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Reasons to Subscribe, The Burnham Review

The Burnham Review is a subscriptions based e-newsletter on what the medical research is saying about evidence based medicine within the Complementary and Alternative Medicine community. Each newsletter covers a specific topic. Recent issues have included Benefits of Touch in the Medical Literature, Manual Therapy Evidence, Parkison's Disease, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis, Peripheral Neuropathies, Gluten Sensitivity, Neuroanatomy for the Manual Therapist.

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CAM Research on Facial Pain
"This article discusses complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), reviews literature on the prevalence of use of CAM by the general adult population in the United States and by patients with persistent facial pain, and summarizes published, peer-reviewed reports of clinical trials assessing the effects of CAM therapies for persistent facial pain. Results indicate that many patients use CAM for musculoskeletal pain, including persistent facial pain. Preliminary work on selected complementary therapies such as biofeedback, relaxation, and acupuncture seems promising; however, there are more unanswered than answered questions about cost-effectiveness, efficacy and mechanisms of action of CAM for persistent facial pain." ---- Myers, C. D. (2007). "Complementary and alternative medicine for persistent facial pain." Dent Clin North Am 51(1): 263-74, ix.

Complementary Medicine and Parkinson’s Disease
"The use of Complementary Therapy is high among Asian Parkinson’s disease patients. Patients with more severe motor dysfunction at onset are more likely to use Complementary Therapy." ----Tan, L. C., P. N. Lau, et al. (2006). "Use of complementary therapies in patients with Parkinson's disease in Singapore." Mov Disord 21(1): 86-9.

CAM Research on Menopause
"Women feel they are not sufficiently informed to make safe decisions regarding CAM treatment options to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Family physicians are a trusted information source and have an important role in providing women with that information. Brochures containing evidence-based information and a list of newsletters or books that include personal accounts, available in physician's offices and during personal consultations at women's health centers, are offered as a possible solution. A website is another possibility for distributing this information."--- Armitage, G. D., E. Suter, et al. (2007). "Women's needs for CAM information to manage menopausal symptoms." Climacteric 10(3): 215-24.

CAM Research for Chronic Pain

"We provide direct evidence that most primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain have used CAM in the previous year, usually in combination with conventional treatments. The high prevalence and wide range of users experiences of benefit and harm from CAM strengthen the argument for more research into this type of medicine to quantify benefit and assess safety. The observation that most users of conventional medicine also used CAM suggests a continuing need for more investigation of effective pain management in primary care." ---- Artus, M., P. Croft, et al. (2007). "The use of CAM and conventional treatment among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain." BMC Fam Pract 8(1): 26.

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