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Methodological implications of nonlinear dynamical systems models for whole systems of complementary and alternative medicineIris R Bell
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719 5052, USA
Forsch Komplementmed 19:15-21. 2012..Furthermore, NDS provides models and methods for examining interactions across organizational scales, from genomic/proteomic/metabolomic networks to individuals and social groups...- Short-term effects of repeated olfactory administration of homeopathic sulphur or pulsatilla on electroencephalographic alpha power in healthy young adultsIris R Bell
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1450 N Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Homeopathy 100:203-11. 2011..Adding objective biomarkers could enhance detection of subtle initial remedy effects. The present feasibility study examined electroencephalographic (EEG) effects of repeated olfactory administration of two polycrest remedies... - Effects of homeopathic medicines on polysomnographic sleep of young adults with histories of coffee-related insomniaIris R Bell
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Sleep Med 12:505-11. 2011..Animal studies have previously shown changes in non rapid eye movement sleep with certain homeopathic remedies... - 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)... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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.... - Exploring measures of whole person wellness: integrative well-being and psychological flourishingLaurie Menk Otto
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Explore (NY) 6:364-70. 2010.... - 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... - 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... - Developing a patient-centered outcome measure for complementary and alternative medicine therapies I: defining content and formatCheryl Ritenbaugh
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 11:135. 2011..Here we describe Phase I of our research program, the iterative process of content identification, item development and refinement, and response format selection. Cognitive interviews and psychometric evaluation are reported separately... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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)... - 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... - 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... - A complex systems science perspective for whole systems of complementary and alternative medicine researchMary Koithan
College of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 21203, USA
Forsch Komplementmed 19:7-14. 2012.... - 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... - 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... - 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...