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XU Yifan, JING Limei*, LI Xueying, LI Shuijing

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000165

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Shanghai, a pioneer municipal city in implementing hospice and palliative care (HPC) services in China, has realized its initial goal of universal coverage of either inpatient or home-based HPC services in all community health centers (CHCs) by 2020. However, there are still some bottlenecks during the progress, including low equalization and homogenization of services among different CHCs, and lack of charging items for comprehensive evaluation, alternative therapy, appropriate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technology and humanistic care which are labor-intensive. There is an urgent need to construct and standardize contents and items of HPC services and introduce payment method by service unit to encourage medical staffs to provide HPC services at all levels of care. Hospice and palliative care (HPC) are a crucial part of integrate..... ReadMore

Felix Pavlotsky*, Meir Babaev and Aviv Barzilai

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000164

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Around 80% of patients with psoriasis have mild to moderate (localized) disease [1]. For those patients, topical agents are usually the first-line treatment, with corticosteroids most used. Despite their effectiveness, quick relapse and/or rebound are common following discontinuation of those conventional topical treatments [2,3]. Thus, continuous therapy is often needed, however, not feasible due to lack of compliance and/or the possibility of the side effects, especially concerning corticosteroids [4]. Hence, the use of complementary medicine in general and plant-origin topical treatment in particular in up to 69% of the patients [5] is a common practice, and mostly on the their own initiative. However, so far most of the issue related studies have shown a limited efficacy, inconvenience of use, significant adverse events [5-7] and/or a..... ReadMore

Mehmet Rami Helvaci*, Hasan Yilmaz, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu, Abdulrazak Abyad and Lesley Pocock

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000163

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Chronic endothelial damage may be the leading cause of aging and death. Probably whole afferent vasculature including capillaries are mainly involved in the process since much higher blood pressure (BP) of the afferent vessels may be the major underlying cause by inducing recurrent endothelial injuries. Thus, the term of venosclerosis is not as famous as atherosclerosis in the literature. Secondary to the chronic endothelial damage, inflammation, edema, and fibrosis, arterial walls become thickened, their lumens are narrowed, and they lose their elastic natures, those reduce blood flow and increase systolic BP further. Some of the well-known accelerators of the atherosclerotic process are male gender, physical inactivity, excess weight, smoking, alcohol, and chronic inflammatory or infectious processes including sickle cell diseases (SCD)..... ReadMore

Zhenhuan Liu*, Bingxu Jin and Yong Zhao

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000162

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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a severe and pervasive heterogeneous neurodevelopment disorder, is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, repetitive behavioral patterns, and restricted interests. Many aspects of ASD are still debatable, with elusive and complex etiologies, and no effective therapy exists. At present, many studies have verified the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of autism. However, the results should be explained cautiously due to methodological weakness. In order to obtain powerful evidence of the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of ASD, it is worth designing a study with higher methodological quality. We summarize the potential mechanism of acupuncture in the treatment of ASD. We found the mechanism of acupuncture treatment of ASD is still unclea..... ReadMore

Du Hongwei* PhD

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000161

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In the post epidemic era, the world is facing more complex economic and ecological crises, human health problems, international conflicts and world security, which force us to reflect on the misunderstanding of human mind: globalization intensifies the gap between the rich and the poor and regional disputes between countries, and developed high technology puts mankind in a more unsafe military threat. Many disasters let us see the weakness of human nature: modern mankind has not established a “spiritual home” matching the “ideal country” of material civilization. While challenging nature, mankind is also destroying the relationship between man and nature, which affects individual health, social order and human destiny. Highly developed modern science and technology and diversified political theories do not give human beings enough..... ReadMore

Branco, Luciana Maria Depieri*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000160

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Now is the most important time to look for alternatives and (Figure 1) treatments relevant to mental health care. This article will present the intensive brain stimulation technique Multimedia Rehabilitation, an important and intense “Academy for the Brain”, where diversified computational activities are developed that stimulate the entire brain, increasing synaptic connections and promoting neurogenesis, the birth of new neurons. In addition, there is a regulation and balance in the hormone’s oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, endorphins responsible for pleasure and happiness. Thus, the individual starts to reprogram his brain to work intensely, seeking to combat the various diagnoses that harm the emotional system, greatly improving their quality of life. Mental health was already highlighted before the pandemic, but now the cases hav..... ReadMore

Henry SR Kao*, Xingping Dong, Jimin Jia, Jun Wang, Zhonglan Cui, Rongxing Zhang

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000159

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Anxiety disorder, i.e., anxiety neurosis, includes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), and various phobia-related disorders. One can have more than one anxiety disorder. Sometimes anxiety results from a medical condition that needs treatment. Anxiety disorders are generally treated with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), antianxiety medication as well as stress management techniques, including meditation and biofeedback. Several Chinese medical practices of acupuncture, Qigong, Taiqi and calligraphy training have shown positive effects on anxiety and depression Xu, et.al. [1]. Chinese calligraphy handwriting (CCH) enhances one’s cognitive, emotional, and physiological functions Kao, [2,3]. Its applications in behavioral, psychosomatic, and cognitive disorders have shown positive improvem..... ReadMore

