Parents want doctors to support CAM use PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 June 2011
80% of parents of children attending a gastroenterology clinic believe that doctors should support the use of CAM.
Parents revealed they were using various CAM approaches to complement and supplement their child's conventional treatment.

Results:  Sixty-nine percent of the 98 respondents were using or had used CAM (n= 66). Nutritional supplements (n= 37, 56% of CAM users) and probiotics (n= 33, 50%) were most commonly used. Most CAM users sought complementary therapy to help a chronic problem (n= 43, 69.4%) and had been referred by a friend or family member (n= 33, 53.2%). Self-reported well-being was associated with CAM use (P= 0.0009) and CAM were described as partially effective by 40 parents (67.8%). Forty-six parents (75.4%) expressed that they would use CAM again. Seventy-two respondents (80%) believed that doctors should support the use of CAM.

Reference: Complementary and alternative medicine in children attending gastroenterology clinics: Usage patterns and reasons for use

Veena Wadhera1,2, Daniel A Lemberg1, Steven T Leach2, Andrew S Day1,2
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02100.x/abstract
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CAM increasingly used for patients with pain PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Complementary and alternative medicine encompasses a wide diversity of therapeutic options that have become increasingly popular treatment modalities for patients with pain, particularly when conventional strategies fail or provide only partial relief. Pain is one of the most prevalent conditions for which patients seek medical attention. Additionally, the number of patients who utilize complementary and alternative medicine as a treatment of pain either in lieu of, or concurrent with, standard conventional treatments continues to grow. While research into the mechanisms, side effect profiles, and efficacies of these alternative therapies has increased in recent years, much more remains unknown and untested. This article reviews the literature on complementary and alternative medicine for pain, with particular emphasis on evidence-based assessments pertinent to the most common alternative therapies, including acupuncture, herbal therapy, massage therapy, hypnosis, tai chi, and biofeedback.


 NM, Caruso TJ, Carinci AJ 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain: An Evidence-based Review. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
Curr Pain Headache Rep 2010 Nov 10.
 
CAM helps cancer patients PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
New Study Shows CAM Therapies Help Patients With Cancer 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/207103.php
 
40% US citizens use CAM and find it helps health PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 07 November 2010
A recent surevey carried out in the USA showed that 37% of the population use CAM to augment their healthcare. Compared to those who did not use CAM, CAM users were more likely to rate their health as 'Excellent'  Similarly, CAM users were more likely to report their health as 'Better' than in the prior year. The authors conclude that prospective trials are required to determine whether CAM use is causally related to excellent health status and better health than in the prior year.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21053090
 
CAM could save national health budgets millions PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
A study from the University of New South Wales has shown that the widespread introduction of a number of complementary medicine products and procedures for a range of common chronic health condition could potentially save national health care budgets millions in expenditure and maintain healthier citizens.  The study is further evidence of the growing awareness that CAM has an important place in health care systems, particularly those that are dedicated to preventing ill health and slowing the worrying rise in chronic illness in populations.  

http://www.nicm.edu.au/content/view/161/245/
 
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