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Echinacea for Treating the Common Cold

December 21, 2010 | Journal Article

Echinacea is widely used to treat the common cold. The objective of this randomized, controlled study was to assess the potential benefits of echinacea as a treatment of common cold.

The Role of Spirituality Healing with Perceptions of the Medical Encounter Among Latinos

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

In this article, the authors examine the association between spirituality healing of Latinos and their attitudes of self-reported perceptions about the medical encounter.

Body, Mind and Spirit - New Approach to Healing Draws on Science and Spirituality

January 1, 2001 | Program Results Report

The Grace Counseling Center in Madison, N.J., Drew University, Madison, N.J., and Morristown Memorial Hospital of Morristown, N.J. jointly sponsored a conference in 1998 on the integration of spirituality and medicine, which many health professionals now believe can significantly enhance healing.

Access to Conventional Medical Care and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

January 1, 2005 | Journal Article

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States has greatly increased during the past decade. Using survey data from the 2002 National Health interview Survey (NHIS), we show that adults who did not get, or delayed, need ...

Religious Characteristics of U.S. Physicians

July 1, 2005 | Journal Article

The purpose of this study was to describe the religious characteristics of physicians in comparison to the broader United States population. A national probability sample of 2,000 physicians was surveyed using measures of religion and spirituality. ...

Massage Therapy Versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer

September 16, 2008 | Journal Article

This study compares the use of massage therapy to relieve pain and other symptoms to simple touch therapy for terminally ill individuals.

Do Religious Physicians Disproportionately Care for the Underserved?

July 1, 2007 | Journal Article

Religious practices and medicine as a calling.

Complementary Care Programs are Becoming an Accepted Alternative by Patients and Insurers

January 1, 1998 | Program Results Report

From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.

Here, Take This Placebo

April 9, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post

A recent report that "most family doctors" in the UK have given a patient a placebo underscores the importance of Ted Kaptchuk's innovative, multidisciplinary research into the placebo effect.

Providing Support for the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Needs of Severely Ill Children and Their Families

August 30, 2012 | Story

A 1999 RWJF grant to launch a palliative care program blossoms into a highly successful multi-year initiative, as Debby Brauch, of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, relates.

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