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Development and validation of IMAQ: Integrative Medicine Attitude QuestionnaireCraig D Schneider
Department of Family Practice, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME 04102 3175, USA
BMC Med Educ 3:5. 2003..S. We set out to develop and validate a brief questionnaire measuring health care provider and medical student attitudes regarding these approaches to healthcare...- Complementary and conventional medicine: a concept mapCarol M Baldwin
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Research Service Line, Tucson, AZ, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 4:2. 2004..The objective of this study is to describe and interpret the results of concept mapping with conventional and CAM practitioners from a variety of backgrounds on the topic of CAM... - Models for the study of whole systemsIris R Bell
Department of Family, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Integr Cancer Ther 5:293-307. 2006..The growing reliance on complex systems thinking and systems biology for cancer research affords a unique opportunity to bridge between the CAM and conventional medical worlds with some common language and conceptual models... - Homeopathic constitutional type questionnaire correlates of conventional psychological and physical health scales: individual difference characteristics of young adultsIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85719, USA
Homeopathy 91:63-74. 2002.... - Gas discharge visualization evaluation of ultramolecular doses of homeopathic medicines under blinded, controlled conditionsIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 5153, USA
J Altern Complement Med 9:25-38. 2003..To determine the feasibility of using a computerized biophysical method, gas discharge visualization (GDV), to differentiate ultramolecular doses of homeopathic remedies from solvent controls and from each other... - Homeopathic practitioner views of changes in patients undergoing constitutional treatment for chronic diseaseIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 5153, USA
J Altern Complement Med 9:39-50. 2003..To identify areas that classical homeopathic practitioners would want to see evaluated in a patient self-report questionnaire sensitive to change during constitutional treatment... - Development and validation of a new global well-being outcomes rating scale for integrative medicine researchIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 4:1. 2004..Researchers are finding limitations of currently available disease-focused questionnaire tools for outcome studies in complementary and alternative medicine/integrative medicine (CAM/IM)... - Electroencephalographic cordance patterns distinguish exceptional clinical responders with fibromyalgia to individualized homeopathic medicinesIris R Bell
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:285-99. 2004..e., both locally and globally)... - Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placeboI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:577-82. 2004..To assess the efficacy of individualized classical homeopathy in the treatment of fibromyalgia... - Strength of vital force in classical homeopathy: bio-psycho-social-spiritual correlates within a complex systems contextIris R Bell
Department of Medicine and Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85724 5153, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:123-31. 2004..To explore associations between a global rating for the classical homeopathic construct of vital force and clinician and patient ratings on previously validated bio-psycho-social-spiritual questionnaires... - Individual differences in response to randomly assigned active individualized homeopathic and placebo treatment in fibromyalgia: implications of a double-blinded optional crossover designIris R Bell
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:269-83. 2004.... - EEG alpha sensitization in individualized homeopathic treatment of fibromyalgiaIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Int J Neurosci 114:1195-220. 2004..The findings suggest initiation of TDS in relative EEG alpha magnitude by daily oral administration of active homeopathic medicines versus placebo, with laboratory elicitation by temporolimbic olfactory stimulation or sniffing... - JP-8 jet fuel exposure and divided attention test performance in 1991 Gulf War veteransIris R Bell
Research Service, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, USA
Aviat Space Environ Med 76:1136-44. 2005..These syndromes often involve neurocognitive complaints, fatigue, and musculoskeletal symptoms, thus overlapping with civilian illnesses from low levels of environmental chemicals, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia... - Sensitization studies in chemically intolerant individuals: implications for individual difference researchI R Bell
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724 5153, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 933:38-47. 2001..Individual response specificity and stereotypy rather than toxicant properties may determine which types of central, autonomic, and/or peripheral nervous system dysfunctions manifest at subclinical and clinical levels... - Neural sensitization model for multiple chemical sensitivity: overview of theory and empirical evidenceI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85723, USA
Toxicol Ind Health 15:295-304. 1999..Sensitization is compatible with other models for MCS as well. The neural sensitization model provides a direction for further systematic human and animal research on the physiological bases of MCS and CI... - Integrative medicine and systemic outcomes research: issues in the emergence of a new model for primary health careIris R Bell
Program in Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:133-40. 2002..The systemic outcomes encompass the simultaneous, interactive changes within the whole person... - Quantitative EEG patterns during nose versus mouth inhalation of filtered room air in young adults with and without self-reported chemical odor intolerancesI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724, USA
