Yoga for back pain, cranberry for cystitis prevention, soy isoflavones for hot flashes, curcumin for pre-diabetes, and breathing retraining for asthma

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 251-254

  Glickman Simon, Richard ^a,b   Lindsay, Tammy ^c,d  

^a DynaMed   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CURCUMIN; DAIDZEIN; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; GESTAGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TURMERIC;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MENOPAUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SOYBEAN; THERAPY EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YOGA;

EID: 84881219089     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: 18787541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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