BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Section Editors

Mikel Aickin, University of Arizona
Thomas Efferth, University of Mainz
Torkel Falkenberg, Karolinska Institutet
Cheryl Ritenbaugh, University of Arizona
Karen Sherman, Group Health Research Institute
Claudia Witt, Charité University Medical Center

Executive Editor

Tom Rowles, BioMed Central

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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is the official journal of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR)

Articles

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Cranberry antibiotic mechanisms

Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait extract treatment of Staphylococcus aureus is associated with a genetic profile and mode of action typical of cell wall peptioglycan inhibiting antibiotics, and functions synergistically with beta-lactam antibiotics.

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:90
Electroacupuncture for cerebral infarction

Electroacupuncture pretreatment displays a protective role in cerebral ischemia in rats, via a mechanism which involves an increase in the production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and stromal cell derived factor 1α.

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:22
Poor evidence for effect of SZRD on insomnia

A systematic review of trials on the effects of Suanzaoren decoction (SZRD) in the treatment of insomnia shows that there is insufficient evidence to support its efficacy, and that studies are of generally low methodological quality.

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:18
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How the work was carried out

Comment on: Ntie-Kang et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:88
A very useful and thorough study, but ...

Comment on: Lee et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:59
wrong word used in conclusion

Comment on: Zhang et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:67

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Scope

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on 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.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

Society information

The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) is a world-wide not-for-profit professional organization devoted to fostering cooperative and multidisciplinary research and development as well as the application of knowledge in the field of Complementary, traditional and Integrative Medicine.

Editor's profile

Claudia Witt, MD, MBA, Professor of Medicine at the Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Germany

As a research methodologist and teacher, Claudia Witt recognized early on that although millions of people around the world use complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), little research is available. Consequently, Dr. Witt has spent her career evaluating CIM's efficacy, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and safety, as well as developing some CIM-specific research methods training. This training has been offered to other professionals from India to the USA. Dr. Witt's international experience has contributed significantly to her work as President of International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR), an international platform for CIM information exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration.

"Complementary and integrative medicine is on the rise and the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) is devoted to fostering professional, multidisciplinary research by providing a platform for knowledge and information exchange to enhance international communication and collaboration. When ISCMR partnered with BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 2011, our aim was to provide a high-profile, open access platform to stimulate the development and dissemination of quality research on complementary and integrative medicine. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine's position within the top 25% of complementary and integrative medicine journals has helped to facilitate this."

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