The C.A.M. Report
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Fair, Balanced, and to the Point
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    This blog is intended as an objective and dispassionate source of information on the latest CAM research. Since my background is in pharmacy and allopathic medicine, I view all CAM as advancing through the development pipeline to eventually become integrated into mainstream medical practice. Some will succeed while others fail. But all are treated fairly here.

  • About the author

    John Russo, Jr., PharmD, is president of The MedCom Resource, Inc. Previously, he was senior vice president of medical communications at www.Vicus.com, a complementary and alternative medicine website.

  • Top topics on The CAM Report

    *Animal-assisted Therapy
    *Birth Defects
    *Arsenic in modern medicine
    *Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy
    *TENS/FNS/VNS

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    Archive for the 'Injection Therapy' Category

    Injection therapy for low back pain

    Sunday, December 6th, 2009

    This Cochrane review has received several comments and goes back to the top of the queue.

    It covers injection therapy for patients with subacute or chronic low back pain. (more…)

    CAM and diabetes: An update of recent studies

    Saturday, November 1st, 2008

    The World Health Organization has predicted a 39% rise in the worldwide prevalence of diabetes by 2030. And an article in The Lancet indicates this might be an underestimation.

    Since November is Diabetes Month, here’s a round-up of CAM options for people with diabetes from 2006 through March 2007.
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    Cochrane reviews injection therapy for low back pain

    Monday, July 28th, 2008

    The reviewers conclude, “There is insufficient evidence to support the use of injection therapy in subacute and chronic low-back pain.” (more…)

    Dolly Parton has back pain

    Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

    It’s so bad that she canceled her concert tour.

    Here’s the state-of-the-art (not including pharmacology and surgery) for treating lower back pain (LBP) from the North American Spine Society. (more…)

    Treating chronic low back pain with prolotherapy

    Sunday, January 6th, 2008

    Prolotherapy involves injecting an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body — generally in the region of tendons or ligaments — to strengthen weakened connective tissue and alleviate musculoskeletal pain.

    A group of American researchers reviewed the evidence and found it lacking. (more…)

    Prolotherapy and low-back pain

    Saturday, July 14th, 2007

    When combined with spinal manipulation, exercise, and other co-interventions, prolotherapy may improve chronic low-back pain and disability.

    Think of it as complementary therapy for complementary therapy. (more…)

    Using CAM to complement conventional pain treatments

    Saturday, July 14th, 2007

    Researchers from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington survey the use of CAM among people with chronic pain and wonder “whether opioids can be reduced by introducing such therapies.” (more…)

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