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Archive for the 'Hydrotherapy' Category

Hydrotherapy + endurance training in elderly patients with heart failure

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

beating heartResearchers at IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, in Italy report the combination is better than endurance training alone. (more…)

Hydrotherapy for fibromyalgia: 2 reviews

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

 There’s evidence that hydrotherapy has short-term beneficial effects on pain and quality of life, according to reviewers at Technische Universität München, in Germany. (more…)

Effects of hydrotherapy in heart patients

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

 Regular exercise helps protect the heart. Yet, many elderly patients with heart failure find it difficult to exercise on land.

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden measured the effects of hydrotherapy (training in warm water) on heart function. (more…)

CAM and the chronic fatigue syndrome

Monday, October 20th, 2008

 Medscape has published a review.

Here’s a summary of CAM options. (more…)

Quality of life in women with breast cancer receiving anthroposophic care

Monday, November 27th, 2006

There’s one hospital in Sweden where anthroposophic medicine is practiced. Here is a study of its effect in 60 women who received conventional breast cancer treatment with and without anthroposophic care.

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