Int J Psychophysiol 28:23-35. 1998..The theta findings in the HICI may be related to reports of disturbed attention in CI... - EEG beta 1 oscillation and sucrose sensitization in fibromyalgia with chemical intoleranceI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 84724, USA
Int J Neurosci 108:31-42. 2001..The data suggest that the subset of FM patients with CI have increased susceptibility to oscillation and physiological sensitization without conditioning, perhaps contributing to fluctuations in their chronic course... - Self-reported chemical sensitivity and wartime chemical exposures in Gulf War veterans with and without decreased global health ratingsI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson
Mil Med 163:725-32. 1998..e., 30%). These preliminary findings suggest the need for further study of chemical sensitivity, including tests for acquired increases in neural sensitizability to multiple low-level chemicals, in ill PGW veterans... - Patterns of waking EEG spectral power in chemically intolerant individuals during repeated chemical exposuresI R Bell
Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
Int J Neurosci 97:41-59. 1999..As in human studies of stimulant drug sensitization, those with the strongest past history with sensitizing agents may not show-term sensitization to low level exposures in the laboratory... - Individual differences in neural sensitization and the role of context in illness from low-level environmental chemical exposuresI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 85723, USA
Environ Health Perspect 105:457-66. 1997.... - Fostering a healing presence and investigating its mediatorsSharon I McDonough-Means
College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0203, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:S25-41. 2004..The challenges are substantial, but the research questions are meaningful and worthwhile. The goal is to foster healing at bio-psycho-social-spiritual levels of the human being... - Testing the neural sensitization and kindling hypothesis for illness from low levels of environmental chemicalsI R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 85723, USA
Environ Health Perspect 105:539-47. 1997.... - The association of respiratory problems in a community sample with self-reported chemical intoleranceC M Baldwin
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 13:547-52. 1997..Results suggest a potential vulnerability to and greater interference from respiratory illness for the CI, which have implications for women's health and quality of life... - US military veterans' perceptions of the conventional medical care system and their use of complementary and alternative medicineKendall Kroesen
Research Service Line, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85723, USA
Fam Pract 19:57-64. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Independent research and a sense of responsibility on the part of focus group participants for their own health seemed to be taking them outside the domain of the conventional health care system... - Odor sensitivity and respiratory complaint profiles in a community-based sample with asthma, hay fever, and chemical odor intoleranceC M Baldwin
Respiratory Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Toxicol Ind Health 15:403-9. 1999..Given this overlap in respiratory complaints, it could be that CI may serve to amplify these traditional immune-related disorders and/or suggest that having asthma or hay fever could make one more vulnerable to CI... - Electroencephalographic registration of low concentrations of isoamyl acetateJ P Kline
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
Conscious Cogn 9:50-65. 2000..Instead, results are discussed regarding activation of perceptual systems in the posterior region during incorrect trials and the activation of frontal action systems during a subset of correct trials... - Subjective ratings of odorants by women with chemical sensitivityM Fernandez
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Toxicol Ind Health 15:577-81. 1999..These findings, along with those of Doty et al. (1988), support the notion that olfactory-sensory function does not differ between individuals with and without chemical sensitivity... - Positive perceptions of parental caring are associated with reduced psychiatric and somatic symptomsL G Russek
Harvard University Student Health Service, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Psychosom Med 60:654-7. 1998..The present cross-sectional study examined the relationship between perceptions of parental caring, current psychiatric and somatic symptoms, and defensiveness, in a University of Arizona sample of females and males... - Effect of noise on microvascular integrity in laboratory ratsAnn L Baldwin
Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 46:58-65. 2007..Thus exposure of rats to excessive noise produces structural damage in the mesenteric microvasculature that is significantly reduced by dietary supplements... - Patients' experiences and perceptions of a consultative model integrative medicine clinic: a qualitative studyMary Koithan
Department of Medicine Program in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724 5153, USA
Integr Cancer Ther 6:174-84. 2007..The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively explore and compare experiences of cancer and noncancer patients under care in a consultative IM outpatient teaching clinic in the south-western United States... - Effects of homeopathic medicines on mood of adults with histories of coffee-related insomniaAudrey J Brooks
Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Forsch Komplementmed 17:250-7. 2010.... - The process of whole person healing: "unstuckness" and beyondMary Koithan
Department of Medicine Program in Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Altern Complement Med 13:659-68. 2007..The aim was to develop an understanding of "unstuckness," including characterization of states, processes, and modifying factors... - One size does not fit all: aptitude chi treatment interaction (ATI) as a conceptual framework for complementary and alternative medicine outcome research. Part II--research designs and their applicationsOpher Caspi
