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{"title":"Benefits of Functional Medicine for Mold Toxicity and Mixed Mold Mycotoxicosis","authors":"Howard F Robins","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81441311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sonodynamic and Photodynamic Therapy in Advanced Pancreas Carcinoma - A Case Report","authors":"Lucy Q. Li","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000559","url":null,"abstract":"Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a therapeutic treatment for certain kinds of tumors, approved by the FDA in 1998. Recent research data shows that a related procedure, Sonodynamic Therapy (SDT), is another new promising complementary method for cancer treatment. Here we report clinical results in an advanced pancreas cancer patient who was treated using a combination of Sonodynamic and Photodynamic Therapy (SPDT), along with conventional therapies. The patient was pathologically diagnosed with metastatic pancreas carcinoma (non-respectable advanced pancreas cancer) by the patient’s local oncology team. The advanced pancreas carcinoma had responded unsatisfactorily to conventional therapies. SPDT treatment involved using a new sensitizing agent Sonoflora a TM (SFa), which was administered sublingually; 12-hour latter, the patient was treated with a combination of light and ultrasound devices, and a low dosage of chemotherapy simultaneously as a whole body treatment (SPDT follows the chemotherapy cycle periodically). Patient had good partial responses. The results indicate that SPDT could be a promising new complementary therapeutic combination for the treatment of pancreas cancer.","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91396538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Overview of Buddhism and the Concept of Suffering","authors":"Michele Riley Kramer","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000558","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85937485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-Healing","authors":"Viviana Siddhi","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2020.03.000557","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80908725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Potential Use of Natural Ingredients as Alternative Chemical Wash","authors":"Byungjin Min","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000556","url":null,"abstract":"Tuskegee, AL, USA. Abstract Proper washing treatment of fresh produce plays a critical role to reduce or minimize microbial contaminations for safe consumption. This study investigated antimicrobial activities of plant-based ingredients as an alternative wash to substitute chemical wash. From the preliminary test, five solutions: 1) 0.5% white distilled vinegar (DV); 2) 25% crude lemon juice (LJ); 3) DV + 0.1% origanum oil (DVO); 4) LJ+ 0.1% origanum oil (LJO) and 5) DV+ LJ + 0.1% origanum oil (DVLJO) and sterile water (control) were selected. To evaluate antimicrobial activities against foodborne pathogens both L. monocytogenes and S. Typhimurium zone of inhibition (ZOI), minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were measured. In addition, model study in an aqueous solution was designed to determine effective washing time against tested microorganisms, and it was performed at 2, 5, 15, 20 and 25 min. MICs and MBCs of natural ingredients against L. monocytogenes and S. Typhimurium were 0.03 to 0.78% and 0.06 to 1.56%, respectively, but higher concentration was required for lemon juice extract (12.5%). The combined treatment DVLJO exhibited the least MIC (0.03%) as well as MBC (0.06 %) against L. monocytogenes. The results indicated that combination of wash solutions reduced bacterial populations by ~3 to 5 log CFU/mL at 25 min of agitation. However, there were no significant differences in bacterial reductions by washing time between 5 and 25 min (P>0.05). Based on the results, it is suggested that combinations of vinegar, lemon juice and essential oil might be suitable as an alternative antimicrobial wash solution for raw or minimally processed foods. It is thought that formulated wash solutions with natural ingredients are readily available and easy to use at the house-hold level. However, further study is recommended to validate and specify the effectiveness of wash solutions in a","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81091926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative and Feminist Research: The Power of Story","authors":"Fisher Kl","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2019.03.000555","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87230556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative and Feminist Research: The Power of Story","authors":"JM Keefe","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Narrative medicine or narrative therapy can be an approach to healing in the clinical setting; it is the work of the co-creating of meaning with persons who are in relationship: one of clinician and client, or with partnerships of the giver of care, and the receiver of care. There are also the phenomena of using narrative methods in pedagogy, in the transformative teaching of therapeutic presence by using activities of close, deep reading, or exercises of active listening with each other. The power of Story as a narrative inquiry has been supported as a methodology for re-search in nursing according to Wang & Geale [1]. According to Chou, et al. [2], a Story makes the implicit to be explicit, the hidden to be seen, the unformed now formed, and the confusing more clear. The narrative process can describe individuals’ experiences that are constantly shifting meanings. The storytellers construct and share their Stories with their own perception of the experience for the purpose of narrative