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Policy News27 November, 2014 by David FinerOP/ED: Making choices between treatments or practitioners without solid comparative information. Using products of unknown quality, safety and efficacy from Internet websites or local drug sellers. These are some of the many challenges we face as consumers of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). I recently participated in a WHO workshop in Macao SAR, China, on consumer education and TCAM. Read more 
Tags: CAM, China, consumer, David Finer, drugs, education, efficacy, empowerment, health literacy, herbals, information, integrative care, integrative medicine, involvement, Johanna Hök, Macao, medicines, patient, patient safety, pharmaceuticals, quality, research, safety, self-care, TCAM, TM, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO, World Health Organization
Policy News21 March, 2014 by David Finer- From a patient perspective, it is of course encouraging that a usage which has been made an exception for decades now will be accepted, Johanna Hök, pharmacist, PhD and I C researcher comments on the decision by the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) to approve mistletoe preparations for injection. Read more
Tags: ADR, adverse-drug reactions, anthroposophical integrative care, anthroposophy, autoimmune disease, cancer, Cochrane, contraception, David Finer, evidence, Helixor, herbals, immunomodulator, individualized care, Iscador, Johanna Hök, mistletoe, National Board of Health and Welfare, palliative care, patient-centered, quality of life, side effects, Swedish Medical Products Agency
Policy News27 February, 2014 by David FinerIn the future, we need to secure access to health care, which safely and effectively integrates traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TM/CAM). It is a human right. So says the World Health Organization, whose Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan recently signed a new strategy to this effect. Read more
Tags: access, CAM, health, human right, integrative care, Johanna Hök, Margaret Chan, patient autonomy, person-centered care, self-care, TM, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO
Research News25 February, 2014 by David FinerPolarized thinking about complementary, alternative and integrative care is negative, well, downright dangerous. It undermines the health care encounter and harms individuals and nations. This can be read in an opinion piece in the journal European Journal of Integrative Medicine, written by researchers at I C. Read more
Tags: alternative medicine, attitude, CAM, complementary and alternative medicine, CritiCAM, David Finer, ethics, European Journal of Integrative Medicine, health care, health journalism, integrative care, Integrative Care Science Center, Jackie Schwartz, Johanna Hök, Maria Arman, mass media, Media Doctor, nursing, patient, polarization, pseudoscience, sceptics, Tobias Suundberg, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO
Research News30 July, 2013 by David FinerA new study from Oxford shows that vegetarians reduce their risk of succumbing to ischemic cardiovascular disease (CVD) by 32 percent compared to non-vegetarians. The study comprised both vegetarians and non-vegetarians from the United Kingdom, in all almost 45 000 people. Read more
Tags: CAM, cardiovascular, CVD, death, diet, eggs, exercise, fish, Francesca Crowe, green, heart, heart disease, Johanna Hök, lifestyle, meat, milk, mortality, Oxford, prevention, smoking, stress, vegetarian, veggie
Policy News31 May, 2013 by Johanna HökFor three days in April 2013, 500 researchers from all over the world gathered in London for the 8th international congress on complementary and alternative medicine research (ICCMR). As a participant and co-organiser, I C’s Johanna Hök reflects about the congress and it’s contributions including some of her favourite examples of research: a study on […] Read more
Tags: Brian Berman, CAM, Cochrane, David Eisenberg, diet, Felicity Bishop, George Lewith, Holger Cramer, ICCMR 2013, Jeremy Howick, Johanna Hök, low back pain, manual therapy, Michael Hyland, NICE, nutrition, pain, patient experience, patient-provider relationship, placebo, Samueli Institute, yoga
Policy News30 November, 2012 by David FinerThe scientists of CAMbrella, an EU-funded research network for CAM, have presented the findings of three years’ work. CAM is described as a woefully neglected research area, requiring a coordinated European approach. On Thursday November 29, the CAMbrella scientists´ network unveiled their ‘Roadmap for European CAM research in Brussels. CAMbrella consists of academic research groups […] Read more
Tags: CAM, CAMbrella, EU, herbal, Integrative Care Science Center, Johanna Hök, Torkel Falkenberg
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 News15 September, 2012 by David Finer- I C is just what we have been missing in Sweden. As politicians we will really be able to use your results and I am looking forward to them, says professor of medicine and MP for the Swedish conservative party Finn Bengtsson, at the opening ceremony of I C. Read more
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