... investigation for clinical conditions compatible with celiacdisease (anemia, short stature, and abdominal pains)(35). Celiac disease is a cause of short stature that should not be forgotten, ... methods with good sensitivity and specicity for the screening and diagnosis of celiac patients. The anti-tTG assay emerged as a great hope forceliac disease screening, since it is an easily-executed ... may reduce the number of cases positive forceliac disease, particularly where villous atrophy is less severe(14,25,26). Seronegative cases of celiac disease do occur; these patients have a...
... adequate comfort level inside, lead to the importance of developing alternative processes to reduce the dependence of this sector on fossil fuels. There are many interesting alternatives for heating ... similar conditions to the ones established for the semi-indirect evaporative recover made of ceramic pipes introduced before. This test has been performed for outside air temperature of 40 C, 18 ... this paper includes some information about legionnaire’s disease, to provide some general concepts of interest for the use of this kind of cooling systems. Legionnaire’s disease, discovered in...
... Pseudo-vector Control – An Alternative Approach for Brushless DC Motor Drives Cao-Minh Ta, Senior Member, IEEE Abstract- This paper provides an alternative approach called "Pseudo-Vector ... high-performance vector control method. Vector control method cannot however be utilized for BLDCMs, due to the fact that terminal variables (currents, voltages) and back-EMFs wave-form are ... an alternative approach to reduce torque ripple in BLDCM drive. Instead of conventional square-wave form, the method uses the principle of vector control to optimally design the wave-form...
... as arthritis, heart disease, and hypertension. Alternative Medicine Alternative medicine is an umbrella term for hundreds of therapies drawn from allover the world. Many forms are based on the ... some-thing more than biomedicine, and they are willing to pay for it.Why Are People Turning to Alternative Medicine? Some people have the same goal for both conventional and alternative medicine, such ... of Medicine Conventional MedicineAlternative Medicine Mind/body/spirit are… separate oneThe body is… a machine a living microcosm or universe Disease results when… parts break energy/life force...
... nutrition.Dr. Wayne Jonas, former director of the NIH Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, summarized some of thereasons for the surge in popularity of alternativemedicine (1),includinga ... espe-cially relative to conventional allopathic medicine. REASONS FORALTERNATIVEMEDICINE S POPULARITYAlthough people with SCI have benefited greatly from modern medicine, like millions of other Americans ... modern medicine representssafe, proven therapies and that alternativemedicine does not, noth-ing could be further from the truth. In fact, only a small fraction ofxiii 2 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE...
... also beconducted anywhere, and it is a good form of treat-ment for spouses and partners to give to each otherand for parents to perform on children for minorconditions. As effective as acupressure ... infectionsParkinson’s disease ParsleyPassionflowerPast-life therapyPau d’arcoPelvic inflammatory disease List of EntriesGALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, 3rdEDITIONxi For headaches, ... ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, 3rdEDITION General useWestern herbologyHerbalists have used aconite as a medicine for hundreds of years. However, in ancient times the herbwas known more for its...
... relationship.A fitting early topic for Biomedical Ethics Reviews in the21st century is complementary and alternativemedicine (CAM).The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medi-cine (NCCAM) ... arsenic, for example, are “natural,” but highly toxic.A spiritual perspective is much more prevalent in CAM andforms the basis of many therapies, a concept largely foreign toconventional medicine. ... contemporary medicine has been more on disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment, and only very recentlyon health promotion and disease prevention. Many insurancecompanies still do not reimburse for...
... unconventional medicine and inte-grative medicine. The term complementary medicine refers to therapies6 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Bowling AC. Complementary and alternativemedicine ... essential resource for people withix 3Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common disease of the nervous system. Mostpeople with MS use some form of conventional ... provides much detailed information about specific types ofcomplementary and alternativemedicine (CAM). This information isintended to assist people in assessing CAM therapies for multiple sclerosis(MS)....
... Complementary medicine: Time for critical engagement. Lancet. 2000;356:2023.(12) Fontanarosa PB, Lundberg GD. Alternativemedicine meets science. JAMA.1998;280:1618-19.(13) Jonas WB. Alternativemedicine learning ... ClinicalInvestigation1) Chiropractic for Acute Low Back Pain (59;60)2) Mind/Body Techniques for Pain, Insomnia (61)3) Lifestyle Changes for Coronary Heat Disease (62;63)4) Acupuncture for Nausea and Dental ... and Chondroitin for Osteoarthritis (76;77)14) Kava Kava for Anxiety (78)15) Homeopathy for Vertigo (79)16) Homeopathy for Allergic Rhinitis (80)17) Osteopathic Manipulation for Low Back Pain...
... from traditional Chinese medicine, offer promise as adjuncts or alternatives to the current anti-influenza chemotherapy [92,93]. Generally, complementary medicinefor treating or preventing ... effectiveness for the treatment of human avian influenza http://www.who.int/foodsafety/micro/avian_antiviral/ en/print.html (accessed on 30 June 2012). 72. CDC. Centers forDisease Control ... strain, improper handling and/or administration can be decisive for efficiency of any AIV vaccine [2,29]. Therefore, presence of new alternative and complementary strategies target different AIV...
... services for the uninsured currently paid for exclusively with state dollars, such as mental health services and other state programs for the uninsured (such as state-funded health care for blind ... a draft and Matt Broaddus for assistance with analysis of U.S. Census data. Finally, the author thanks the Missouri Foundation for Health for providing grant funding for health policy analysis, ... 18091(2)(F). 36 Congressional Budget Office, Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions for the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision, July 2012, available...
... patients with celiac disease. SIGEP Study Group for Autoimmune Disor-ders in Celiac Disease. Gastroenterology 1999; 117: 297-303.21. Freemark M, Levitsky LL. Screening forceliacdisease inchildren ... Soci-ety for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutri-tion. Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of celiac di-sease in children: recommendations of the North AmericanSociety for Pediatric ... Hospital,Department of Pediatrics, for various reasons,such as trauma or minor respiratory infections.All the subjects were tested for total IgA levels toexclude IgA deficiency and screened for IgA-tTGantibody....
... the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. After the participants were asked for the type of CAM they use, other questions such as reason for use, information source toward ... questionnaire developed specically for this study. The instrument included questions on socio-demographic information, disease specics and complementary and alternativemedicine usage. On the basis ... Complementary and AlternativeMedicine Use by Gynecologic Oncology Patients in TurkeyTable 2. Disease- Related Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of Complementary and AlternativeMedicine (CAM)...