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Policy News6 September, 2013 by Torkel FalkenbergDuring the recent state visit of US President Barack Obama to Sweden, there was an almost hour-long press conference during which Obama and Sweden´s PM Fredrik Reinfeldt affirmed their debt of gratitude to each other´s countries in various respects. At I C (Integrative Care Science Center), we view the US as a role model in terms of concerted, long-term and large-scale efforts in the field of complementary, alternative and integrative care/medicine, writes Torkel Falkenberg, Head of I C in an editorial. Read more 
Tags: acupuncture, alternative medicine, anthroposophy, Barack Obama, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, CAM use, collaboration, complementary and alternative medicine, DNA, drug, editorial, education, Elisabeth Blackburn, evidence, Fredrik Reinfeldt, health care, Hong Kong, I C, integrative care, Integrative Care Science Center, integrative medicine, Middle East, National Board of Health and Welfare, newsletter, pain, patient-doctor communication, prohibition, register, research, stress, telomer, The Integrative Care Science Center, Tieto, Torkel Falkenberg, training, utilization, Vetenskap och Folkbildning, VoF, WHO
Research News23 February, 2013 by David FinerAcupuncture has a specific effect on chronic pain, superior to both no-acupuncture control and sham acupuncture. A review in JAMA of some 18 000 patients finds acupuncture is a reasonable referral option for patients with chronic pain. Read more
Tags: acupuncture, back pain, CAM, chronic pain, George Lewith, headache, meta-analysis, neck pain, osteoarthritis, placebo, RCT, sham acupuncture, shoulder pain
Research News30 October, 2012 by David FinerA study on participants in clinical trials (“human guinea pigs”) challenges the basic assumption that one can distinguish specific from non-specific treatment effects. It also shows that curiosity, altruism and status-seeking are part of the reason why people take part in clinical trials. Read more
Tags: acupuncture, CAM, choice, clinical trial, communication, David Finer, ECIM, George Lewith, Health Technology Assessment, meaning, orthodox medicine, participation, patient-doctor communication, placebo, treatment effect
Research News18 September, 2012 by Johanna HökDownward spiraling emotions typical of affective disorders may be lastingly offset by recourse to ”loving kindness”-meditation. IC´s reporter Johanna Hök took part in the seventh international CAM research conference in Portland, Oregon. Read more
Tags: acupuncture, anxiety, CAM, Claudia Witt, communication, David Eisenberg, disease, emotion, Harvard, I C, illness, Integrative Care Science Center, Johanna Hök, loving kindness, lumbar pain, meditation, narrative, nocebo, Osher, pain, patient-doctor communication, placebo, schizophrenia
Policy News17 September, 2012 by David FinerDuring the last decade CAM methods have become increasingly common features in the health care systems of Norway and Denmark. This may be explained by evidence and by the influence of motivated individual. Researchers report a survey study of the use of CAM methods at 99 Norwegian and 126 Danish hospitals in the journal BMC […] Read more
Tags: acupuncture, aroma therapy, art therapy, biofeedback, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, Denmark, gestalt therapy, herbal, homeopathy, hypnosis, light therapy, NAFKAM, Norway, pilates, tai chi, yoga
Research News17 September, 2012 by David FinerA national Swedish survey shows for the first time that a majority of surgeons want to learn more about CAM, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The study was carried out in 2010-2011 by Kristofer Bjerså, RN and collaborators at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University and is published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The […] Read more
Tags: acupuncture, attitude, bias, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, complementary and alternative medicine, David Finer, Gothenburg, healing, herbal, integrative medicine, knowledge, Kristoffer Bjerså, manual therapy, massage, Nils-Olof Jacobson, nutrion, nutritional supplement, qualitative, qualitative research, qualitative study, quantitative, quantitative research, quantitative study, Sahlgrenska Academy, social psychiatry, study bias, surgery, surgical, yoga
