(ISSN 2573-4393)
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. It covers all evidence-based scientific studies on integrative, alternative and complementary approaches to improving health and wellness.
Topics contain but are not limited to:
It publishes a variety of article types: original research, review, communication, opinion, case report, study protocol, comment, conference report, technical note, book review, etc.
There is no restriction on paper length, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Authors should present their results in as much detail as possible, as reviewers are encouraged to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Archiving: full-text archived in CLOCKSS.
Rapid publication: manuscripts are undertaken in 11.7 days from acceptance to publication (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2021, 1-2 days of FREE language polishing time is also included in this period). A first decision provided to authors of manuscripts submitted to this journal are approximately 6.8 weeks (median values) after submission.
Editorial Board (40)
- Psychotherapy Section
- Nursing / Caring Section
- Arts Therapies Section
- Physiotherapy Section
- Complementary Therapies Section
- Integrative Health / Medicine Section
- Nutrition and Dietary Supplements Section
- Mind-Body Medicine Section
- Traditional and Conventional Medicine Section
- Botanical and Herbal Medicine Section
- Acupuncture and Moxibustion Section
- General Section
Editor-in-Chief
Gerhard Litscher obtained M.Sc. (Biomedical Engineering, 1984) and Ph.D. (Doctor of Technical Sciences, 1987) from Graz University of Technology, and M.D.sc. (Doctor of Medical Sciences, 2004) from Medical University of Graz, Austria. He has been leader or member of international professional societies, e.g., President of International Society for Medical Laser Applications (2012 to date); President of European Medical Laser Association-Austria (2012-2013); Vice president of International Medical Laser Association (2012 to date); Council Member of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (2012-2016), etc. Now he is Professor and the head of (1) the Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, (2) the Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and (3) the TCM Research Center Graz at the Medical University of Graz. Professor Litscher’s special interests are computer-based High-Tech Acupuncture Research and Neuromonitoring. He has authored over 600 scientific publications and been invited for many lectures internationally. He is Visiting Professor and/or Honorary Professor of eleven universities and institutions in China.Professor and Head of the Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, of the Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and of the TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria
Research Interests: biomedical engineering; neuromonitoring in anesthesia and intensive care medicine; high-tech acupuncture; laserneedle medicine; complementary and integrative laser medicine; evidence-based complementary medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Modernization of Acupuncture Education and Research
Editorial Board Members
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Research Interests: California Indian healing; traditional healing; medicinal plants; phytochemistry; pharmacology; pain; stroke
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nervous System Conditions
Professor and Director, Human Nutrition and Metabolism Laboratory, Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department, Skidmore College, NY, USA
Research Interests: Protein pacing; prise protocol; nutrition and fitness interventions; sport performance nutrition; resistance training; yoga and stretching training; endurance training; interval training; neurocognitive training; bioenergetics; exercise training; obesity and disease prevention; energy metabolism; diet and exercise
1. Director and Clinical Professor, Integrative Health Institute (IHI), Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada
2. Adjunct Professor, Faculties of Extension, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rehabilitation Medicine, and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada
Research Interests: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); acupuncture; integrative medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: How Compassion Benefits in the Healing Process
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Research Interests: Neural consequences of repetitive strain injuries; focal dystonia; Parkinson’s disease; stroke; repetitive strain injury; aging; neural plasticity; neurological or musculoskeletal degenerative disease; rehabilitation; physical therapy
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: neurodegeneration; pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease; molecular mechanisms of risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease dementia; lewy body dementias; neuroimmune responses / neuroimmunology; vision loss in Alzheimer’s disease; molecular signaling of neurodegeneration
Director and Professor, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
Research Interests: resource and identification of traditional Chinese medicine; pharmacognosy
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: cancer biomarker; Chinese medicine; diabetes mellitus; evidence-based medicine; genomics; microRNA; molecular diagnostics; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; non-small cell lung cancer; proteomics
1. Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2. Director of Research Department, The New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS University, Newton, MA, USA
3. Founding member, Researcher, Kripalu Center for Yoga and health, Stockbridge, MA, USA
Research Interests: the associations between social factors and health; women's health; complementary and alternative medicine; qualitative research methodology; yoga; Ayurveda; Chinese medicine; acupuncture; meditation; mind-body therapies; placebo; patient-practitioner relationship; consciousness and health
1. Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2. Founding Editor in Chief, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 1977
3. Founding Editor in Chief, eCAM, 2004
Research Interests: antimicrobial peptides; CAM mechanisms with applications to biomedicine; comparative immunology; invertebrate immune systems; evolution of neuroimmune systems
Professor of Acupuncture Service, Department of Medicine II,Rio Preto Medical School (Famerp),Brazil
Research Interests: clinical acupuncture; acupuncture in pregnancy; acupuncture education; herbal medicine; integrative medicine
1. Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
2. Chair in Nursing and Director of Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Research, Deakin University and Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
Research Interests: older people with diabetes; diabetes and palliative; end of life care; complementary and alternative medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Complementary Therapies and Diabetes
Professor of Prevention and Community Health & Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Research Interests: Behavioral health; community health; health communication; health information technology; nutrition; risk assessment, management and communication; underserved populations
1. Professor, Department of Medicine I, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2. Director, Outpatients Unit “Homeopathy in Malignant Disease”, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3. Chairperson, WissHom (Scientific Society for Homeopathy), Köthen, Germany
4. Chairman, Institute for Homeopathic Research
Research Interests: internal medicine; intensive care medicine; experimental and clinical homeopathy; airway management; intubation; emergency medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Application of Homeopathy in Oncology Patients
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
Research Interests: integrative pediatric medicine; perioperative and pain medicine; acupuncture; laser acupuncture; acupressure
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
Research Interests: Computerization of traditional Chinese medicine (automatic diagnosis, painless acupuncture, intelligent prescription system); realistic Network Simulation, Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Sensor Network, and Health Informatics
Professor, Deputy Director of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Institute, Associate Dean of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Othopaedic College, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430061, China
Research Interests: acupuncture; moxibustion
TCM Research Center Graz, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria
Research Interests: pharmacopuncture; laser acupuncture
Professor, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China
Research Interests: acupuncture; moxibustion
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Health Professions, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Research interests: Tai Chi, Qigong, Parkinson’s disease, Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Stroke, Spinal Cord injury
Associate Vice President (Graduate Studies) and Dean of Graduate School, The Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Research Interests: epidemiological methods; social and personal wellbeing; traditional Chinese medicine
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Integrative Physiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Research Interests: stress physiology; stress-related diseases; neuroimmunology; neuroendocrinology; stress hormones; mind-body medicine; integrative medicine
1. Medical director, Insurance medicine, Danderyds Hospital AB, Sweden
2. Medical advisor, Medeon, Malmö, Sweden
3. Editor in Chief, Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Elsevier
Research Interests: acupuncture; integrative physiology; pain; biotechnology; analytical chemistry
Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Research Interests: Pathology; Reproductive Medicine; Endocrinology; Reproductive Biology
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Research interests: Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Eating Disorders, Psychopharmacotherapy, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences, Psychoanalysis.
Assistant Professor, Academic General Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Research Interests: hospital-based integrative medicine; CAM use in underserved populations; integrative therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and asthma; integrative medicine education
1. School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
2. National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Research Interests: chronic kidney disease; fatty liver disease; herbal pharmacology; insulin resistance; lipid disorders; metabolic syndrome; obesity; pharmacokinetics and drug interactions; type 2 diabetes and its complications
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome
Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Research Interests: Chronic diseases epidemiology; epidemiology of metabolic syndrome; epidemiology of chronic diseases in populations of African origin; immigrant health; data management and analyses & secondary data analysis
1. Senior Lecturer and Program Leader of the Bachelor of Health Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
2. Adjunct Professor, Wonkwang Health Science University, Korea
Research Interests: bee venom application; acupuncture: pain threshold; morphine dose reduction; medicinal herbs: anti-inflammatory; anti-allergic; immune-enhancing; polycystic ovarian syndrome; pap smear; evidence-based practice
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Health Benefits of Meditation
1. Emeritus Professor, Neurology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, 46241 Korea
2. Professor, Department of Neurology, Jungang Nara Hospital, Pusan, 602739 Korea
Research interests: cerebral blood flow; headache; stroke; movement disorder; dementia; neuromuscular disorders and neuroelectrophysiology; acupuncture
