European chapter within ISCMR

af Jesper Madsen | feb 8, 2008 | Diverse

CAM researchers in Europe should be working closer together. A regional chapter will be formed, and if you are a member of ISCMR and want to participate in this task, don’t hesitate.

At the ISCMR congress in May 2007 in Munich, it was decided to allow and encourage the building of regional chapters. An informal core group was formed that can be joined by anyone who is a member of the ISCMR and would like to contribute to this enterprise.

The dates of upcoming meetings are not yet settled, but you may contact ISCMR secretary Corina Güthlin, Germany, for further information. You will find her at this page

CAM users are sicker than non-users

af Jesper Madsen | okt 6, 2007 | Diverse

CAM users tend to report worse health, it says in an article by Amir Shmueli and Judith Shuval, Israel.
While users of CAM enjoy higher socioeconomic status and younger age, they tend to report worse health than non-users

Ref:
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2007 June; 4(2): 251–255.

3’rd ISCMR Congress in March

af Jesper Madsen | okt 4, 2007 | Diverse

The Third International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research will be held from 29 to 31 March 2008 in Sydney, Australia.

Aims of the Congress

• To bring together the world’s leading experts of clinical and basic research in Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM)
• To provide the state of evidence for the most widespread treatment methods and to present latest results from research
• To discuss basic evaluative concepts, methodologies and strategies appropriate to CAM
• To evaluate the contribution of meaning/ context effects, self regulation and specific effects
• To discuss the role of CAM in disease prevention and public health settings
• To be a three year rotation meeting of International Society of Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific

Links:
The congress
ISCMR