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A survey of the training and working arrangements of general practitioners providing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care in a rural area of Maharashtra State
Conclusion: Many GPs practising “modern medicine” only had qualifications in Ayurveda/Homeopathy and fewer GPs are involved in the management of COPD as compared to asthma. These are important factors that form the context for initiatives seeking to improve the quality of community-based care for people with CRD in Maharashtra state in India.
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dhiraj Agarwal Makrand Ghorpade Pam Smith Sanjay Juvekar Hilary Pinnock Source Type: research

Medical Education, Practice, and Regulation of Acupuncture in India
Med Acupunct. 2022 Oct 1;34(5):294-298. doi: 10.1089/acu.2022.0008. Epub 2022 Oct 17.ABSTRACTAcupuncture is one of the most-utilized forms of integrative medicine therapy across the globe, owing to this modality's wide range of therapeutic benefits. The history of acupuncture use in India is 3000 years old; however, the first documented use of acupuncture in India emerged in 1959. Presently, acupuncture is included as an independent therapy in the yoga and naturopathy (Y&N) category, an indigenous system of medicine under the purview of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Y&N, Unani (Perso-Arabic Medicine), Sidha (Indian Med...
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - October 31, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Pradeep M K Nair Mamta Jagwani Gita Sharma Deepika Singh Hemanshu Sharma Gulab Rai Tewani Source Type: research

Homeopathy and cancer
Representatives of the British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons comment: Older readers will recall a profession proud to be independent, eclectic, able to explore, expand and develop treatment options available to patients committed to its care. Individuals' experience was valued; indeed much of what we do today is based on the collective experience of the past. Members were fulfilled and graduates mentored into confident colleagues. Oft' forgotten in the EBM debate is that the collective of anecdote is evidence. Then accountants, managers, targets, marketing and disciplinaries for failure to conform appeared...
Source: Veterinary Record - July 14, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Elliott, M., Keogh, J., Gregory, P., Marston, S., Hoare, J., McCrandles, W., Jorgensen, M., Armstrong, S., Johnson, G., Thomson, N. Tags: Letter Source Type: research

Time to sensitize medical graduates to the Indian systems of medicine and homeopathy
Shridhar DwivediIndian Journal of Pharmacology 2015 47(3):338-339
Source: Indian Journal of Pharmacology - May 18, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Shridhar Dwivedi Source Type: research

Time to sensitize medical graduates to the Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy
Vandana RoyIndian Journal of Pharmacology 2015 47(1):1-3
Source: Indian Journal of Pharmacology - January 30, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Vandana Roy Source Type: research