It is often stated, paradoxically, that a treatment is not effective when trials have shown a
placebo effect. This should be rephrased 'that the tested treatment is not more effective than …

This brief commentary considers a possible hitherto infrequently discussed factor that might
contribute to the increase in the use of complementary medicines: the difficulties of using …

Alternative/complementary/unconven-tive ways of healing. There will always be an
tional/non-traditional/integral/holistic/intellectual and philosophical frontier in the art …

There are certain immediate and obvious problems in using conventional research
techniques for the evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). These …

The 'placebo effect'concept is intrinsic to the architecture of the double blind placebo
randomised controlled trial (RCT), the oft quoted 'gold standard'method of clinical research …

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, Mar/apr 2008, VOL. 14, NO. 2 17 Does CAM Represent Only
Placebo Therapies? necessity of conducting large randomized clinical trials to determine …

For several reasons, the value of placebo-controlled trials has often been disputed (not only)
in complementary/alternative medicine (CAM)(1). Many clinicians feel that giving placebos …

The misuse of sham controls in examining the efficacy or effectiveness of Complementary
and Alternative Medicine has created numerous problems. The theoretical justification for …

One of the earliest placebo-controlled studies of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM)
took place at the Mineral Water Hospital (Bath, UK) in 1799. The experiment was conducted …

The editorial" Integrating complementary medicine and health care services into
practice"(Can Med Assoc J 1995; 153: 45-49), by Drs. J. William LaValley and Marja J …