HEP (integrative med, mind body medicine) Flashcards
(26 cards)
Marc may have had a better chance of giving up smoking if he combined mindfulness‐based strategies with the Quit program. Mindfulness can assist smokers in giving up smoking because it:
A. enables them to keep thoughts about smoking out of their mind
B. helps them to ‘urge surf’ or ride the waves of smoking impulses
C. helps them to avoid situations where they might be exposed to cigarettes
D. helps them to suppress the desire to smoke
E. helps them to visualise what it would be like to be a non‐smoker
B. helps them to ‘urge surf’ or ride the waves of smoking impulses (withstand or overcome the impulse to smoke)
Now suffering lung cancer, Marc becomes interested in whether he can improve his survival by
changing his lifestyle. As his doctor, Marc asks you whether exercise will make a difference. You say in response that exercise will:
A. approximately double lung cancer survival time over the short to medium term
B. approximately increase lung cancer survival time by 20% but only for intensive resistance
training
C. improve lung cancer survival in the first year but then have no longer term survival benefit
D. improve quality of life and chemotherapy‐related side‐effects but not improve survival
E. reduce lung cancer survival because exercise is a stress on the body of someone with cancer
A. approximately double lung cancer survival time over the short to medium term
___% of adult cancer patients use CAM
65%
___% using CAM for “serious medical conditions” are getting concurrent treatment form their doctor
89%
___% of patients use CAM but did not inform doctor
72%
___% of patients had used self-prescribed CAM or visited CAM practitioner
61.7%
Which are the four most common complementary therapies practised by Australian GPs?
Vitamin therapy (25.1%)
Acupuncture (19%)
Meditation (15.3%)
Hypnosis (8.7%)
Name two therapeutic uses of glucosamine
- Osteoarthritis
- Prevention of CVS disease and events
Is this supported by evidence?
Green tea as an adjunct in the management of cancer
Yes
Iridology as a diagnostic tool
Is this supported by evidence?
No
Is this supported by evidence?
Vega machines as a diagnostic tool
No
Is this supported by evidence?
Acupuncture in the treatment of migraine
Yes (although evidence is being re-reviewed)
Name 5 complementary therapies which are useful adjuncts for the management of chronic pain.
- Acupuncture
- Massage
- Relaxation techniques
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
what types of CAM is beneficial for depression?
- St John’s Wort
- Spirituality
- S-adenosyl methionine
- Bright light therapy
what type of CAM is beneficial for anxiety?
- Kava
- Exercise
- Relaxation training
- Bibliotherapy
Honey is more effective than SSD cream in the treatment of burns. True or false?
True
what is gingko biloba and turmeric (curcumin) useful for?
cognition/dementia
Which of the following complementary therapies is LEAST supported by evidence?
a. Acupuncture of migraines
b. Bright light therapy for depression
c. Homoeopathy for asthma
d. Honey for ulcers
e. Kava for anxiety
c. Homoeopathy for asthma
what is useful in reducing length in ICU?
Vitamin C
whats iscador useful for?
lung cancer (good)
cervical cancer (very good)
At age 50, brains of meditators were estimated to be ____ years younger than those of controls
7.5 years
what are some protecting factors of multiple sclerosis?
- mindfulness
- exercise (highly active best)
- low fat diet (fish oil)
- vitamin 3
- vitamin D
- sunlight
what is the default state of brain?
inattentive
distracted
daydreaming
what is turmeric useful for?
- dementia
- anti-cancer properties