Henry S.R. Kao*, Xintian Li, Jinghan Wei, Nianfeng Guo, Jiatang Zhang, Xiuqin Liu, Cuiqin Yang

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000158

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Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide diseases afflicting humans. It is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems (National Institutes of Health, 2008). People who have hypertension can take steps to control it and reduce their risks for related health problems. Key steps include following a healthy lifestyle, having ongoing medical care, and following the treatment plan that the doctor prescribes. Most people who have hypertension will need lifelong treatment. Despite progress in prevention, treatment, and control of high blood pressure, hypertension remains a major public health challenge Whelton, et.al [1]. The etiology of hypertension is multifactorial, involving genetic factors, biophysiological processes, daily experiences throughout life...... ReadMore

Henry S.R. Kao*, C.H. Goan Xintian Li, Jinghan Wei, Nianfeng Guo, Jiatang Zhang

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000157

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Background Chinese Calligraphic Handwriting (CCH), a WHO (2019) recognized effective treatment, enhances our cognitive abilities, relaxed bodily conditions and stabilized emotions. It has successfully treated the emotion-related anxieties and the moods that are associated with several diseases and disorders. The present study tested this intervention on Diabetes patients. Method 16 type II diabetes patients and 16 healthy subjects participated. Each group performed both the CCH tasks of brush handwriting of Chinese characters and the brush drawing of geometric patterns. The Chinese versions of STAI and POMS measured the effects of brush writing and brush drawing tasks. on the participants. Both scales were administered to all participants before and after a 40-minute training session. Findings The patients group significantly improved on ..... ReadMore

Dénes Kleiner, Hegyi Gabriella*, István Horváth, Mária Matuz, Magdolna Dank and Balázs Hankó

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000156

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While nowadays anticancer therapies had gone through elemtary changes, health care providers must pay attention to the emerging utilization of dietary supplements, functional foods and further complementary and alternative therapies. The appropriate health literacy is a key element in the management of cancer patients’ life too, so it has worthwhile implication in the questions of complementary and anternative therapies. Hence, we wanted to measure the food supplements, functional foods and such agent’s utilization and basic knowledge about them in the Semmelweis University Oncology Center. To our questionnaire 71 patients answered. Due to their knowledge about their antitumor therapies, we divided participants to two groups (N=41 for those, who know their therapies; N=30 for those, who do not know it). However, only 43.9% of those, w..... ReadMore

Geza M Timcak*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000155

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The paper aims at showing some aspects of the application of yoga in improving physical and mental health and a difference between the original aims of yoga and the areas in which it is applied today. Further it hints at some ways, through which functional units of humans defined by yoga could be understood in the framework of Western thought and science. Acupuncture is mentioned as a bridge to help this process. In the 20th Century a great effort has been made both to prove that yoga and acupuncture (i.e., Chinese medicine) can be used for health-related purposes and to discover the functional mechanisms of both systems. From the Western point of view, when both yoga and Chinese medicine became popular as a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) a resistance became perceptible that led to regulation of CAM (CAMDOC Alliance, 2010). ..... ReadMore

Gholamreza Ghorbani Amjad, Sajjad Daneshyar*,Elham Khan larzade, Mohammad Hossein Rizehbandi, and Alireza Noori gholami zadeh

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000153

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Introduction: Nowadays, one of the most common practices in orthopedic surgery is the Total Knee Arthroplasty. Logistic equipment, including prostheses, is the cornerstone of this surgical procedure. Clearly having a general overview of the size of consumable prostheses, the surgeons will act more confidently. Materials and Method: This descriptive-analytic study employed a census method based on the inclusion criteria of the medical records of all patients who underwent knee replacement surgery in Besat Hospital of Hamedan in 1395 (2016-17) in terms of body mass index, age, gender, and size of tibial and femoral components. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16. Results: A total of 214 patients were included: 21.5% male and 78.5% female. The mean age of patients was 67.95 years, and the mean body mass index was 27.98 kg/m2..... ReadMore

Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi and Snehasis Jana*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000152

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Berberine is an alkaloid class of drug which has enormous therapeutic potential, but the bioavailability is very poor (<1%) due to its low solubility and poor intestinal absorption. In this study, the influence of the Trivedi Effect® on the structural properties and the isotopic abundance ratio of berberine chloride was evaluated using LC-MS and GC-MS analytical techniques. Berberine chloride sample was divided into control and treated parts. Only the treated part was received the Trivedi Effect®-Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment remotely by a well-known Biofield Energy Healer, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi. The LC-MS spectra of both the samples observed at retention time 2.0 minutes and the molecular ion peak at m/z 336.25 [M]+ in the mass spectra. The peak area of the treated berberine was significantly increased by 4.42% compared to th..... ReadMore

