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Ten Weeks of Yoga Improves Symptomatology in Women with PTSD
A 10-week “trauma-informed” yoga practice, more than health education classes, aided women with chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
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Electroacupuncture for Hot Flashes Among Breast Cancer Survivors
Electroacupuncture produces a greater placebo effect than oral medication when attempting to treat hot flashes in breast cancer survivors.
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Spice is Nice
The habitual consumption of spicy foods is associated with reduced mortality independent of other risk factors for death.
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N-acetylcysteine as Adjunctive Therapy for Therapy-resistant Tobacco Use Disorder
Tobacco cessation programs have variable success rates and often employ the use of multiple strategies, including behavioral counseling and pharmaceutical treatments. This study investigates the use of N-acetylcysteine in combination with group behavioral therapy as a treatment for tobacco use disorder resistant to first-line smoking cessation treatments.
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Integrative Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Botanical Supplements
This review will focus exclusively on the role of botanicals for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. Only recently have rigorous research methods been applied to the study of botanical remedies.
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Music for Postoperative Pain
Music, irrespective of type and timing, improves recovery from surgical procedures based on this meta-analysis.
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Preventing Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome: A Lesson from Finland
Adolescent metabolic syndrome predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. This Finish study found that repeated infancy-onset dietary intervention primarily aimed at reducing intake of saturated fat from infancy to early adulthood was effective in preventing adolescent metabolic syndrome.
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Acupuncture and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of a Meta-Analysis
According to Zhou’s recent research, acupuncture is a safe option that may be effective at improving cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease when used in conjunction with certain pharmaceutical treatments.
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Integrative Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Micronutrient Supplements
This article will focus on the role of micronutrients in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Micronutrients, including vitamins and minerals, are required for many functions in the body, including glucose metabolism, insulin activity, and prevention of tissue oxidation. Unfortunately, chronic hyperglycemia has been shown to reduce the levels of various micronutrients in the body, which further disturbs glucose regulation and potentially worsens diabetic complications. Over the past few decades, researchers have examined the effects of supplementing these micronutrient deficiencies, and some of the most commonly encountered supplements in clinical practice are reviewed below.
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Manipulating Degenerative Joint Disease: RCT Shows Short-term Effects
Men with low back pain who received one high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation had less pain and improvements in disc space and hip and spinal flexion.