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:698-705. 2004.... - One size does not fit all: aptitude x treatment interaction (ATI) as a conceptual framework for complementary and alternative medicine outcome research. Part 1--what is ATI research?Opher Caspi
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 5153, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:580-6. 2004.... - Associations between chemical odor intolerance and sleep disturbances in community-living adultsCarol M Baldwin
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724 5030, USA
Sleep Med 5:53-9. 2004..To investigate associations between sleep disturbances and chemical odor intolerance (COI), which is the subjective report of feeling ill from common odors, such as carpet glue or pesticides... - A profile of military veterans in the southwestern United States who use complementary and alternative medicine: implications for integrated careCarol M Baldwin
Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care Service Line, Tucson, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:1697-704. 2002..Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and expenditures are on the rise in the United States. Although civilian users of CAM have been well described, little is known about military veteran users of CAM... - Biofield detection: role of bioenergy awareness training and individual differences in absorptionGary E Schwartz
Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Science and Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85719, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:167-9. 2004..To measure health care providers' capacity to detect biofields before and after bioenergy awareness training in relation to individual differences in the personality trait of absorption... - Translating a nonlinear systems theory model for homeopathy into empirical testsIris R Bell
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 8:58-66. 2002..This approach may have additional applications that can elucidate similar effects of other energy medicine modalities (eg, acupuncture) on the healing process of the person as a unified whole... - Obstructive sleep apnea and ischemic heart disease in southwestern US veterans: implications for clinical practiceCarol M Baldwin
College of Nursing, Arizona State University, Southwest Borderlands Initiative, Tempe, AZ, 85287 2602, USA
Sleep Breath 9:111-8. 2005..07-8.42]. These data reinforce the importance of recognizing OSA within the veterans affairs health care system and suggest that early detection of OSA may improve veterans' health and well-being and reduce associated medical costs... - On the definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine: societal mega-stereotypes vs. the patients' perspectivesOpher Caspi
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 9:58-62. 2003..It is our conclusion that individual patients, rather than society, should be the frame of reference and defining source for what constitutes integrative medicine and CAM... - Adjunctive care with nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic complementary and alternative medicine modalities in stroke treatment and rehabilitationIris R Bell
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Top Stroke Rehabil 14:30-9. 2007..However, a great deal of systematic research effort lies ahead before most of the options discussed would meet mainstream medical standards for introduction into routine treatment regimens... - Plausibility of homeopathy and conventional chemical therapy: the systemic memory resonance hypothesisG E Schwartz
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0068, USA
Med Hypotheses 54:634-7. 2000.... - Methodological challenges in whole systems researchCharles Elder
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA
J Altern Complement Med 12:843-50. 2006 - All evidence is equal, but some evidence is more equal than others: can logic prevail over emotion in the homeopathy debate?Iris R Bell
J Altern Complement Med 11:763-9. 2005 - Depression research in homeopathy: hopeless or hopeful?Iris R Bell
Homeopathy 94:141-4. 2005 - A debate: homeopathy--quackery or a key to the future of medicine?Steven Novella
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
J Altern Complement Med 14:9-15. 2008 - The defining role of structure (including epitaxy) in the plausibility of homeopathyManju Lata Rao
The Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Homeopathy 96:175-82. 2007..Materials science concepts and experimental tools offer a new approach to contemporary science, for making significant advances in the basic science studies of homeopathic medicines... - Differences in Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White veterans' homocysteine levelsCarol M Baldwin
Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Southwest Borderlands, AZ 85004 0698, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 39:235-42. 2007..To compare homocysteine (Hcy) levels and possible modulatory factors, such as nutrient or supplement intake, between Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White (NHW) male military veterans scoring at high- versus low-risk for stroke...
Research Grants
- Dilution and Succussion in Homepathic Remedy Dose-Response PatternsIris Bell; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Patient & Provider Perspectives on Homeopathic TreatmentIris Bell; Fiscal Year: 2004..Findings from this proposed study should help clarify the proper premises and parameters on which to base future prospective qualitative and quantitative research in homeopathy. ..
- Polysomnography in Homeopathic Remedy EffectsIris Bell; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study will contribute to our long-range goal of understanding the neurophysiological and biopsychosocial mechanisms of classical homeopathic remedy treatment in patients with specific clinical conditions. ..
- Arizona Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Training ProgramIris Bell; Fiscal Year: 2007..The current proposal reflects several enhancements from an administrative, academic, and curricular perspective that emerged from experience in the first five years of implementing this T32 program. ..
- Individual Differences in CAM Patient-Centered Outcomes: Research & MentorshipIris Bell; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..