Searching for an oasis from the vasomotor symptoms of menopause: Could elinzanetant be the answer?

In the OASIS 1 and 2 trials, elinzanetant, a selective neurokinin-1,3 receptor antagonist, was compared to placebo in women aged 40-65 with moderate to severe menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMSs) at multiple sites over 26 weeks. Elinzanetant significantly reduced VMS frequency and severity and improved sleep disturbance and menopause-related quality of life compared to placebo with few adverse side effects..

Telemedicine and Patient Experience Ratings at an Academic Integrative Medicine Practice: Retrospective Examination.

Background: The use of telemedicine (TELE) increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic. While patient experience with TELE has been studied in other medical disciplines, its impact and applicability to integrative medicine practices remain unknown.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of visit modality, TELE versus face-to-face (F2F) encounters, on patient experience at an integrative medicine practice at a single academic medical center.

Physical treatment of migraine.

Physical modalities, including acupuncture, massage therapy, physical therapy, and spinal manipulation, are commonly sought for migraine headache management. Acupuncture has been helpful in management of migraine, particularly as an adjunct to standard therapy. Some studies support acupuncture in combination with electroacupuncture and a traditional Chinese medicine form of massage called tuina as beneficial.

Acupuncture as a Complementary Treatment Modality in the Post-Anesthesia Care Setting: A Feasibility Study.

Postoperative pain management and postoperative nausea and vomiting are a persistent challenge for both health care providers and patients. Acupuncture is an effective and safe modality for the management of pain and nausea, and has the potential to play a key role in postoperative pain management. This study explores the utility and feasibility of acupuncture in the immediate postoperative setting.

Patient Attitudes Toward Acupuncture in the Perioperative Setting.

Acupuncture is a potential treatment option for pain, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, and agitation in the perioperative period. Patient preference for participating in acupuncture in the perioperative period is not well understood. The aim of this study was to quantify patient interest in perioperative acupuncture, explore the relationship between acupuncture interest, insurance coverage and patient cost, and identify clinical factors associated with patient interest in acupuncture.

A Comparison of Perceived Lifetime Breast Cancer Risk to Calculated Lifetime Risk Using the Gail Risk Assessment Tool.

Understanding the accuracy of a woman's perceived breast cancer risk can enhance shared decision-making about breast cancer screening through provider and patient discussion. We aim to report and compare women's perceived lifetime breast cancer risk to calculated lifetime breast cancer risk. Women presenting to Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Minnesota in July 2016 completed a survey assessing their perceived breast cancer risk.

Acupuncture for palliative cancer pain management: systematic review.

Background: Pain is one of the most common and problematic symptoms encountered by patients with cancer. Due to the multifactorial aetiology, pain management of these patients frequently requires multidisciplinary interventions including conventional support and specialty palliative care. Acupuncture has been identified as a possible adjunctive therapy for symptom management in cancer pain, and there is currently no systematic review focused solely on the evidence of acupuncture on cancer pain in palliative care.

The SIMM study: Survey of integrative medicine in myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are characterized by significant symptom burden. Integrative medicine (IM) offers unique symptom management strategies. This study describes IM interventions utilized by MPN patients and the association with symptom burden, quality of life, depression, and fatigue adjusted for lifestyle confounders.

Trends in integrative medicine and health consults: differences between cancer survivors and patients without cancer.

Objectives: The objectives were to compare patients with and without cancer who sought an integrative health (IH) consult and reasons for seeking a consult.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study that employed a secondary analysis of an integrative health database supplemented by a retrospective medical record review.

Setting/location: Integrative Medicine and Health program in a Southwestern United States academic medical center.

Effect of Plant- and Animal-Based Foods on Prostate Cancer Risk.

Context: Many studies have explored whether plant and animal-based food consumption is associated with prostate cancer (PCa) risk, but there is much discordance.

Objective: To perform an updated review of the literature that further investigates the association of plant- and animal-based food consumption with PCa risk.

Methods: This review was conducted by using 3 databases and produced a total of 550 references.

Use of a Wearable EEG Headband as a Meditation Device for Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment affect quality of life and stress and are associated with fatigue. Meditation interventions are effective strategies for patients with breast cancer but are often limited by poor access, high cost, substantial time commitment, and poor adherence. In this feasibility study, we investigated the use of a portable, wearable, electroencephalographic device for guided meditation practices by breast cancer patients during the period from breast cancer diagnosis until 3 months after surgical treatment.

Integrative medicine therapeutic approaches to cancer care: patient preferences from focus groups.

Purpose: To understand patient preferences for integrative therapeutics and/or modalities during cancer care.

Methods: Cancer patients currently going through treatment were recruited from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Participants were asked to engage in 1 of 4 focus groups to understand preferences regarding integrative therapeutic modalities in cancer treatment.

Breast Cancer Screening: Women's Attitudes and Beliefs in Light of Updated United States Preventive Services Task Force and American Cancer Society Guidelines.

Background: In recently updated breast cancer screening guidelines, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended increasing mammography screening intervals for various age groups. In addition, ACS does not recommend clinical breast examination (CBE) for routine screening among average-risk women. Our study explores women's attitudes regarding screening mammography and CBE and evaluates the impact of the updated USPSTF and ACS guidelines on these attitudes.

Ginseng as a Treatment for Fatigue: A Systematic Review.

Background: Millions of people with chronic illness suffer from fatigue. Fatigue is a complex, multidimensional symptom with poorly understood causes, wide variations in severity among individuals, and negative effects on multiple domains of daily life. Many patients with fatigue report the use of herbal remedies.

Complementary and integrative medicine in the management of headache.

Headaches, including primary headaches such as migraine and tension-type headache, are a common clinical problem. Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), formerly known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), uses evidence informed modalities to assist in the health and healing of patients. CIM commonly includes the use of nutrition, movement practices, manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, and mind-body strategies.

Integrative medicine in cancer survivors.

Purpose Of Review: Due to medical advances and an aging population, the number of cancer survivors continues to rise. Survivors often experience late and long-term sequelae of cancer and its treatment (e.g.

Exploratory outcome assessment of Qigong/Tai Chi Easy on breast cancer survivors.

Objective: Breast cancer survivors (BCSs) experience symptoms affecting overall quality of life (QOL), often for a prolonged period post-treatment. Meditative Movement (MM), including Qigong and Tai Chi Easy (QG/TCE), has demonstrated benefit for improving QOL issues such as fatigue and sleep, but there is limited evidence of its impact on cognitive function, overall physical activity, and body weight for BCSs.

Design: This double-blind, randomized controlled pilot study with 87 female BCSs explored effects of QG/TCE on mental and physical QOL (Medical Outcomes Survey, Short Form), cognitive function (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function and two cognitive performance tests from the WAIS III), overall levels of physical activity (PA)(Brief Physical Activity Questionnaire) and body mass index (BMI).

Integrative Medicine Preferences Among Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Patients.

Objectives: To understand the extent and modalities of integrative medicine strategies that patients with coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) have incorporated into their treatment regimens.

Design: A direct patient survey was distributed, with 100 unique responses, at a single infectious diseases clinic at an academic medical center in Arizona. Eligible patients, defined as those with confirmed coccidioidomycosis or currently under evaluation, were polled on their personal use of 36 integrative medicine modalities.

Hepatic glycogen deposition in a patient with anorexia nervosa and persistently abnormal transaminase levels.

Anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders characterized by calorie restriction have been associated with a variety of hepatic abnormalities. Fatty steatosis has been described in eating disorder patients. We report the rare finding of glycogen accumulation in the liver in a patient with anorexia nervosa, which to our knowledge is only the second such case reported in the literature.