Is there a role for biofeedback to treat sleep bruxism?
Sleep bruxism (nocturnal tooth grinding) causes hypersensitive teeth, aching jaw muscles, and headaches. There may even be tooth damage and...
Review: Benefits of CAM to help treat hypertension
The American Heart Association has summarized the blood pressure-lowering effects of several alternative approaches and provided recommendations for their use....
CAM options to treat chronic constipation
Chronic constipation is common among the elderly and women. Doctors prescribe various treatments, and patients often use over-the-counter remedies. Researchers...
Is there a role for CAM to treat ADHD?
Researchers at Trinity College, in Ireland, reviewed the latest scientific evidence of the effectiveness and safety of CAM treatments in...
Are psychological treatments effective for fibromyalgia pain?
Some are effective, some are promising, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill.
Heart rate variability biofeedback as treatment for PTSD
Researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, DC, investigated its potential value in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder...
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CAM in the US: Patterns of use
I’ve largely ignored these studies in the past, but perhaps it’s worth a second look. To start, this 1993 study...
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Review: Biofeedback for headache
Dr. Frank Andrasik (photo) at the University of West Florida, in Pensacola has reviewed the evidence for each category of...
Treating giggle incontinence
It’s a rare condition in which urination occurs during laughing. Researchers from North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, in New...
Response to neurofeedback and biofeedback in migraine patients
EEG biofeedback and hemoencephalography biofeedback were combined with thermal hand warming biofeedback to treat migraineurs.
Review: Qigong to treat pain
Qigong is an internal martial art in which one learns to sense the Qi (the circulating life energy) moving in...
Self-hypnosis and biofeedback for spinal-cord injury pain
Dr. Mark Jensen (photo), who is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, in...
Task-oriented biofeedback improves gait in stroke patients
Researchers from the Don Gnocchi Foundation I.R.C.C.S., in Milan, Italy tell us electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BFB) shows equivocal benefits on gait...
Any benefits of strength training in cerebral palsy?
Not in children and adolescents according to this review by researchers at The University of Sydney, in Australia.
Psychological treatment for cystic fibrosis
Cochrane reviewers report, “no clear evidence exists on the best psychological interventions to help people with cystic fibrosis.”
EEG biofeedback in treating epilepsy
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas reviewed the evidence on neurofeedback and epilepsy.
Biofeedback to improve swallowing after stroke
 The effect of using surface electromyographic feedback to treat dysphagia in stroke patients was studied by researchers at the University...
Biofeedback: Constipation and fecal incontinence
 Researchers from the University Hospital, in Tübingen, Germany, reviewed the evidence.
CAM for Raynaud’s phenomenon?
The value of conventional treatment is limited, and so is CAM. Let’s review.
Biofeedback behavioral treatment for tinnitus
 Many tinnitus sufferers believe their condition will not respond to psychological treatments. In December 2008, researchers from Philipps University of...