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How do medical students engaging in elective courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from unselected students? A survey
We aimed to investigate whether students at German medical schools participating in elective courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from an unselected group of students regarding attitudes and personalit...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - March 9, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Alexandra Jocham, Levente Kriston, Pascal O. Berberat, Antonius Schneider and Klaus Linde Source Type: research

Homeopathy for seasonal allergic rhinitis: rationale, design and methods of the three-armed randomized controlled HOMEOSAR trial
Patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) frequently use homeopathic therapy. Although there is some evidence that homeopathy may be effective in treating symptoms of SAR, there is a lack of high-quality ...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - December 22, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: J. Siewert, M. Teut, K. Gaertner, S. Binting, C. Eberhardt, M. Ortiz, W. Grabowska, T. Reinhold, S. Roll, B. Stoeckigt, S. N. Willich, H. Cramer and B. Brinkhaus Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among children from a German birth cohort (GINIplus): patterns, costs, and trends of use
Conclusion: CAM use among 15-year-old children in the GINIplus cohort is popular, but decreased noticeably compared with children from the same cohort at the age of 10 years. This is possibly mainly because German health legislation normally covers CAM for children younger than 12 years only.
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - March 10, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Salvatore ItaliaHelmut BrandJoachim HeinrichDietrich BerdelAndrea von BergSilke Wolfenstetter Source Type: research

Calcarea carbonica induces apoptosis in cancer cells in p53-dependent manner via an immuno-modulatory circuit
Conclusion: These observations delineate the significance of immuno-modulatory circuit during calcarea carbonica-mediated tumor apoptosis. The molecular mechanism identified may serve as a platform for involving calcarea carbonica into immunotherapeutic strategies for effective tumor regression.
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - September 21, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shilpi SahaDewan HossainShravanti MukherjeeSuchismita MohantyMinakshi MazumdarSanhita MukherjeeUttam GhoshChaturbhuj NayekChinta RaveendarAnil KhuranaRathin ChakrabartyGaurisankar SaTanya Das Source Type: research

Is ‘mainstreaming AYUSH’ the right policy for Meghalaya, northeast India?
Conclusions: The wide acceptance of tribal medicine suggests that tribal medicine needs to be supported. The results of the study question the process of the implementation of the ‘mainstreaming AYUSH’ policy for Meghalaya and highlight the importance of contextualizing health policy within the local culture. A potential role for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) at sub-national levels is also highlighted.
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - August 18, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sandra AlbertJohn Porter Source Type: research

A systematic review of how homeopathy is represented in conventional and CAM peer reviewed journals
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - June 17, 2008 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Timothy Caulfield and Suzanne DeBow Source Type: research