Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons. A Report to the National Institutes of Health on Alternative Medical Systems and Practices in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 372 pages |
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... Body Interventions Most traditional medical systems make use of the interconnectedness of mind and body and the power of each to affect the other . During the past 30 years there has been a growing scientific movement to explore the ...
... Body Interventions Most traditional medical systems make use of the interconnectedness of mind and body and the power of each to affect the other . During the past 30 years there has been a growing scientific movement to explore the ...
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... body interventions include psy- chotherapy , support groups , meditation , im- agery , hypnosis , biofeedback , yoga , dance therapy , music therapy , art therapy , and prayer and mental healing . Psychotherapy directly addresses a ...
... body interventions include psy- chotherapy , support groups , meditation , im- agery , hypnosis , biofeedback , yoga , dance therapy , music therapy , art therapy , and prayer and mental healing . Psychotherapy directly addresses a ...
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... body temperature , and many other bodily functions . Regular yogic meditation also has been shown to reduce anxiety levels ; cause the heart to work more efficiently and decrease respiratory rate ; lower blood pressure and alter brain ...
... body temperature , and many other bodily functions . Regular yogic meditation also has been shown to reduce anxiety levels ; cause the heart to work more efficiently and decrease respiratory rate ; lower blood pressure and alter brain ...
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... body approach is potentially a corrective to this tendency , a reminder of the importance of hu- man connection that opens up the power of pa- tients acting on their own behalf . More work needs to be done , but there is al- ready a ...
... body approach is potentially a corrective to this tendency , a reminder of the importance of hu- man connection that opens up the power of pa- tients acting on their own behalf . More work needs to be done , but there is al- ready a ...
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... body . Those that extend outside the body can be influenced by external magnetic and EM fields . Changes in the body's natural fields may produce physical and behavioral changes . Endogenous ( internal ) fields are distin- guished from ...
... body . Those that extend outside the body can be influenced by external magnetic and EM fields . Changes in the body's natural fields may produce physical and behavioral changes . Endogenous ( internal ) fields are distin- guished from ...
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Page 130 - As used in this subsection and subsection (e), the term "substantial evidence" means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug involved, on the basis of which it could fairly and responsibly be, concluded by such experts that the drug will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended,...
Page xxxvii - The Constitution of this Republic should make special provision for Medical Freedom as well as Religious Freedom.... To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are unAmerican and despotic. They are fragments of monarchy and have no place in a Republic.
Page 226 - Nutrition intervention trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation with specific vitamin/mineral combinations, cancer incidence, and disease-specific mortality in the general population.
Page 197 - Relationship between substances in diets low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables and cancer risk. ( 1 ) Cancer is a constellation of more than 100 different diseases, each characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Cancer has many causes and stages in its development. Both genetic and environmental risk factors may affect the risk of cancer. Risk factors include a family history of a specific type of cancer, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight and obesity,...
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Page 238 - Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to obesity and dieting in Mexican Americans and Anglos. The San Antonio Heart Study.
Page 230 - Folate, methionine, and alcohol intake and risk of colorectal adenoma, J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 85 (11), 875-884, 1993.
Page 295 - Herbal medicines may contain excipients in addition to the active ingredients. Medicines containing plant material combined with chemically defined active substances, including chemically defined, isolated constituents of plants, are not considered to be herbal medicines.
Page 215 - The goals of the programs are to provide needy persons with access to a more nutritious diet, to improve the eating habits of the Nation's children, and to help America's farmers by providing an outlet for distributing foods purchased under farmer assistance authorities.
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