Archive for the 'Breathing' Category
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Researchers from several US medical schools surveyed the students. (more…)
Aromatherapy, Breathing, CAM Education, E. DIETARY, Herbals, Massage, Meditation, Relaxation, Yoga | Comments (0)
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Researchers at Arizona State University, in Tempe studied the effects of breathing rate following thermal pain in women with fibromyalgia syndrome. (more…)
Breathing, Fibromyalgia, Meditation, Pain | Comments (0)
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…)
Breathing, Myasthenia Gravis | Comments (0)
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…)
Breathing, Physiotherapy, Surgery | Comments (0)
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…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Breathing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Fatigue, Massage, Pain, Physiotherapy, Qigong, Relaxation, Tai Chi, Therapeutic Touch, Yoga | Comments (0)
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
 There was a significant difference in patient satisfaction, according to researchers in Chicago.
But what about their pain? (more…)
Breathing, Pain | Comments (0)
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…)
Asthma/Allergy, Breathing, Yoga | Comments (0)
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…)
Breathing, Chiropractic, Diet-Nutrition, Massage, Meditation, Religion/ Spirituality, Yoga | Comments (0)
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…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Breathing, COPD, Cancer, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Heart Disease, TENS/FNS/VNS, Walking | Comments (0)
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…)
Breathing, Chiropractic, Diet-Nutrition, F. BIOLOGICALS, G. BOTANICALS, H. CHEMICALS, Herbals, Homeopathy, I. PROTEIN/ENZYMES, Massage, Meditation, Obesity, Yoga | Comments (0)
