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Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Edwin L. Cooper

    1. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Nobuo Yamaguchi

    1. Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

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  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, this title provide an international perspective on new approaches to healing.
  • This book should appeal to a wide range of individuals in clinical medicine and basic science, including fields such as psychiatry, neurology, neuroscience, microbiology, pharmacology, nutrition, molecular bioloyg, and immunology.

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 546)

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Physical Intervention: Touch, Hydrotherapy, Sound

    1. Methodological Concerns when Designing Trials for the Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pain

      • P. J. White
      Pages 217-227

    2. Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis by Acupuncture

      • M. Fukuda, N. Kawada, H. Kawamura, T. Abo
      Pages 229-237

    3. Hydrotherapy can Modulate Peripheral Leukocytes: An Approach to Alternative Medicine

      • N. Yamaguchi, S. Shimizu, H. Izumi
      Pages 239-251

    4. Music Therapy, Wellness, and Stress Reduction

      • Andrea M. Scheve
      Pages 253-263

    5. Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention Against Diseases

      • Haruhisa Wago, Shinji Kasahara
      Pages 265-278

  2. Dietary Intervention in Specific Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis

      • Hiromi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Teramae, Haruo Kutsuna, Mika Nanatsue, Kazuko Hirai et al.
      Pages 281-296

    3. Kampo Therapy for Adult Atopic Dermatitis by Dieting and Herbal Medications: Evaluating the Disappearance of Disease Phases

      • Masamitsu Ishii, Hiromi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Teramae, Takeshi Nakanishi, Haruo Kutsuna et al.
      Pages 297-310

    4. Management of Nutritional and Health Needs of Malnourished and Vegetarian People in India

      • H. D. Kumar
      Pages 311-321

  3. Basic Science: Future Approaches to Novel Molecules for CAM

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323
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    2. Cultural Heritage: Porifera (Sponges), A Taxon Successfully Progressing Paleontology, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine

      • Werner E. G. Müller, Renato Batel, Isabel M. Müller, Heinz C. Schröder
      Pages 325-358

    3. Earthworms: Sources of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Molecules

      • Edwin L. Cooper, Binggen Ru, Ning Weng
      Pages 359-389

    4. What Can We Learn from Marine Invertebrates to be Used as Complementary Antibiotics?

      • Philippe Roch
      Pages 391-403

    5. Nervous, Endocrine, Immune Systems As a Target for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

      • Shinji Kasahara, Edwin L. Cooper
      Pages 405-423

  4. Education and Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 425-425
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    2. Scientific Thinking: Its History, Methods, and Advantages

      • C. S. Wallis
      Pages 427-443

    3. Glycome: A Medical Paradigm

      • Arnold Loel
      Pages 445-451

  5. Abstracts

    1. Abstracts

      • Edwin L. Cooper, Nobuo Yamaguchi
      Pages 453-457

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 459-480
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About this book

WHAT HAPPENED IN KANAZAWA? THE BIRTH OF eCAM This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (CAM) which was convened in Kanazawa Japan, November 8-10, 2002. The participants were mainly from Japan, USA, China, France, England, Germany, Taiwan, and India. The world of western medicine is gradually opening its doors to new ways of ap­ proaching healing. Since many of these approaches began centuries and even millennia ago in Asia, it was entirely appropriate to open our symposium in Kanazawa, a beautiful, traditional city located on the Sea of Japan. Experts from Asia, Europe and the United States gathered together for true discussions on complementary and alternative medicine and its role developing all over the world. As scientists, we listened to historical perspec­ tives from India, China and Japan, where CAM is still being practiced as it has been for centuries. It is well to mention at the outset that this book will cover a rapidly growing field that has strong advocates but others who are less than enthusiastic. This should be evident by the presentation of chapters that aim to significantly dispel some of the criticisms of pseudoscience and myth that often surround the discipline. It is our purpose to present high quality peer reviewed chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Edwin L. Cooper

  • Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

    Nobuo Yamaguchi

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