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Archive for the 'Breathing' Category

Effect of breathing rate on pain and emotion in women with fibromyalgia

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Researchers at Arizona State University, in Tempe studied the effects of breathing rate following thermal pain in women with fibromyalgia syndrome. (more…)

Effects of deep breathing on pain management

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

There was a significant difference in patient satisfaction, according to researchers in Chicago.

But what about their pain? (more…)

Survey of American medical students about CAM

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Researchers from several US medical schools surveyed the students. (more…)

Endurance training for people with myasthenia gravis

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Normocapnic hyperpnea is a form of endurance training for respiratory muscles.

This study reports it’s useful in people with myasthenia gravis. (more…)

Chest physiotherapy after upper abdominal surgery

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

 Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil evaluated the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy during the immediate postoperative period among patients who had elective upper abdominal surgery. (more…)

Supportive care for chronic fatigue syndrome

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Medscape has published a review written by clinicians from around the US.

Let’s focus on 6 supportive care options for chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, aka chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and myalgic encephalomyelitis. (more…)

Yoga in patients with COPD

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

 Researchers from the University of Ferrara, in Italy tell us yoga-derived breathing improves gas exchange in patients with chronic heart failure and in people exposed to high-altitude hypoxia.

Here’s what they found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (more…)

The use of prayer as CAM

Friday, May 8th, 2009

The use of prayer is rarely queried in surveys of CAM use. Here are the highlights from a Centers for Disease Control survey on the use of CAM. It’s based on interviews with more than 31,000 adults. The report is available here (then go to the “Barnes PM” link) and here. (more…)

Non-pharmacological treatments for breathlessness

Monday, March 16th, 2009

 Here are the results of a Cochrane review of non-drug options in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases. (more…)

Most commonly used CAM in the US

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Here’s a follow-up to earlier posts here, here, and here on the use of CAM in the US as surveyed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). (more…)

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