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Alternative Medicine

This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

  • Leeches, Spiders, and Astrology: Predilections and Predictions

    • Tom Delbanco
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1560-1562.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1560

Original Contributions

  • Trends in Alternative Medicine Use in the United States, 1990-1997: Results of a Follow-up National Survey

    • David M. Eisenberg,
    • Roger B. Davis,
    • Susan L. Ettner,
    • Scott Appel,
    • Sonja Wilkey,
    • Maria Van Rompay,
    • Ronald C. Kessler
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1569-1575.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1569

  • Spinal Manipulation in the Treatment of Episodic Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Geoffrey Bove,
    • Niels Nilsson
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1576-1579.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1576

  • Moxibustion for Correction of Breech Presentation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Francesco Cardini,
    • Huang Weixin
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1580-1584.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1580

  • Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Alan Bensoussan,
    • Nick J. Talley,
    • Michael Hing,
    • Robert Menzies,
    • Anna Guo,
    • Meng Ngu
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1585-1589.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1585

  • Acupuncture and Amitriptyline for Pain Due to HIV-Related Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Judith C. Shlay,
    • Kathryn Chaloner,
    • Mitchell B. Max,
    • Bob Flaws,
    • Patricia Reichelderfer,
    • Deborah Wentworth,
    • Shauna Hillman,
    • Barbara Brizz,
    • David L. Cohn,
    • for the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1590-1595.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1590

  • Garcinia cambogia (Hydroxycitric Acid) as a Potential Antiobesity Agent: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Steven B. Heymsfield,
    • David B. Allison,
    • Joseph R. Vasselli,
    • Angelo Pietrobelli,
    • Debra Greenfield,
    • Christopher Nunez
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1596-1600.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1596

Preliminary Communication

  • Yoga-Based Intervention for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Trial

    • Marian S. Garfinkel,
    • Atul Singhal,
    • Warren A. Katz,
    • David A. Allan,
    • Rosemary Reshetar,
    • H. Ralph Schumacher, Jr
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1601-1603.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1601

Review

  • Saw Palmetto Extracts for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Systematic Review

    • Timothy J. Wilt,
    • Areef Ishani,
    • Gerold Stark,
    • Roderick MacDonald,
    • Joseph Lau,
    • Cynthia Mulrow
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1604-1609.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1604

Editorials

  • Alternative Medicine—Learning From the Past, Examining the Present, Advancing to the Future

    • Wayne B. Jonas
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1616-1618.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1616

  • Alternative Medicine Meets Science

    • Phil B. Fontanarosa,
    • George D. Lundberg
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1618-1619.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1618

The Cover

JAMA 100 Years Ago

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Alterations Are Ahead at the OAM

    • Charles Marwick
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1553-1554.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1553

  • FDA Never Promised an Herb Garden—But Sellers and Buyers Eager to See One Grow

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1554-1556.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1554

  • Dawn's Early Light to Twilight's Last Gleaming...

    • Lynne Lamberg
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1556-1558.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1556

  • Miscellanea Medica

    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1558.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1558

The World in Medicine

Poetry and Medicine

Letters

  • Personal Use of Alternative Medicine Therapies by Health Science Center Faculty

    • Mary Ann Burg,
    • Shae Graham Kosch,
    • Allen H. Neims,
    • Eleanor Palo Stoller
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1563.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1563

  • Adverse Events Related to Acupuncture

    • Hitoshi Yamashita,
    • Hiroshi Tsukayama,
    • Yasuo Tanno,
    • Kazushi Nishijo
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1563-1564.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1563-a

  • Evidence Influencing British Health Authorities' Decisions in Purchasing Complementary Medicine

    • Robbert van Haselen,
    • Peter Fisher
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1564-1565.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1564

  • Quality Control of Dehydroepiandrosterone Dietary Supplement Products

    • J. Parasrampuria,
    • K. Schwartz,
    • R. Petesch
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1565.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1565

  • Advising Patients About Herbal Therapies

    • Michael Cirigliano,
    • Anthony Sun
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1565-1566.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1565-a

  • St John's Wort During Pregnancy

    • Lynn R. Grush,
    • Andrew Nierenberg,
    • Barbara Keefe,
    • Lee S. Cohen
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1566.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1566

  • Cardiac Complications and Delirium Associated With Valerian Root Withdrawal

    • Harmony P. Garges,
    • Indu Varia,
    • P. Murali Doraiswamy
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1566-1567.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1566-a

  • Cutaneous Anthrax Associated With the Kombucha "Mushroom" in Iran

    • J. Sadjadi
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1567-1568.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1567

  • Effect of Garlic on Serum Lipids

    • Larry D. Lawson
      • Heiner K. Berthold,
      • Thomas Sudhop,
      • Klaus von Bergmann
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1568.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1568

Health Law and Ethics

  • Medical Malpractice Implications of Alternative Medicine

    • David M. Studdert,
    • David M. Eisenberg,
    • Frances H. Miller,
    • Daniel A. Curto,
    • Ted J. Kaptchuk,
    • Troyen A. Brennan
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1610-1615.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1610

Resident Forum

  • Integrating Alternative Medicine Into Practice

    • Jay Udani
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1620.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1620

Policy Perspectives

  • Factors That Shape Alternative Medicine

    • Daniel P. Eskinazi
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1621-1623.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1621

  • Physicians' Ethical Obligations Regarding Alternative Medicine

    • Jeremy Sugarman,
    • Larry Burk
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1623-1625.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1623

  • Investigating Alternative Medicine Therapies in Randomized Controlled Trials

    • Arthur Margolin,
    • S. Kelly Avants,
    • Herbert D. Kleber
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1626-1628.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1626

  • Complementary Medicine and the Cochrane Collaboration

    • Jeanette Ezzo,
    • Brian M. Berman,
    • Andrew J. Vickers,
    • Klaus Linde
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1628-1630.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1628

JAMA NetSight: A Guide to Interactive Medicine

  • Researching Alternatives

    • Robert Sikorski,
    • Richard Peters
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1631.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1631

Books, Journals, New Media

  • Alternative Medicine and Ethics

    • Kenneth V. Iserson
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1633.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1633

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives

    • Leo Uzych
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1633-1634.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1633-a

  • Kindly Medicine: Physio-Medicalism in America, 1836-1911

    • L. Margaret Barnett
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1634-1635.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1634

  • Alternative Medicine: What Works

    • John M. McPartland
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1635.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1635

  • The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide of Alternative and Complementary Therapies

    • John M. McPartland
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1635-1636.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1635-a

  • Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine

    • Richard Santos,
    • Marilyn Sullivan
    JAMA. 1998;280(18):1636.doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1636

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