Complementary and Alternative Medicine Publications
Teaching Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (EBCAM);
Changing behaviours in the face of reticence: A cross-over trial
(from BMC Medical Education)
Teaching EBCAM
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The following two papers are from a series describing how evidence-based practice can be
applied to complementary and alternative medicine. The complete series can be found in the
journal: Journal of Alternative
and Complementary Medicine
An introduction to evidence-based clinical practice: 2. A conceptual approach to
causation: part 1
EBCAMcausation.PDF
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An introduction to evidence-based clinical practice: 2. A conceptual approach to causation: part 2
EBCAMCausation2.PDF
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Emerging issues associated with HIV patients seeking advice from health food stores.
(Abstract from PubMed)
HIV Issues Abstract
Health food store recommendations: implications for breast cancer patients
(from Breast Cancer Research)
Recommendations
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Impact of Federal Safety Advisories on Health Food Store Advice (Abstract from Journal of General Internal Medicine
)
Health Food Store Advice
For further reading: The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
An EvidenceBased Approach
desktopcam.pdf
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Interaction of St John's wort with conventional drugs: systematic review of clinical trials (BMJ)
Systematic Review
Sale of kava extract in some health food stores
Kava
The safety of over-the-counter niacin. A randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Niacin
Mentoring and Modeling to teach evidence-based allied health.
Mentoring and Modeling
Impact of Federal Safety Advisories on Health Food Store Advice. (Abstract from: Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Health Food Advice
A Survey of Attitudes towards Pediatric Vaccinations amongst Students of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. (Abstract from: Vaccine)
Survey of Attitudes
St. John’s wort-Drug interactions: A systematic review of clinical trials. (Abstract from: BMJ)
St. John's Wort
Knowledge of safety and herb-drug interactions among HIV+ individuals: A focus group study. (Abstract from: Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)
Herb Drug Knowledge
Traditional Medicine for HIV/AIDS: A call for caution – research letter.. (Abstract from: AIDS)
Traditional Medicine and HIV
