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| DAVID M contact EISENBERGSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Insurance coverage, medical conditions, and visits to alternative medicine providers: results of a national surveyPeter M Wolsko
Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education, Division of Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Libby 330, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:281-7. 2002..In 1997, patients made an estimated 629 million visits to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers; however, little is known about factors associated with visits to CAM providers...- Effects of tai chi mind-body movement therapy on functional status and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trialGloria Y Yeh
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Med 117:541-8. 2004..To examine the effects of a 12-week tai chi program on quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure... 
A model of integrative care for low-back painDavid M Eisenberg
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Altern Complement Med 18:354-62. 2012..The objective of this study is to explore the feasibility and effects of a model of multidisciplinary integrative care for subacute low-back pain (LBP) in an academic teaching hospital...- Practice patterns of naturopathic physicians: results from a random survey of licensed practitioners in two US StatesHeather S Boon
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Complement Altern Med 4:14. 2004..S., little is known about the practice of CAM providers. The objective of this study was to describe and compare the practice patterns of naturopathic physicians in Washington State and Connecticut... - A survey of training and practice patterns of massage therapists in two US statesKaren J Sherman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 5:13. 2005..Despite the growing popularity of therapeutic massage in the US, little is known about the training or practice characteristics of massage therapists. The objective of this study was to describe these characteristics... - Complementary and alternative medical therapies for chronic low back pain: What treatments are patients willing to try?Karen J Sherman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 4:9. 2004.... - Developing a library of authenticated Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) plants for systematic biological evaluation--rationale, methods and preliminary results from a Sino-American collaborationDavid M Eisenberg
Osher Research Center, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Fitoterapia 82:17-33. 2011..It is hoped that these methods will foster scientific discoveries with therapeutic potential and enhance efforts to systematically evaluate commonly used herbal therapies worldwide... - Addition of choice of complementary therapies to usual care for acute low back pain: a randomized controlled trialDavid M Eisenberg
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:151-8. 2007..A randomized controlled trial... - Factors associated with herbal therapy use by adults in the United StatesPaula Gardiner
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 13:22-9. 2007..To examine the patterns of herbal therapy use among adults in the United States and to describe factors associated with herb use... - Policies pertaining to complementary and alternative medical therapies in a random sample of 39 academic health centersMichael H Cohen
Harvard Medical School Osher Institute, Boston, Mass, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 11:36-40. 2005..Thus, few academic medical centers have sufficiently integrated CAM services into conventional care by developing consensus-written policies governing credentialing, malpractice liability, and dietary supplement use... - Trends in use of complementary and alternative medicine by US adults: 1997-2002Hilary A Tindle
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 11:42-9. 2005..9% to 7.4%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of CAM use has remained stable from 1997 to 2002. Over one in three respondents used CAM in the past year, representing about 72 million US adults... - Characteristics of yoga users: results of a national surveyGurjeet S Birdee
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1653-8. 2008..There are limited data on the characteristics of yoga users in the U.S... - Patient expectations as predictors of outcome in patients with acute low back painSamuel S Myers
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:148-53. 2008..Few studies have evaluated the association between patient expectations for recovery and clinical outcomes, and no study has evaluated whether asking patients to choose their therapy modifies such an association... - Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies among racial and ethnic minority adults: results from the 2002 National Health Interview SurveyRobert E Graham
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A West, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:535-45. 2005..Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among ethnic minority populations is poorly understood. We sought to examine CAM use in Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites... - The relationship between social factors and attitudes toward conventional and CAM practitionersLisa Conboy
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, Second Floor West, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Complement Ther Clin Pract 13:146-57. 2007..Some researchers theorize a relationship between social factors and attitudes toward providers, with CAM being more attractive to socially and economically marginalized groups... - Factors associated with the use of mind body therapies among United States adults with musculoskeletal painHilary A Tindle
