Methods Twenty-one healthy subjects (age: 24.3 ± 2.3 years, 11 female) underwent WI with water temperatures of 33°C (WI33), 36°C (WI36), 39°C (WI39). The procedure was: supine rest (30 minutes), WI (20 minutes) and supine rest (30 minutes). An ECG, the nasal/oral airflo...

Purpose The side effects and sequelae related to anti-tumor therapy regularly result in extensive physical, psychosocial and mental impairments in the life of children after therapy of a brain tumor. Although some supportive therapies are available, there are still nume...

Methods Patients with stage 0-III disease were recruited prior to XRT (baseline) and randomized to one of three groups: Yoga (YG-n=53) or Stretching program (STR-n=56) 3 times a week for 6 weeks during XRT or Waitlist Control (WLC-n=54). Self-report measures of fatigue ...

Background: Gestures play an important role in medical communication. Methods: 94 homeopaths (Mean age 49.6 years, 20% male) completed a 20-item questionnaire on utilization and relevance of gestures in patients’ symptom description. Results: After excluding nine items ...

Methods A literature search was carried out on publications that reported experiments with homeopathic preparations on whole plants, seeds, plant parts and cells from 1920 to 2010, in healthy, abiotically or biotically stressed conditions. Outcomes had to be measured by...

Results Of the 323 eligible neonatal care units, 162 (50.1%) participated and 160 (98.8%) reported using KC. Instructions for the staff are provided in 39 (25.2%) units, 16 (10.3%) for parents and 64 (41.4%) have hygienical regulations for parents. Special chairs are pr...

Purpose In recent years, many non-pharmacological complementary therapies have been investigated with respect to cardiovascular regulation, e.g. analysis of heart rate variability. Such therapies often show a specific impact on cardiovascular regulation. However, the ho...

Purpose Health economic studies gain more and more importance in both conventional and complementary medicine. In most cases such studies are conducted as a combination of a RCT and a health economic evaluation (“Piggy-Back-Studies”). Therefore study planning parameters...

Methods A six-year program was developed with longitudinally integrated modules complementing the regular medical curriculum. The educational strategy behind the program is the ESPRI2T approach. It combines Explorative learning, Supported participation, Patient-based le...