Complementary Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

How do you counsel patients with mild to moderate depression interested in using St. John's Wort?

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How do you counsel patients with depression about the role exercise may play in alleviating depressive symptoms?

How do you educate patients about the role exercise may play in depression treatment? What type, frequency, and intensity of exercise do you recommend...

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Is there a role for functional medicine approaches in psychiatric treatment?

How do you critically assess the evidence base for functional medicine approaches? How do you respond when patients specifically request functional me...

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Have you incorporated National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) ear acupuncture into the treatment of substance use disorders?

If so, in what settings or with which patient populations? What is the evidence for or against this treatment modality?

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What is your approach to patients/parents seeking alternative or complementary treatment in pediatric oncology patients?

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How do you counsel patients who are interested in dietary approaches for managing major depressive disorder?

Do you ever recommend specific diets, such as the ketogenic diet? If so, in what clinical contexts?

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What is your approach to cancer patients who inquire about alternative or complementary treatments?

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What do you counsel the families of pediatric cancer patients who want to take probiotics while receiving chemotherapy?

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What recommendations are you giving when patients ask about the best 'cancer diet' to be on?

Do you routinely recommend any dietary changes or is the evidence not convincing?

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Papers discussed in this category

Cancers, 2021 Sep 30

The Microbiome in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2017 Nov 22

The gut microbiome, symptoms, and targeted interventions in children with cancer: a systematic review.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2013-08-21

Wisconsin Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) to improve cancer-related fatigue: a randomized, double-blind trial, N07C2.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2018-01-01

Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival.

JAMA oncology, 2021 May 01

Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture or Auricular Acupuncture vs Usual Care for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Among Cancer Survivors: The PEACE Randomized Clinical Trial.

Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2020 Aug 07

Vitamin C and Cell Death.

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2020 Oct 07

Targeting tumor hypoxia and mitochondrial metabolism with anti-parasitic drugs to improve radiation response in high-grade gliomas.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2000 Nov 04

The role of complementary and alternative medicine.

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2011-07-01

Complementary and alternative therapy use in pediatric oncology patients with failure of frontline chemotherapy.

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2000

Use of unconventional therapies by children with cancer at an urban medical center.

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2009-03

Pediatric oncologists' views toward the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children with cancer.

National health statistics reports, 2015 Feb 10

Use of complementary health approaches among children aged 4-17 years in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2012.

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2005 Jun 15

Use of alternative and complementary therapies in children with cancer.

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