1. Parker Hannifin – Helen Moss Cancer Research Foundation Professorship Established at Case
(News/Integrative Oncology News)

... condition focused on alleviating the pain and suffering of patients through non-toxic approaches to improve immune system capabilities. Such approaches can include complementary and alternative medicine; ...

2. Newswire Feb. 2011 Vol 2
(Newsletters/2011)

... cancer surgery may speed up both their physical and psychological recovery by helping to activate the body's immune response. This study also reveals that certain types of stress management exercises ...

3. Practicing stress management techniques before prostate cancer surgery
(News/Integrative Oncology News)

Practicing stress management techniques before prostate cancer surgery may help activate the body's immune response leading to quicker recovery, as well as aid in lowering mood disturbance, according to ...

4. Integrative Oncology at the University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
(Clinical Corner/Integrative Oncology Practices)

... immune enhancement and stress reduction, referring most patients to be co-managed by one of the Center's TCM practitioners. Interests: Dr. Abrams and his colleague Anand Dhruva, MD are interested in ...

5. Integrated Oncology Systems Model (IOSM) Overview
(IOSM Model/IOSM Model)

... represented by a graphical node in the model. A domain, such as the nervous system or immune response system, is an abstraction of a set of relationships among the parameters such as the relationship between ...

6. Evaluation of widely consumed botanicals as immunological adjuvants
(Clinical Research/Clinical Studies)

Some, but not all, botanicals purported to be immune stimulants had adjuvant activity in our model. PSK and Astragalus were surprisingly active and are being further fractionated to identify the most active ...

7. A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: immunological effects.
(Clinical Research/Clinical Studies)

Cancer patients should be made aware of the fact that botanical agents produce more complex effects than assumed, and may depress as well as enhance immune function. Deng G, Lin H, Seidman A, Fornier ...

8. New: Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Clinic
(News/Integrative Oncology News)

... of cancer patients. The new Clinic will offer patients comprehensive support and treatment for each stage of their experience, from diagnosis to treatment decisions, and restoration of immune function ...

9. IOM Integrative Medicine Summit
(News/Integrative Oncology News)

... disease. Dean Ornish, MD, briefly reviewed literature demonstrating the negative impact of stress and depression on physiological factors such as blood flow, immune function, inflammation, brain volume, ...

10. Integrative Oncology at the University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine –
(Web Links / Integrative Oncology Programs)

... on nutrition, physical activity, immune enhancement and stress reduction, referring most patients to be co-managed by one of the Center's TCM practitioners. Dr. Dhruva is interested in the application ...