Alla inlägg om "pain"
Research News15 May, 2014 by David FinerAfter integrative care for pain at the anthroposophical hospital Vidarkliniken in Sweden, prescriptions for pain medications could be halved. Patients in conventional care however, purchased twice as many analgesics as before treatment. These are some results of a unique comparative study published in the high impact journal PLOS One. Physician Hans Johansson, Södertälje Hospital (not involved with the study), says that it is interesting and important. Read more 
Tags: anthroposophical integrative care, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, case-control study, complementary and alternative medicine, David Finer, drug utilization, evidence, health, health care, health care cost, health economics, I C, integrative care, Integrative Care Science Center, integrative medicine, Karolinska Institutet, National Board of Health and Welfare, pain, prescribing, prospective, research, retrospective, Tobias Sundberg, Torkel Falkenberg, Vidarkliniken
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
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
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
