Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine Book

	What happened in Kanazawa? : the birth of eCAM
	National approaches to CAM
	CAM approaches to specific diseases and biomedical conditions
	The urgent need for evidence-based CAM in the world	3
	Beginnings	5
1	Complementary and alternative medicine in Japan
2	New scientific approach for natural medicine : examples of Kampo medicine	27
3	The modernization of traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan - past, present and future	35
4	Quality requirements for herbal medicinal products in Europe	43
5	Integrating medical knowledge : old roots and a modern science-based approach at the University of Milan	57
6	Identification of diseases that may be targets for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)	75
7	Complementary and alternative medicine during HIV infection	105
8	A polyherbal formulation for a wide spectrum of reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections	111
9	Anticancer therapeutic potential of soy isoflavone, genistein	121
10	Chinese medicine and immunity	167
11	Testing efficacy of natural anxiolytic compounds	181
12	Alternative approaches to pain relief during labor and delivery	193
13	Alternative and comparative medicine in dentistry	207
14	Methodological concerns when designing trials for the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of pain	217
15	Treatment for atopic dermatitis by acupuncture	229
16	Hydrotherapy can modulate peripheral leukocytes : an approach to alternative medicine	239
17	Music therapy, wellness, and stress reduction	253
18	Music therapy, a future alternative intervention against diseases	265
19	Diet instruction for Japanese traditional food in therapy for atopic dermatitis	281
20	Kampo therapy for adult atopic dermatitis by dieting and herbal medications : evaluating the disappearance of disease phases	297
21	Management of nutritional and health needs of malnourished and vegetarian people in India	311
22	Cultural heritage : porifera (sponges), a taxon successfully progressing paleontology, biology, biochemistry, biotechnology and biomedicine	325
23	Earthworms : sources of antimicrobial and anticancer molecules	359
24	What can we learn from marine invertebrates to be used as complementary antibiotics?	391
25	Nervous, endocrine, immune systems as a target for complementary and alternative medicine	405
26	Scientific thinking : its history, methods, and advantages	427
27	Glycome : a medical paradigm	445
	Abstracts
1	Exploring the scientific basis of complementary and alternative medicine : plenary	455
2	Compliments to complementary medicine : plenary	455
3	Effects of Tai Chi Chih on varicella-zoster virus specific : immunity and health functioning in older adults	455
4	Safety and effectiveness of health strategies to eliminate behaviors detrimental to health	456
5	Expression of matrix metalloproteinase in cervical squamous cell carcinoma tissue and its significance	456
6	Expression of surviving gene and its relation with the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax protein in epithelial ovarian cancer	457