1. Auricular Medicine, The Mater Hospital Centre for Wellbeing, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia
2. Adjunct Lecturer, School for Womens and Childrens Health, UNSW Medicine, NSW 2041, Australia.
3. Independent Medical Researcher, Roseville Wellness Group, Roseville, NSW 2069, Australia
Research Interests: acupuncture; auriculotherapy; laser; neuromodulation based healing approaches; brain sciences; meditation; higher consciousness research; stress management; mental health and wellbeing; preventative care
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Acupuncture for Women’s and Children’s Health
1. Professor Emeritus & Past Chair, Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA) and Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy (Tucson, AZ), USA
2. Chief Scientific Officer, Neumentum, Inc, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Research Interests: Drug receptor pharmacology; Analgesia; Opioids; Drug discovery
1. President and Founder, Institute for Frontier Science, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
2. Professor, Energy Medicine University, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Research Interests: energy medicine; electrohypersensitivity; mind-body science; consciousness studies; basic and clinical research in alternative, complementary, and integrative health; integrative health practices; holistic health assessment; anti-aging; enhanced self-care; East-West perspectives on consciousness, health, healing, and the mind-body interactions; yoga; qigong
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Research Interests: corporatization of medicine and pharmacy; managed care pharmacy; urban health care delivery; comparative health care systems; global pharmaceutical industry developments; alternative and complimentary medicines; selected health policy issues
Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research interests: hypnotizability; sensorimotor integration; cognitive control of cardiovascular system; imagery; suggestions; cognitive control of pain
Dean and Professor, College of Science and Health, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ, USA
Research Interests: transcription and cytokine biology; immunology; nano-Immunology; biochemistry of leukemia; HIV-associated B-cell lymphomas and biomedical ethics
Associate Professor, Nutrition Science and Food Chemistry Laboratory, Agricultural Research Station, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23804, USA
Research Interests: Lipids in health and disease; nutraceuticals for anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic properties; nutrients for improving muscle growth; super foods (papaya, turmeric, plums, grapes)
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria
Research Interests: general medicine; acupuncture; Chinese diagnose and herbal medicine; laserneedle medicine; complementary and integrated medicine
1. Director of Primary Care Research at Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
2. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA
Research Interests: Integrating primary care; treatment of depression, mental health; anxiety disorders.
Professor and Associate Director (Clinic) of School of Chinese Medicine, Honorary Professor of Department of Psychiatry, and Honorary Professor of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: Chinese medicine; acupuncture; herb-drug interactions; neural mechanisms of acupuncture effects; neuropsychiatric disorders
Section Board for 'Psychotherapy'
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Research interests: Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Eating Disorders, Psychopharmacotherapy, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences, Psychoanalysis.
1. Director of Primary Care Research at Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
2. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA
Research Interests: Integrating primary care; treatment of depression, mental health; anxiety disorders.
Professor and Associate Director (Clinic) of School of Chinese Medicine, Honorary Professor of Department of Psychiatry, and Honorary Professor of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: Chinese medicine; acupuncture; herb-drug interactions; neural mechanisms of acupuncture effects; neuropsychiatric disorders
Section Board for 'Nursing / Caring'
1. Professor, Department of Medicine I, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2. Director, Outpatients Unit “Homeopathy in Malignant Disease”, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3. Chairperson, WissHom (Scientific Society for Homeopathy), Köthen, Germany
4. Chairman, Institute for Homeopathic Research
Research Interests: internal medicine; intensive care medicine; experimental and clinical homeopathy; airway management; intubation; emergency medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Application of Homeopathy in Oncology Patients
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Research Interests: corporatization of medicine and pharmacy; managed care pharmacy; urban health care delivery; comparative health care systems; global pharmaceutical industry developments; alternative and complimentary medicines; selected health policy issues
Section Board for 'Arts Therapies'
Section Board for 'Physiotherapy'
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Research Interests: Neural consequences of repetitive strain injuries; focal dystonia; Parkinson’s disease; stroke; repetitive strain injury; aging; neural plasticity; neurological or musculoskeletal degenerative disease; rehabilitation; physical therapy
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Integrative Physiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Research Interests: stress physiology; stress-related diseases; neuroimmunology; neuroendocrinology; stress hormones; mind-body medicine; integrative medicine
Section Board for 'Complementary Therapies'
1. Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2. Founding Editor in Chief, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 1977
3. Founding Editor in Chief, eCAM, 2004
Research Interests: antimicrobial peptides; CAM mechanisms with applications to biomedicine; comparative immunology; invertebrate immune systems; evolution of neuroimmune systems
1. Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
2. Chair in Nursing and Director of Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Research, Deakin University and Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
Research Interests: older people with diabetes; diabetes and palliative; end of life care; complementary and alternative medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Complementary Therapies and Diabetes
1. Senior Lecturer and Program Leader of the Bachelor of Health Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
2. Adjunct Professor, Wonkwang Health Science University, Korea
Research Interests: bee venom application; acupuncture: pain threshold; morphine dose reduction; medicinal herbs: anti-inflammatory; anti-allergic; immune-enhancing; polycystic ovarian syndrome; pap smear; evidence-based practice
