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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Natalie Pafitis MSc
Welcome to BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine published by BioMed Central
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in interventions and resources that complement or replace conventional therapies, with a specific emphasis on research that explores the biological mechanisms of action, as well as their efficacy, safety, costs, patterns of use and/or implementation.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ISSN 1472-6882) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Cinahl, FSTA, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :38
One quarter of preoperative patients at the University of Kansas Hospital use natural products, and guidelines should therefore be established regarding discontinuation of natural products before surgery to prevent possible interactions with drugs or adverse reactions.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :18
The evaluation of complex health interventions based on a pharmacological outcomes model is problematic and may require an alternative framework based on programme theory that takes both the intervention and the patient into account.
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Cytotoxic and antibacterial activities of endophytic fungi isolated from plants at the National Park, Pahang, Malaysia Nurul AMN Hazalin, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Lim SIONG Meng, Ibtisam Abdul Wahab, Anthony LJ Cole, Abu BAKAR Abdul Majeed BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :46 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Bee products prevent VEGF-induced angiogenesis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells Hiroshi Izuta, Masamitsu Shimazawa, Kazuhiro Tsuruma, Yoko Araki, Satoshi Mishima, Hideaki Hara BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :45 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Interleukin-6 and Cyclooxygenase-2 downregulation by fatty-acid fractions of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus Sabreen F Fostok, Rima A Ezzeddine, Fadia R Homaidan, Jamal A Al-Saghir, Ralph G Salloum, Najat A Saliba, Rabih S Talhouk BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :44 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mutagenicity of Chinese traditional medicine Semen Armeniacae amarum by two modified Ames tests Jianling Jin, Bo Liu, Hui Zhang, Xiao Tian, Yupin Cai, Peiji Gao BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :43 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dietary supplementation by older adults in southern China: a hospital outpatient clinic study Wenbin Liang, Andy H Lee, Colin W Binns BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :39 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation and implications of natural product use in preoperative patients: a retrospective review Allison R King, Flint S Russett, Joyce A Generali, Dennis W Grauer BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :38 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Justification for the use of Ocimum gratissimum L in herbal medicine and its interaction with disc antibiotics Emeka I Nweze, Elizabeth E Eze BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9 :37 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A descriptive report of management strategies used by chiropractors, as reviewed by a single independent chiropractic consultant in the Australian workers compensation system. Henry Pollard, Katie de Luca Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2009, 17 :12 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The Nordic back pain subpopulation program - individual patterns of low back pain established by means of text messaging: a longitudinal pilot study Alice Kongsted, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2009, 17 :11 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Age, chronic non-communicable disease and choice of traditional Chinese and western medicine outpatient services in a Chinese population Vincent CH Chung, Chun Hong Lau, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Sian Meryl Griffiths BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :207 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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