Background Paper on Conceptual Issues Related to Health Systems Research to Inform a WHO Global Strategy on Health Systems Research
A Working Paper in Progress
Steven J. Hoffman,John-Arne Røttingen,Sara Bennett,John N. Lavis,Jennifer S. Edge,Julio Frenk
The Centre for Strategic Health Information and Operational Research will run its fourth Operational Research Training Course in 2012 -2013 in collaboration with our partner Médecins Sans Frontières Brussels Operational Centre Luxembourg. The first module will start on 9th July, 2012. Please find attached the cours...
To develop the practical skills for conducting operational research and publishing the findings.
Course curriculum and expected outputs The course is composed of three practical modules of 5 days each and conducted over a period of 8-10 months at MSF Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, as follow...
Arsenic is a common toxin found in groundwater throughout the world. In some areas, it’s a serious problem resulting in severe health problems for the native population. India and Bangladesh are particularly hard hit. Because of rampant industrialization, it’s unlikely that the problem will be reversed. People are doomed to drinking toxic ars...
Twenty percent of adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder were found to have these antibodies, compared with 4% of patients with other psychiatric disorders.
Anti–basal ganglia antibodies (ABGAs) have been found in patients with Sydenham chorea, which is a sequel of streptococcal infection (strep)...
A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million. Dr. Richard Besser, of the CDC, in 1995, said the...
Where is the controlled study on effect of Tamiflu against Swine Flu? Why not Homeopathy??
Dr. B. M. Hegde Retired Vice-Chancellor of the Manipal University Article originally published in Hindu Daily 09th August 2009. ww...
Dr.Binimol BHMS Under the Guidance of Dr.S.G.BIJU BHMS, MD (Hom) Conducted At ATMTHA KENDRAM, Chabganacherry, Kottayam District, Kerala, S.INDIA
Introduction Alcohol dependence syndrome - a neurological disorder is one of th...
Developing a Patient-Centered Outcome Measure for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies I: Defining Content and Format
Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Mimi Nichter, Mark A Nichter, Kimberly L Kelly, Colette M Sims, Iris R Bell, Heide M Castaneda, Charles R Elder, Mary S Koithan, Elizabeth G Sutherland,Â...
The Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of India (AAPI) is launching its quarterly peer reviewed journal Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine (AAM). This journal will act as a platform to commission the communications between practitioners, researchers and policy makers in the field of Ayur...
The third annual Canadian CAM Research Fund (CCRF) is currently under way. The application deadline for the 2012 competition is: FEBRUARY 15, 2012 at 5pm MT The CCRF is an annual funding competition organized and administered by IN-CAM and open to IN-CAM members. Seed grants of up to $5000 are awarded to research project proposals identified t...
A Study on the Prophylactic Efficacy of Homoeopathic Preventive Medicine Against Chikungunya Fever
Dr R Rejikumar, Dr R S Dinesh etal
Abstract Homoeopathy has established its supremacy in the control of infectious...
A clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of etiological Prescription in Homoeopathy DR. Jilcy paul A prescription is the written statement of the suggestion of a remedy. As far as homoeopathic system of medicine is concerned, a prescription should aim at the patient and his individual reaction to the disease. But there are pra...
Homeopathic medicines substantially reduce the need for clotting factor concentrates in haemophilia patients: results of a blinded placebo controlled cross over trial.
Source : Haemophilia Care Centre:Nashik Chapter, Niramay Nursing Home, Adwait Colony, Canada Corner, Sharanpu...
Lymphocyte proliferation stimulated by activated Cebus apella macrophages treated with a complex homeopathic immune response modifiers.
Source : Laboratório de Citogenética Humana, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil; ServiÃ...
Source : Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona (I), Italy.Â
Background: Ignatia amara (Ignatia), a remedy made from the Strychnos ignatii seeds, is used for anxiety-related symptoms, but consistent evidence of its activity in reproduc...
Yet another gaming of the inherent inadequacy of vaccinations is sure to result in ever more of the autoimmune disorders plaguing modern society. New research is focused on a bioengineered nanoparticle adjuvant that’s copies a normal part of the autoimmune system.
The New Adjuvant <...
Chandran Nambiar
Homeopathy Is Molecular Imprints Therapeutics (MIT)- An advanced branch of  modern molecular medicine. Only difference between molecular medicine and MIT is that where as molecular medicine uses ‘drug molecules’ as therapeutic agents, MIT u...
Background: Aconitum napellus (Acn) is used topically to relieve pain, itching and inflammation, and internally to reduce febrile states, among others. Any circadian time-related consequences of Acn administration are unknown. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of two doses of Acn on body temperature (BT) of mice treated at s...
Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: a comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting.
Background The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of homeopathy compared to conventional treatment in acute respiratory and ear complaint...
Source : Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento Sant'Anna di Pisa, Italy.
OBJECTIVE: To test a methodology to evaluate, at population level, the effectiveness of homeopathic treatment through standard objective public health indicators. METHODS AND SETTINGS: Indicators of hospitalization and...
Faculty have implicit standards for evaluating the dissertation. They owe it to their students to make those standards explicit.
The PhD dissertation is the ultimate educational product. It reflects the training of its author and the technical, analytical, and writing skills he or she developed in a d...
In an article published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a group of Indian researchers have reported on their study on the successful use of homeopathy in the management of various symptoms encountered during the menopause.
They undertook an observatio...
New Delhi, Dec 5,2011: Debunking the oft-repeated debate of quashing ‘sweet milk powder pills’ as mere ‘placebo’, a latest study has shown that Homoeopathy may be a highly scientific ‘Nano-Medicine’.
“Even the highest dilutions of remedies have left signatures of respective original molecules in ...
Measuring the effectiveness of homeopathic care through objective and shared indicators. Leone L, Marchitiello M, Natilli M, Romano MF. Source :Â Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento Sant'Anna di Pisa, Italy.
OBJECTIVE: To test a methodology to evaluate, at population le...