inquiry to reveal the meaning of the individuals’ experiences [1]. Wang & Geale [1] further state, that Stories heal and soothe the body and spirit, provide hope and the courage to explore and grow. The process of storytelling, a fundamental element in narrative inquiry, provides the opportunity for dialogue and personal reflection, each intertwined and cyclical. Novelist Henry James reminds us that “expression” connotes putting sensations and perceptions into words and a process of delivering the essence of something into view [3]. Hence, the subject and meaning of what gets expressed comes simultaneously from the one writing or telling a story. The representational act requires the expressive force and creativity of the writer along with the contained meaning of that which is now in view, unifying unseen and seen in the creation of the text. What emerges as a written text might be a prose paragraph, a poem, a scenic dialogue, a diary entry, or a letter which, when examined closely by readers or listeners, conveys its meaning by both its content and its form. The spoken words of a story can be recorded and later reflected upon the meaning of the narrative [3].","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85819931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Destabilization of Abnormal Methylation Enzymes: Nature’s Way to Eradicate Cancer Stem Cells","authors":"M. Liau","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2019.02.000546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2019.02.000546","url":null,"abstract":"Over that past decade it has becomes clear that CSCs stand in the way of successful curative results from conventional cytotoxic cell killing to put cancer away. The transition of the tumor to one containing predominantly CSCs is now thought to be a primary cause of treatment failure [1-5]. Many biological characteristics that enable cancer progression are attributable to CSCs, including angiogenesis, metastasis, and drug resistance. CSCs are resistant to both cytotoxic drugs and radiation in part because these cells overexpress ATP binding cassette drug pumps that effectively exclude cytotoxic drugs and have activation of anti-apoptosis programs that negate the pro-apoptotic signals activated by DNA damaging agents [6-9]. CSCs share much in common with normal progenitor stem cells with respect to cell features and biological missions. Their biological missions are to repair and to meet the replacement needs of the organ or tissue. When cancer cells are destroyed by cytotoxic drugs or radiation, CSCs proliferate to replace the dying cancer cells and the tumor regrows. Eventually CSCs become the dominant tumor component and their unchecked growth claims the life of the patient. Therefore, eventual successful cancer therapies must rely on the elimination of not only cancer cells, but also the subpopulation of CSCs. Alternative therapeutic strategies are needed to eradicate CSCs. Methylation Enzymes (MEs) Function as A Switch to Turn on to Cell Replication and to Turn Off to Terminal Differentiation (TD)","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84145885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Coin has Two Sides: Use Marijuana with Cautions","authors":"Mao Sheng Yan","doi":"10.33552/ojcam.2019.02.000547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojcam.2019.02.000547","url":null,"abstract":"Whether used legally or illegally, the use of marijuana has a long history. However, the benefits and harms of medical use of marijuana and how to use marijuana have not yet reached consensus in the medical community [1,2]. Cavazos-Rehg PA, et al. [2] study suggests that most marijuana-related tweets support marijuana use and believe marijuana has health benefits and/or should be legalized [2]. Colorado passed Amendment 20 in November 2000, which supports the use marijuana by people who suffered one of the following eight “debilitating medical conditions”: HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, severe nausea, severe pain, cancer, cachexia, seizures, and muscle spasms [3]. But, according to an anonymous webbased electronic survey and 520 family physicians (FPs) responses, forty-six percent of FPs does not support the recommended use of marijuana, and only nineteen percent of FPs believes that it should be recommended [3]. Despite the dramatic increase in medical use of marijuana by adults, pregnant women and adolescents, there are few clinical trials to demonstrating the benefits and harms of medical use of marijuana, and few trials under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to compare medicinal marijuana with traditional analgesics [2-5]. Therefore, it is time to pay more attention to using marijuana with cautions, and shift our focus toward improving quality of life of patients by scientific and rational use of marijuana. Three arguments support the conclusion above.","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84147630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teen Vaping of E-Cigarettes has Gained Enough Popularity in CA Among Youth That Gov. Gavin Newsome Declared A Public Health Emergency","authors":"Sara Ellen Amster","doi":"10.33552/OJCAM.2019.02.000545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/OJCAM.2019.02.000545","url":null,"abstract":"You might blame adults whose industries profit from the ignorance of kids and some parents. Education theorist Erik Eriksen defined adolescence as a time of great experimentation during which all things seem possible and feasible so he considered this life stage as filled with peril and possibility but very dangerous and challenging to the tenets of the adult world in which teenagers must function.","PeriodicalId":19661,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83790039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}