June's Complementary Healthcare Insights & Research Highlights
Business finance workshop, funding for psychedelics projects and integrative therapies for cancer care.
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Welcome to our monthly recap of industry and research highlights from across the complementary healthcare market. And welcome to the many new subscribers who’ve just joined us! In case you missed them, these are our most read articles this month:
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Upcoming Event on Managing Your Finances
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Funding for Psychedelics Projects
I know some of you are curious about broadening your practice and exploring the potential of psychedelics as therapeutic tools, I even wrote about it in the previous newsletter edition Becoming A Psychedelically Informed Practitioner. If you have a psychedelics project in need of funding, here’s your opportunity! Norrsken Mind’s purpose is to advance the field of psychedelic science in Europe. They fund research and other projects that lay the foundation for a safe and effective implementation of psychedelic-assisted treatments in healthcare systems. Let me know if you need any support in applying!
All-party parliamentary group report on the value of complementary therapies in supporting the UK’s health
I might just be very late to this party, or this hasn’t received the spotlight that it should have, but I stumbled on this report from January 2023. It highlights that “complementary therapies play a significant role in supporting and improving the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the UK population. With our NHS under increasing pressure post COVID, it is more important than ever that the benefits of these therapies are recognised.” One of the interesting points made was that the group recommends that the Department for Health and Social Care must undertake or fund research studies to demonstrate the value of integrating complementary therapy services into the NHS through social prescribing” and “better integrate complementary therapy services into the NHS, and produce guidance to support health professionals and therapists in doing so”. I’m curious - what are your thoughts on the report and recommendations?
May’s CAM Research Highlights
The Timing and Dose Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Outcomes for Infertile Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Journal of Integrative Medicine
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of a Modified Moxibustion Therapy for Low Back Pain in Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Two-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Non-Inferiority Trial, Journal of Pain Research
Efficacy of acupuncture for a cough-related symptom cluster in patients with lung cancer: A randomized controlled trial, European Journal of Oncology Nursing
Comparative Efficacy of Micro-Needle-Knife Therapy and Acupuncture in Acute Ankle Sprains: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Medical Science Monitor
Integrative Therapies in Cancer Care: An Update on the Guidelines, American Society of Clinical Oncology