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Optimal health with multiple sclerosis : a guide to integrating lifestyle, alternative, and conventional medicine /
The only source for reliable, evidence-based information on the relevance, safety, and effectiveness of alternative and lifestyle medicine approaches to MS treatment and the best ways to safely integrate them with conventional medicine. In addition to conventional medicine, many people with MS also...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Demos Medical Publishing, LLC,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; How to Use This Book; Acknowledgments; Share Optimal Health With Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide to Integrating Lifestyle, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine; Part 1: Introduction; Alternative Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine; Who Develops MS?; How Does MS Affect the Nervous System?; What Symptoms Do People With MS Experience?; Conventional Medical Therapy for MS; Complementary, Alternative, Lifestyle, and Integrative Medicine; CAM is Popular in the General Population and in MS; Underutilized Tools in the Toolbox.
- Evidence for Safety and Effectiveness: Differences in PerspectiveTransforming Challenge into Opportunity; Additional Readings; Placebos and Nocebos; Placebos and the Placebo Effect; The Nocebo Effect; Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Responses; Placebos and Unconventional Medicine; Incorporating Placebo and Nocebo Concepts into Treatment; Additional Readings; Important Precautions About Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Multiple Sclerosis.
- Part 2: Optimal Health With Multiple Sclerosis: A Seven-Step Guide to Integrating Lifestyle, Alternative, and Conventional MedicineIntroduction; General Concepts; Helpful Strategies; Step 1: Disease-Modifying Medications; Additional Information and Guidance; Step 2: Diet, Dietary Supplements, and Weight Management; Weight Management; Dietary Components; Overview; Diets; Dietary Supplements; Step 3: Tobacco and Alcohol Use; Tobacco; Alcohol; Step 4: Physical Activity; Step 5: Personal and Social Well-Being; Step 6: Prevention and Management of Other Medical Conditions.
- Step 7: Symptom ManagementLifestyle and Unconventional Therapies That May Improve Many Different Symptoms; Symptoms That May Be Relieved With Specific Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies; Part 3: Types of Lifestyle and Unconventional Medicine; Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine; Acupuncture; Asian Proprietary Medicine (or Asian Patent Medicine); Asian Herbal Medicine; Additional Readings; Alcohol; Approaches to Alcohol Use; Studies in MS and Other Conditions; Side Effects; Conclusion; Additional Readings; Aromatherapy; Treatment Method.
- Studies in Multiple Sclerosis and Other ConditionsSide Effects; Practical Information; Conclusion; Additional Readings; Aspartame; Treatment Method; Studies in MS and Other Conditions; Conclusion; Additional Readings; Ayurveda; Treatment Method; Studies in MS and Other Conditions; Side Effects; Practical Information; Conclusion; Additional Readings; Bee Venom Therapy and Other Forms of Apitherapy; Bee Venom Therapy; Treatment Method; Studies in MS and Other Conditions; Side Effects; Other Bee Products; Practical Information; Conclusion; Additional Readings; Biofeedback; Treatment Method.