Complementary and alternative therapies in the aging population
By: edited by Ronald Ross Watson
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Academic Press/Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780080921242; 9780123742285
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Aging; Diseases; Phytotherapy; Older people; Dietary Supplements; Aged; Alternative medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction.
Table of contents: title: Botanical and marine oils for treatment of arthritis; title: Prolotherapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain; title: Soy and cognition in the aging population; title: Valerian and other CAM botanicals in treatment of sleep distrubances; title: Botanicals and nutrition in the treatment of epilepsy; title: Ginkgo biloba extract in prevention of age-associated diseases in elderly population; title: Policosanol to manage dyslipidemia in older adults; title: Health promoting benefits of chamomile in the elderly population; title: Bamboo extract in the prevention of diabetes and breast cancer; title: Cranberry and other dietary supplements for the treatment of urinary tract infections in aging women; title: Black cohosh: chemopreventive and anticancer potential; title: Integrating comprehensive and alternative medicine into stroke; title: Socioeconomic aspects of the use of complementary and alternative medicine; title: Noni (Morinda citrifolia) fruit as a functional food and dietary supplement for an aging population; title: Botanical treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome; title: Eggs and health: nutrient sources and supplement carriers; title: Berries and cancer; title: Flavonoids and cardiovascular health; title: Ibogaine and the treatment of opiate addiction; title: The potential of caffine for the inhibition of cognitive decline in the aged; title: Five or more servings of fruit and vegetables each day for better health!; title: Medicinal uses of vinegar; title: Health-promoting effects of grape bioactive phytochemicals; title: Isoflavones made simple - agonist activity for the beta-type estrogen receptor may mediate their health benefits; title: Signal therapy: propolis and pepper extracts as cancer therapeutics; title: Health benefits of traditional culinary and medicinal Mediterranean plants; title: Quercetin: a potential complementary and alternative cancer therapy.