Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 I have been away from melb since a few years, so the situation may be much different now. In those days, VUT offered highly valued computer courses, which were not available elsewhere. I don't think that tcm was/is that popular in australia, so as to pit the uni's against each other, to meet the educational requirements. Each uni is probably good in its own area, say software at vut, environment studies at rmit, and so on. Distance is relevant to a student taking further study, if all courses are not available at a place. Even if one managed to meet the educational requirements, specialized study could be necessary at a different uni. Please see the link http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry/myofasc/tibialisposterior.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 If anyone is interested, my next series of courses on integrative musculoskeletal care begins January 22, to be followed by nine classes on the third Sunday of each month. They are limited to twelve students with at least some experience, with a few spots still open. To register or for more information, contact Jonah Hershowitz, at: Jonah Hershowitz, L.Ac. Schizandra Health Center 493 Sanchez St. (@18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94114 510 868 1732 415 553 8886 (appointments) jonah www.schizandrahealth.com Oakland, CA 94609 - WMorris116 Sunday, January 08, 2006 5:25 PM Re: Digest Number 2691 Leonard Finegold and Bruce L Flamm are providing editorial commentary upon review of the literature. The BBC use of this is equivical. Whereas Tim Harlow, Colin Greaves, Adrian White, Liz Brown, Anna Hart, and Edzard Ernst conducted a controlled trial. I suppose the article that you cite suggests a politic of the BBC on these matters [[Magnet therapy BMJ, Jan 2006; 332: 4 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.4 Magnetic devices that are claimed to be therapeutic include magnetic bracelets, insoles, wrist and knee bands, back and neck braces, and even pillows and mattresses. Their annual sales are estimated at $300m1 (£171m; 252m) in the United States and more than a billion dollars globally.2 They have been advertised to cure a vast array of ills, particularly pain. A Google search for the terms " magnetic + healing " omitting " MRI resonance " yielded well over 20 000 pages, most of which tout healing by magnets. The reader is invited to insert " magnetic healing " into a web browser, and evaluate these spectacular claims.3 Many " controlled " experiments are suspect because it is difficult to blind subjects to the presence of a magnet. An example is a randomised trial of powerful magnetic bracelets for the relief of hip and knee osteoarthritis, which reports a significant decrease in pain because of the .]] Abstract Objective To determine the effectiveness of commercially available magnetic bracelets for pain control in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. Design Randomised, placebo controlled trial with three parallel groups. Setting Five rural general practices. Participants 194 men and women aged 45-80 years with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Intervention Wearing a standard strength static bipolar magnetic bracelet, a weak magnetic bracelet, or a non-magnetic (dummy) bracelet for 12 weeks. Main outcome measures Change in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis lower limb pain scale (WOMAC A) after 12 weeks, with the primary comparison between the standard and dummy groups. Secondary outcomes included changes in WOMAC B and C scales and a visual analogue scale for pain. Results Mean pain scores were reduced more in the standard magnet group than in the dummy group (mean difference 1.3 points, 95% confidence interval 0.05 to 2.55). Self reported blinding status did not affect the results. The scores for secondary outcome measures were consistent with the WOMAC A scores. Conclusion Pain from osteoarthritis of the hip and knee decreases when wearing magnetic bracelets. It is uncertain whether this response is due to specific or non-specific (placebo) effects. Message: 1 Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:20:57 -0700 < Magnet therapies 'have no effect' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4582282.stm Web/Online Coordinator Adult Degree and Graduate Programs Prescott College http://www.prescott.edu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 If anyone is interested, my next series of courses on integrative musculoskeletal care begins January 22, to be followed by nine classes on the third Sunday of each month. They are limited to twelve students with at least some experience, with a few spots still open. To register or for more information, contact Jonah Hershowitz, at: Jonah Hershowitz, L.Ac. Schizandra Health Center 493 Sanchez St. (@18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94114 510 868 1732 415 553 8886 (appointments) jonah www.schizandrahealth.com Oakland, CA 94609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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