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To access free FULL-TEXT articles on your areas of interest, open

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search & DB=pmc

and enter your required search profile, such as:

 

1341 hits on (nutraceut* OR (therapy AND (vitamin* OR antioxid*

OR free radical* OR mineral OR trace element* OR (health ADJ

supplem*)))

 

414 hits on (LLLT OR low level laser OR transcutaneous-electrical-

nerve)

 

290 hits on (physical ther* OR physiother*)

 

106 hits on ((hypnosis OR hypnot* OR autogenic OR biofeedback

OR visualis*) AND therapy)

 

101 hits on (herbal medic* OR (herbal AND formula*) OR kampo

OR kanpo OR phytotherapy)

 

100 hits on (acupu* OR acupo* OR moxibustion)

 

99 hits on ((prevent* OR " control of " OR " treatment of " OR therapy)

AND (trace element* OR trace mineral*) ADJ (deficienc* OR

imbalance*))

 

90 hits on (acupressure OR tuina OR massage) [none on guasha]

 

64 hits on (homeopath* OR homoeopath* OR isopath*)

 

17 hits on (aromatherapy OR reflexology)

 

NOTE: Some hits for a selected profile are irrelevant, or do not even

mention the required keywords. I do not understand how this can

arise unless hidden keywords are tacked onto the returned files.

 

Here is one useful excerpt that came out of the acup* search:

 

H MacPherson, K Thomas, S Walters & M Fitter (2001) The York

AP safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments by

traditional acupuncturists. BMJ. 2001 September 1; 323(7311):

486–487: Correspondence to: H MacPherson hugh: In

this prospective survey, no serious adverse events were reported

after 34 407 AP treatments. This is consistent, with 95%

confidence, with an underlying serious adverse event rate of 0 to

1.1/10 000 treatments. This conclusion was based on data

collected over a 4-week period by 33% of the members of the BAC.

Even given the potential bias of self reporting, this is important

evidence on public health and safety as professional

acupuncturists deliver approximately 2M treatments per year in the

UK. Comparison of this adverse event rate for AP with those of

drugs routinely prescribed in primary care suggests that AP is a

relatively safe form of treatment.5 Further research measuring

patients' experience of adverse events is merited. For more detail,

see: http://tinyurl.com/44d8p

 

Those interested in health benefits of trace element supplements

may be interested to see this one:

 

Economic evaluation of Zn and Cu use in treating acute diarrhea in

children: A randomized controlled trial

[see: http://tinyurl.com/6k42m ]

 

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