Jun 7, 2009
Abstract The objective was to show the superiority of Comfrey root extract ointment (Kytta-Salbe® f; Merck Selbstmedikation GmbH) to placebo ointment in patients with acute upper or low back pain. The study was conducted as a double-blind, multi-centre, randomised...
Jul 13, 2008
At the recent World Congress on Traditional Medicine held in Beijing, Mrs Chan the Director of WHO called for greater integration of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine into primary healthcare systems around the World in order to make primary care...
Jul 11, 2008
The Pentagon has made a historic move to invest in providing CAM therapies for the treatment of war veterans. There is a rising tide of mental illness amongst Iraq and Afghan war veterans with a high number of suicides such that the Pentagon has decided that the more...
Jun 7, 2008
CAM Found Effective in Primary Care Study The independent evaluation report on a one year pilot study on the inclusion of CAM services provided by CAM practitioners working within the health system was finally released on the 11 February 2009. Written in May 2008...
Aug 4, 2007
Results of a Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded, Parallel-Group Trial With 3 Groups Methods A patient- and observer-blinded randomized controlled trial conducted in Germany involving 340 outpatient practices, including 1162 patients aged 18 to 86 years (mean ± SD age,...
Jul 14, 2007
At its plenary sitting on 10 July 2007 in Strasbourg the European Parliament voted to adopt a final set of compromise amendments to the new EU Health Framework Programme (2008 -2013) agreed with the EU Council and Commission. The amendments package includes one which...
Jun 19, 2007
The Australian Government will provide 4 million dollars to the University of Western Sydney to help establish a National Institute for Complementary Medicine. The institute will develop national priorities for complementary medical research and will coordinate work...
Jun 13, 2007
On the eve of the EU High Level Conference on Mental Health to be held in Brussels on Friday 13th June, the European Forum for Complementary and Alternative Medicine calls upon the EU to fully respect clause 24 of the new EU Health Program 2008-2013 which states that...
Feb 20, 2007
On 16 & 17 April 2007 the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) organised a conference in Bratislava, Slovakia entitled “Health in an Expanding EU’. The first part of the conference included a number of key speeches from members of the EU Commission,...
Dec 8, 2006
While the EU has just managed to include a historical first brief reference to CAM research in its Seventh Framework R & D program, the Australian Government has responded to the widespread use of CAM approaches to healthcare by its citizens and established a...