Taqdees Malik* and Urooj Fatima

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000151

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Milk is a proper and complete healthy diet for all individuals. Milk contains all the basic nutrients such as carbon, calcium, and rich water content which facilities bacterial contamination if hygienic conditions are not properly maintained. Different types of bacteria such as gram-positive and gram-negative can contaminate milk in many ways such as use of unclean utensils, storage tanks, and other factors which includes diseased animals, or/and animals suffering from mastitis. Most commonly isolated organisms from raw milk samples are E. coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella, and spores forming Bacillus species which can cause serious enteric illness if contaminated consumed. Pasteurization process extensively reduces the risk of contamination and makes the milk safer for drinking. In this study, we have collected 24 s..... ReadMore

Pengxiang Yan MD, Weiliang Zhao MD, Sen Xie MD, Yanhui Sun MD and Penglian Wang MD, PhD*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000150

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We sought to demonstrate a giant hemangiopericytoma within the olfactory groove resected by a minimally invasive supraorbital keyhole approach through superciliary arch, which is commonly used to remove relatively small meningioma, pituitary adenoma and craniopharyngioma. A 50-year-old female presented with a 1-year history of progressive headaches, anosmia, hyposmia, and visual deterioration. Anosmia and visual impairment were found by physical examination. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan demonstrated a large irregularly shaped intra-dural mass at bottom of right frontal lobe. A minimally invasive supraorbital keyhole approach through superciliary arch is performed for resecting this giant tumor. Surgical complications and degree of resection were recorded to evaluate the efficacy of this surgical method. Histological exa..... ReadMore

Akhtar Bibi*, Muhammad Adnan Khalid, Amber Mehmood and Nadia Shafique

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000149

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Existent literature has evident that dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts are associated with mental health difficulties. The present study attempts to investigate the relationship between dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts and examining gender differences across both variables. A sample of 27 male and 53 females were collected from different universities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Dysfunctional attitudes of students were measured by the short form of Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) while automatic thoughts were measured by Automatic thoughts Questionnaire-negative (ATQ). Results indicate that dysfunctional attitudes are not associated with automatic thoughts (p > 0.001), except confusion escape (r = .348, p < 0.001). We found that male university students experience more dysfunctiona..... ReadMore

Hossein Pakdaman, Ali Amini Harandi*, Akram Esfandani, Atefeh Yousefi, Marziyeh Khazai Pol, Behnam Mansouri, Ali Sobhanian and Sina Asadi

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000148

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Background: Despite recent developments in intensive care for patients with Traumatic brain injury (TBI), the long-term neurological disabilities still exist. MLC901 is Traditional Chinese Medicine and has shown some neuroprotective and neuro regenerative benefits after brain injury in previous animal and human studies and may provide a new therapeutic approach in the treatment of TBI. Accordingly, we conducted this pilot, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study to investigate the efficacy of MLC901 in patients with moderate to severe TBI. Materials and Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of moderate to severe TBI were enrolled. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either MLC901 or placebo capsules three times per day over 6 months. Evaluation of patients was carried out at baseline, 3rd month and 6th month follow-..... ReadMore

Chhabra S*, Varma Shivkumar P and Bathla M

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000147

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Background: Complementary itoms (CI), Traditional therapies (TTs), and Alternative therapies (ATs) use is common. ATs and TTs are used singly or with modern medicare for prevention, treatment as complementary therapy (CT), even during pregnancy globally. Their use seems to have increased, even in developed countries, with little recorded evidence of reasons for use, efficacy, and side effects. Objectives: To know types of complementaries or CT used by pregnant women and reasons for use. Material Methods: Present study was carried out. by interviews of 1200 women with predesigned tool in postnatal wards a day after delivery. More rural women delivered, but were equalized, 600 rural, 600 urban. Results: Use of CI/CT was reported by 11.4% rural,11.2% urban women. Most frequently used item was Kesar (3%) during pregnancy, Coram seeds ..... ReadMore

Xibin Liang*, Jingjun Wang and Keshav Narain*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000146

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Allopathic or western medical approaches to ocular conditions such as cataract, diabetic retinopathy, and wet age-related macular degeneration have been largely successful, resulting in the decline of severe visual loss worldwide for patients with these conditions. Despite these successes, a variety of other ocular conditions continue to pose substantial ongoing threats to vision. Dry macular degeneration, optic nerve disease, and myopic degeneration not only lack effective treatments, but are increasing sharply. As the limits of western approaches become apparent, there is rising interest in alternatives. Traditional Chinese acupuncture has existed for thousands of years. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now has a division dedicated to the investigation of alternative and complementary therapies. (https://www.nccih.nih.gov/). Clin..... ReadMore

Yusra Safdar and Taqdees Malik*

DOI : 10.32474/OAJCAM.2020.02.000144

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Antimicrobial agents are defined as those substances which possess inhibitory effects against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, preventing their growth. Antibacterial agents are classified based on the type of action, source of antibacterial agent, and range of the spectrum. Rose belongs to the family Rosaceae. Hundred (n=100) species of roses are locally available. Roses are native primarily to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. There is a wide variety of colors available in roses which enhances the beauty of the rose. Most roses are locally available in Asia, North America and few are available in Europe. Many parts of rose have been used to check the antibacterial and antifungal property and they are highly active to remove toxins from the body and shown positive results to inhibit the growth of bacteria. D..... ReadMore