Smart but small companies need promotion, which they usually cannot afford; smart and generous open access/source innovators need promotion even more. The five winners of the NLM challenge included got a chance to present and demonstrate their applications at an award ceremony held at NLM on Nov. 2. An archived videocast of the ceremony is available at Besides WebLib’s NLMplus, other winners    .. more …

What you should know Alternative and complementary medicine has grown in popularity. It includes a broad range of supplements, techniques and care philosophies that have not been used frequently by medical doctors or osteopaths in the U.S.Research shows that alternative and complementary medicine is used by nearly two out of five adults. This statistic might understate the true use of    .. more …

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released new findings that Americans’ use of complementary and alternative medicine continues to increase annually. Other studies have shown even greater increases in use of complementary and alternative medicine outside the United    .. more …

Alternative and Complementary Medicine
The next time you visit one of your doctors, ask if they use alternative or complementary medicine. According to a new study, 76 percent of healthcare workers say they use CAM (complementary and alternative medicine), compared with 63 percent of the general working public.

Results of the new study, published in Health Services Research , may surprise some    .. more …

16 July 2011 New research shows that acupuncture at acupoint GV20 (DU20, Hundred Meetings, Baihui) increases blow flow to the brain without raising arterial blood pressure or pulse rate. The researchers sought to measure cerebral blow flow in an attempt to understand the mechanisms by which acupuncture induces a therapeutic effect. GV20 is well regarded for it ability to treat disorders related    .. more …

A single 500 milligram dose of the fermentate from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was associated with rapid changes in levels of compounds called cytokines associated with immune function, according to findings published in the Journal of Medicinal Food . “The data presented were generated by using a study protocol that was carefully planned to be able to control for normal circadian variations in    .. more …

Wednesday June 22, 2011Alternative andcomplementary medicine increasingly used to treat childrenThe use of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM), such as probiotics, herbal treatments and osteopathy,for children has almost doubled in the past decade,according to new research.Head of the University ofOtago, Christchurch’s Paediatric Department, AssociateProfessor Andrew Day, researched    .. more …

In 1993, Edzard Ernst became the first person to hold a chair in complementary medicine. As he prepares for his retirement as head of the Complementary Medicine unit at the Peninsula College of Medicine Dentistry, part of the universities of Plymouth and Exeter, UK, he tells Nature about his frustrations and successes in trying to force this field on the fringes of medicine into line with    .. more …

31 May 2011 New research concludes that acupuncture “is a clinically useful and safe therapy for symptom management in patients with HIES.” HIES Syndrome is Hyper-IgE Syndrome, also known as Job’s Syndrome. The research was conducted at The Clinical Research Center of the National Institutes of Health. Hyper-immunoglobulin E (IgE) syndrome, HIES, is a rare hereditary disease characterized by    .. more …

Weil, a longtime leader in alternative — or integrative — medicine, is best known today for his books, blog and various products. It’s been awhile since he ventured into the serious business of scientific research and medical practice. But in a commentary published Thursday, Weil and two co-authors speak out on drug trials and propose a revised rating scale for evaluating a treatment’s    .. more …