Recent CAM Research
Recent Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Synopses
Our monthly research synopses are part of our effort to share current complementary and alternative medicine research with practitioners and the general public. For the most part we try to choose studies which have direct clinical implications for practitioners and are relevant to the publics understanding of our medicine.
The research studies highlighted are drawn from a number of sources and are only a snapshot of what is available in medical journals worldwide. Our research synopses are included in our practitioner email newsletter which has open subscriptions (archives are also available).
In addition to our research synopses, our newsletter includes articles and other news from our premium practitioner members (open to all CAM practitioners).
Our most recent research synopses are below:
Acupuncture Research and News Feeds
- Effect of electro-acupuncture on substance P, its receptor and corticotropin-releasing hormone in rats with irritable bowel syndrome.
- Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles.
- Multiple Myeloma, Painful Neuropathy, Acupuncture?
- The effects of electroacupuncture on TH1/TH2 cytokine mRNA expression and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways in the splenic T cells of traumatized rats.
- Cancer-related fatigue: the approach and treatment.
- Letter to the Editor - Future Goal Needs to be Plausible.
- The Effect on Serotonin and MDA Levels in Depressed Patients with Insomnia when Far-Infrared Rays are Applied to Acupoints.
- [Points of attention in treatment of peripheral facial paralysis]
- [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of suspended moxibustion on temperature-sensitive acupoints plus medication for chronic prostatitis]
- [Observation on therapeutic effect of medicinal moxa stick moxibustion for treatment of tinea pedis]
- [Effect of electroacupuncture on the level of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in patients with osteoarthritis]
- An fMRI study of neuronal specificity of an acupoint: electroacupuncture stimulation of Yanglingquan (GB34) and its sham point.
Herbal Medicine Research and News Feeds
- Inhibition of NF-kappaB expression and allergen-induced airway inflammation in a mouse allergic asthma model by andrographolide.
- Cell apoptosis induced by delta-elemene in colorectal adenocarcinoma cells via a mitochondrial-mediated pathway.
- Chinese herbal medicine modified xiaoyao san for functional dyspepsia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- [Differences in thinking model of treatment based syndrome differentiation between acu-moxibustion and internal medicine of TCM]
- [Interaction between four herb compounds and a western drug by CYP3A4 enzyme metabolism in vitro]
- Proteomic Analysis of Anti-inflammatory Effects of a Kampo (Japanese Herbal) Medicine 'Shoseiryuto (Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang)' on Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model.
- Intracellular glutathione regulates Andrographolide-induced cytotoxicity on hepatoma Hep3B cells.
- A randomized placebo-controlled trial on the effectiveness of an herbal formula to alleviate menopausal vasomotor symptoms.