Book chapter
Energy Medicine and Cancer
Integrative Oncology
Oxford University Press
08/01/2014
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199329724.003.0015
Abstract
Chapter 15 covers energy medicine and cancer, and discusses how it purports to restore the flow of energy fields associated with the human body for symptom relief, disease prevention, and health restoration, that experimental evidence of the health benefits of energy medicine is promising overall, although findings have been mixed, with many studies suffering from methodological weaknesses, that preclinical trials suggest that energy medicine may enhance immunity and decrease growth and activity of cancer cells, that clinical trials have reported evidence of improved mood, quality of life, immune parameters such as natural killercell activity, and normalized diurnal cortisol patterns, although research is still sparse and replication is needed, and the importance of medical practitioners asking their patients whether they are utilizing energy medicine treatments or other integrative medicine modalities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Energy Medicine and Cancer
- Creators
- Susan K LutgendorfElizabeth Mullen-HouserEmira Deumic
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Integrative Oncology
- DOI
- 10.1093/med/9780199329724.003.0015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984065775302771
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