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Author:   Allen C. Bowling
Publisher:   Demos Medical Publishing
Imprint:   Demos Medical Publishing
Edition:   3rd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.604kg
ISBN:  

9781936303700

ISBN 10:   1936303701
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   20 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"""; Contents; Foreword by Rosalind C. Kalb, PhD ; Preface ; How to Use This Book ; Acknowledgments ; Part 1: Introduction ; ††††††Alternative Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine ; ††††††Placebos and Nocebos ; ††††††Important Precautions About Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Multiple Sclerosis ; Part 2: Optimal Health With Multiple Sclerosis: A Seven-Step Guide to Integrating Lifestyle, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine ; ††††††Introduction ; ††††††General Concepts ; ††††††Helpful Strategies ; ††††††Step 1: Disease-Modifying Medications ; ††††††Step 2: Diet, Dietary Supplements, and Weight Management ; ††††††Step 3: Tobacco and Alcohol Use ; ††††††Step 4: Physical Activity ; ††††††Step 5: Personal and Social Well-Being ; ††††††Step 6: Prevention and Management of Other Medical Conditions ; ††††††Step 7: Symptom Management ; †††††††††††††††††††ï††††Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies That May Improve Many Different Symptoms ; †††††††††††††††††††ï††††Symptoms That May Be Relieved With Specific Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Anxiety and Stress ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Bladder Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Bowel Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Colds and FluóPrevention or Decreasing Duration ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Coordination Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Depression ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Fatigue ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Pain ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Sexual Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Sleep Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Spasticity (Muscle Stiffness) ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Thinking (Cognitive) Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Walking Problems ; †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Weakness ; Part 3: Types of Lifestyle and Unconventional Medicine ; ††††††Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine ; ††††††Alcohol ; ††††††Aromatherapy ; ††††††Aspartame ; ††††††Ayurveda ; ††††††Bee Venom Therapy and Other Forms of Apitherapy ; ††††††Biofeedback ; ††††††Candida Treatment ; ††††††Chelation Therapy ; ††††††Chiropractic Medicine ; ††††††Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency ; ††††††Colon Therapy, Detoxification, and Enemas ; ††††††Cooling Therapy ; ††††††Craniosacral Therapy ; ††††††Dental Amalgam Removal ; ††††††Enzyme Therapy ; ††††††Exercise ; ††††††Fats: Fish Oil and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids ; ††††††Feldenkrais ; ††††††Fiber ; ††††††Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease ; ††††††Guided Imagery ; ††††††Herbs ; ††††††Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Horseback Riding ; ††††††Homeopathy ; ††††††Hyperbaric Oxygen ; ††††††Hypnosis ; ††††††Low-Dose Naltrexone ; ††††††Magnets and Electromagnetic Therapy ; ††††††Marijuana ; ††††††Massage ; ††††††Meditation ; ††††††Mindfulness ; ††††††Music Therapy ; ††††††Obesity and Weight Management ; ††††††Paleolithic Diets ; ††††††Pets ; ††††††The Pilates Method and PhysicalMind Method ; ††††††Prayer and Spirituality ; ††††††Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome ; ††††††Prokarin ; ††††††Reflexology ; ††††††Salt ; ††††††Tai Chi and Qigong ; ††††††Therapeutic Touch ; ††††††Tobacco and Smoking Cessation ; ††††††Toxins ; ††††††Tragerwork ; ††††††Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Nonherbal Supplements ; ††††††Yoga ; Appendix 1: Ratings of Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies ; Appendix 2: Dietary Supplements and Herbs That Have MS-Relevant Side Effects or Drug Interactions ; References ; Index ; ; ; """

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Allen C. Bowling, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of the Rocky Mountain MS Center, USA. He is also the Director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program based at the center and a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA. Dr. Bowling has published numerous articles in clinical and basic science journals. He has presented information and original research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and MS at national and international medical conferences as well as to lay audiences. His work on CAM has received numerous awards.

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