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Complement Ther Med 13:155-64. 2005..To determine the prevalence of mind body therapy use and correlates of use among adults with prolonged musculoskeletal pain, a group for whom mind body therapies are recommended... - Factors associated with dietary supplement use among prescription medication usersPaula Gardiner
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1968-74. 2006..We examined the patterns of nonvitamin dietary supplement (NVDS) use among adult prescription medication users in the United States... - Correlates of use of different types of complementary and alternative medicine by breast cancer survivors in the nurses' health studyCatherine Buettner
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 3325, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 100:219-27. 2006..Among breast cancer survivors, we identified the prevalence and correlates of use of different types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)... - Use of complementary and alternative medicine among persons with diabetes mellitus: results of a national surveyGloria Y Yeh
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1648-52. 2002..This study sought to characterize the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among persons with diabetes mellitus residing in the United States... - Advising patients who seek complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancerWendy A Weiger
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:889-903. 2002..This strategy allows the development of an approach for providing responsible, evidence-based, patient-centered advice to persons with cancer who seek CAM therapies... - Credentialing complementary and alternative medical providersDavid M Eisenberg
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Suite 22A, 401 Park Drive, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:965-73. 2002..The suggested framework balances the desire to protect the public from dangerous practices against the wish to grant patients access to reasonably safe and effective therapies... - Patterns and perceptions of care for treatment of back and neck pain: results of a national surveyPeter M Wolsko
Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:292-7; discussion 298. 2003..We conducted a nationally representative random household telephone survey to assess therapies used to treat back or neck pain... - Systematic review of herbs and dietary supplements for glycemic control in diabetesGloria Y Yeh
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 26:1277-94. 2003..To conduct a systematic review of the published literature on the efficacy and safety of herbal therapies and vitamin/mineral supplements for glucose control in patients with diabetes... - Visit time as a framework for reimbursement: time spent with chiropractors and acupuncturistsGloria Y Yeh
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 9:88-94. 2003..Thus, a similar time-based payment scheme may be a reasonable starting point for developing methods for reimbursing CAM providers... - Use of mind-body medical therapiesPeter M Wolsko
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:43-50. 2004..Research demonstrating connections between the mind and body has increased interest in the potential of mind-body therapies. Our aim was to examine the use of mind-body therapies, using data available from a national survey... - Prayer for health concerns: results of a national survey on prevalence and patterns of useAnne M McCaffrey
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:858-62. 2004..Prayer is a common practice in the United States, yet little is known about the prevalence and patterns of use of prayer for health concerns... - Prevalence and patterns of adult yoga use in the United States: results of a national surveyRobert B Saper
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 10:44-9. 2004..0 million American adults had used yoga at least once in their lifetime and 7.4 million during the previous year. Yoga was used for both wellness and specific health conditions often with perceived helpfulness and without expenditure... - Emerging credentialing practices, malpractice liability policies, and guidelines governing complementary and alternative medical practices and dietary supplement recommendations: a descriptive study of 19 integrative health care centers in the United StatMichael H Cohen
Harvard Medical School Osher Institute and the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:289-95. 2005..Consensus policies need to be developed... - Potential physician malpractice liability associated with complementary and integrative medical therapiesMichael H Cohen
Harvard Medical School Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, 2nd Floor West, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:596-603. 2002..This framework provides a basis for clinical decisions involving complementary and integrative care... - Common dietary supplements for weight lossRobert B Saper
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am Fam Physician 70:1731-8. 2004..John's wort in weight loss, physicians should caution patients about the use of these supplements and closely monitor those who choose to use these products... - Double-blind placebo-controlled trial of static magnets for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: results of a pilot studyPeter M Wolsko
Division for Research and Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 10:36-43. 2004..The sustained efficacy of magnetic therapy for knee osteoarthritis could be assessed in an adequately powered trial utilizing an appropriate control such our new placebo-magnet device... - Complementary and alternative medical therapies: implications for medical educationMiriam S Wetzel
Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck Street, Suite 612, Boston, MA 02115
Ann Intern Med 138:191-6. 2003..It offers practical suggestions for finding time in an already packed curriculum, getting started, including faculty and students in the process, and sustaining the initiative with the necessary administrative and institutional support... - The diagnosis and treatment of chronic back pain by acupuncturists, chiropractors, and massage therapistsKaren J Sherman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Clin J Pain 22:227-34. 2006..To describe the diagnostic and therapeutic content of visits for chronic back pain to acupuncturists, chiropractors, and massage therapists... - Characteristics of visits to licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and naturopathic physiciansDaniel C Cherkin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle 98101, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:463-72. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: This information will help inform discussions of the roles CAM practitioners will play in the health care system of the future... - The Institute of Medicine report on complementary and alternative medicine in the United States--personal reflections on its content and implicationsDavid M Eisenberg
Altern Ther Health Med 11:10-5. 2005 - Mental health visits to complementary and alternative medicine providersGregory E Simon
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:171-7. 2004..Among those seeking CAM care for mental disorders, concomitant treatment by conventional medical providers is common, but communication or coordination of care is rare... - Mind-body medicine: state of the science, implications for practiceJohn A Astin
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 94115, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 16:131-47. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: There is now considerable evidence that an array of mind-body therapies can be used as effective adjuncts to conventional medical treatment for a number of common clinical conditions... - Characteristics of licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and naturopathic physiciansDaniel C Cherkin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:378-90. 2002..Interstate differences were small. CONCLUSIONS: This characterization of CAM providers will help inform decisions about the future role of CAM providers in the health care system... - David M. Eisenberg, MD: integrative medicine research pioneer. Interview by Karolyn A Gazella and Suzanne SnyderDavid M Eisenberg
Altern Ther Health Med 12:72-9. 2006 - Characteristics of chiropractic practitioners, patients, and encounters in Massachusetts and ArizonaRobert D Mootz
State of Washington, Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia 98504 4321, USA
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 28:645-53. 2005..To describe chiropractic care using data collected at the time of each patient visit... - Do the dietary supplements epigallocatechin gallate or vitamin e cause a radiomodifying response on tumors in vivo? A pilot study with murine breast carcinomaBrian D Lawenda
Division of Radiation Oncology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92134, USA
J Soc Integr Oncol 5:11-7. 2007..As supplementation with VE radioprotected normal tissue, additional studies on this putative benefit are recommended... - Lack of herbal supplement characterization in published randomized controlled trialsPeter M Wolsko
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Denver, CO 80020, USA
Am J Med 118:1087-93. 2005..We assessed the extent to which recently published randomized controlled trials of herbal supplements characterized and verified the content of the supplement under study... - The practice of acupuncture: who are the providers and what do they do?Karen J Sherman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Ann Fam Med 3:151-8. 2005..This study provides basic information about the training and practices of licensed acupuncturists...
Research Grants
- Alternative Medicine:Implications for Clinical PracticeDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- Model of Integrative Care In An Academic Health CenterDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- US-China-Japan Research Consortium on Herbal MedicinesDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2004..Lastly, we will determine, as part of this planning grant, the ideal number of partnering institutions (2, 3 or 4) in anticipation of an application for Phase II of this NIH International Center for Research on CAM. ..
- N. American Integrative Medicine Scientific ConferenceDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- International Center for the Evaluation of East Asian Botanicals for CancerDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Physical CAM therapies for chronic low back painDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2003..At the conclusion of this project, we will be prepared to write a competitive grant proposal to evaluate the most commonly used CAM therapies for treating both older and younger adults with chronic low back pain. ..
- USUAL CARE VS. CHOICE OF ALTERNATIVE RX: LOW BACK PAINDavid Eisenberg; Fiscal Year: 2001..abstract_text> ..
- Use and Effectiveness of a Model Integrative Care Clinic in an Academic HospitalDAVID M contact EISENBERG; Fiscal Year: 2010..The study will also provide preliminary data on the efficacy of one model of integrative care for the treatment of chronic low back pain, which will be used to inform a future more definitive study. ..