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Research published in the current edition of Nursing Research by Gwen Wyatt of MSU's College of Nursing, analyzed which CAM therapies -- such as massage, supplements and reflexology -- are used the most and why. She looked at the five major categories of therapies: biological, mind-body, manipulative and body, energy and alternative medical systems.

Tutorials on targeted therapies for cancer

"STATworkUP™ has an immense amount of correlated data between symptoms, tests, diagnoses and treatments. While the app cannot be relied upon to thoroughly determine a differential diagnosis or provide an evidence-based summary of therapy, it can serve as an additional arrow in the clinicians quiver especially when wrestling with an uncommon diagnostic dilemma."

The NNT offers a measurement of the impact of a medicine or therapy by estimating the number of patients that need to be treated in order to have an impact on one person. The concept is statistical, but intuitive, for we know that not everyone is helped by a medicine or intervention - some benefit, some are harmed, and some are unaffected. The NNT tells us how many of each.

YouTuve video developed by students at Newcastle School Medical School for the assignment in professional practice. This video touches on alterntaive therapies and also dealing with a patient in need of a blood transfusion who is a Jehova Witness.

Global RPH is a guide to drug therapy for clinicians

""I Remember Better When I Paint", narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is the first international documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer's and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease. A film by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation. Among those who are featured are noted doctors and Yasmin Aga Khan, president of ALzheimer's Disease International and daughter of Rita Hayworth, who had Alzheimer's."

The Hospice Volunteer Training Online program is different than any program currently offered. It is an introduction to the core concepts of hospice including it's history and philosophy, ethical and privacy considerations, definitions of team roles and eligibility, communication techniques, bereavement and grief explorations, and alternative therapies.

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