breathing retraining are often used in the management of asthma.
One specific form of breathing therapy, known as the Buteyko breathing technique (BBT) has …

Background The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of homeopathy compared
to conventional treatment in acute respiratory and ear complaints in a primary care setting. …

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent musculoskeletal disorder. Conventional
treatment (ie, the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs—NSAIDs) is associated with …