Science news articles about 'complementary treatments'

  • Common virus may serve as target for vaccine in fight against deadly brain tumors

    ... to what we know about average survival with standard treatment for this patient population," Mitchell said. "But we are encouraged that we may have found a very plausible target for a new and complementary treatment for this deadly disease.” Patients on the study ...
  • Study underway to find an alternative cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

    ... studies evaluating dietary changes and complementary medicine for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD ... , there is a lack of scientific evidence of the efficacy," said Keshavarzian. "Complementary treatments and services are a large, yet hidden ...
  • Mindfulness meditation slows progression of HIV, study shows

    ... program is a group-based and low-cost treatment, and if this initial finding is replicated in larger samples, it's possible that such training can be used as a powerful complementary treatment for HIV disease, alongside medications ...
  • Different treatment options in chronic coronary artery disease

    ... that ACB and PCI are of equivalent value and can be placed in a complementary treatment plan. The authors not only consider the results ... , but extend their overview to the analyses of registries, which provide complementary data. Thus PCI or ACB is advisable ...
  • Advances in liver surgery enable the prospect of curative treatment for more patients

    ... liver metastases are important for the selection of the best treatment options, improvements in surgical technique and better complementary treatments in recent times allow for the increase ...
  • Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity

    ... with drugs that block the activity of one of these rogue proteins. "Attacking cilia directly could provide an effective complementary treatment for some cancers," Reiter said, noting that nearly ...
  • Results from a GRACE registry study

    ... survival. The two approaches therefore appear complementary in this high-risk group. Findings Of the 43 ... that CABG surgery and PCI are not used in similar types of patients and provide complementary treatment options in ACS ...
  • M. D. Anderson examines use of toad venom in cancer treatment

    ... Chinese medicine such as huachansu is new to American research institutions, which have been skeptical and slow to adopt these complementary treatments. However, it is important to understand its potential ...
  • The neural basis of the depressive self

    ... , some patients show persistent abnormalities of specific brain regions. Such abnormalities may indicate the need for complementary treatment such as cognitive behavioural therapy in order ...
  • Mindfulness meditation may ease fatigue, depression in multiple sclerosis

    ... direct effect on people's overall quality of life, fatigue or depression. So any complementary treatments that can quickly and directly improve quality ...
  • Osteopathy 'of no benefit' to children with cerebral palsy

    ... . Osteopathy has, over recent years, become a popular complementary treatment for children with cerebral palsy. Cerebra ... are often provided to support children with cerebral palsy. A number of complementary therapies claim to be beneficial ...
  • In it to win it?

    ... . Prof. Dannon believes that a longer course of treatment is more effective. "The initial results were too optimistic ... for Naltrexone to work most efficiently. A holistic approach Complementary treatments such as group therapy and regular attendance ...
  • Rochester autism researchers present new findings at IMFAR

    ... risk for sleep problems than other children," Hyman said. Complementary treatments Another abstract authored by Hyman ... of the national dataset collected by the Autism Treatment Network on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children with autism ...
  • Music reduces anxiety in cancer patients

    ... for heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure. "The evidence suggests that music interventions may be useful as a complementary treatment to people with cancer," said lead researcher ...
  • Combating Depression With Green Care Therapies

    ... of many people, others find that these offer no relief. Thus, researchers have long explored alternative or complementary treatments that might benefit these patients, but the efficacy ...

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