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Health Benefits of Meditation
Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research interests: hypnotizability; sensorimotor integration; cognitive control of cardiovascular system; imagery; suggestions; cognitive control of pain
Section Board for 'Integrative Health / Medicine'
1. Director and Clinical Professor, Integrative Health Institute (IHI), Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada
2. Adjunct Professor, Faculties of Extension, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rehabilitation Medicine, and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada
Research Interests: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); acupuncture; integrative medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: How Compassion Benefits in the Healing Process
Professor of Prevention and Community Health & Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Research Interests: Behavioral health; community health; health communication; health information technology; nutrition; risk assessment, management and communication; underserved populations
Assistant Professor, Academic General Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Research Interests: hospital-based integrative medicine; CAM use in underserved populations; integrative therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and asthma; integrative medicine education
Section Board for 'Nutrition and Dietary Supplements'
Professor and Director, Human Nutrition and Metabolism Laboratory, Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department, Skidmore College, NY, USA
Research Interests: Protein pacing; prise protocol; nutrition and fitness interventions; sport performance nutrition; resistance training; yoga and stretching training; endurance training; interval training; neurocognitive training; bioenergetics; exercise training; obesity and disease prevention; energy metabolism; diet and exercise
Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Research Interests: Chronic diseases epidemiology; epidemiology of metabolic syndrome; epidemiology of chronic diseases in populations of African origin; immigrant health; data management and analyses & secondary data analysis
Associate Professor, Nutrition Science and Food Chemistry Laboratory, Agricultural Research Station, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23804, USA
Research Interests: Lipids in health and disease; nutraceuticals for anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic properties; nutrients for improving muscle growth; super foods (papaya, turmeric, plums, grapes)
Section Board for 'Mind-Body Medicine'
1. President and Founder, Institute for Frontier Science, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
2. Professor, Energy Medicine University, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Research Interests: energy medicine; electrohypersensitivity; mind-body science; consciousness studies; basic and clinical research in alternative, complementary, and integrative health; integrative health practices; holistic health assessment; anti-aging; enhanced self-care; East-West perspectives on consciousness, health, healing, and the mind-body interactions; yoga; qigong
Section Board for 'Traditional and Conventional Medicine'
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Research Interests: California Indian healing; traditional healing; medicinal plants; phytochemistry; pharmacology; pain; stroke
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nervous System Conditions
Director and Professor, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
Research Interests: resource and identification of traditional Chinese medicine; pharmacognosy
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: cancer biomarker; Chinese medicine; diabetes mellitus; evidence-based medicine; genomics; microRNA; molecular diagnostics; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; non-small cell lung cancer; proteomics
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
Research Interests: Computerization of traditional Chinese medicine (automatic diagnosis, painless acupuncture, intelligent prescription system); realistic Network Simulation, Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Sensor Network, and Health Informatics
Associate Vice President (Graduate Studies) and Dean of Graduate School, The Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Research Interests: epidemiological methods; social and personal wellbeing; traditional Chinese medicine
Section Board for 'Botanical and Herbal Medicine'
1. School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
2. National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Research Interests: chronic kidney disease; fatty liver disease; herbal pharmacology; insulin resistance; lipid disorders; metabolic syndrome; obesity; pharmacokinetics and drug interactions; type 2 diabetes and its complications
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome
Section Board for 'Acupuncture and Moxibustion'
1. Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2. Director of Research Department, The New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS University, Newton, MA, USA
3. Founding member, Researcher, Kripalu Center for Yoga and health, Stockbridge, MA, USA
Research Interests: the associations between social factors and health; women's health; complementary and alternative medicine; qualitative research methodology; yoga; Ayurveda; Chinese medicine; acupuncture; meditation; mind-body therapies; placebo; patient-practitioner relationship; consciousness and health
Professor of Acupuncture Service, Department of Medicine II,Rio Preto Medical School (Famerp),Brazil
Research Interests: clinical acupuncture; acupuncture in pregnancy; acupuncture education; herbal medicine; integrative medicine
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
Research Interests: integrative pediatric medicine; perioperative and pain medicine; acupuncture; laser acupuncture; acupressure
Professor, Deputy Director of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Institute, Associate Dean of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Othopaedic College, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430061, China
Research Interests: acupuncture; moxibustion
TCM Research Center Graz, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria
Research Interests: pharmacopuncture; laser acupuncture
Professor, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China
Research Interests: acupuncture; moxibustion
1. Medical director, Insurance medicine, Danderyds Hospital AB, Sweden
2. Medical advisor, Medeon, Malmö, Sweden
3. Editor in Chief, Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Elsevier
Research Interests: acupuncture; integrative physiology; pain; biotechnology; analytical chemistry
1. Emeritus Professor, Neurology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, 46241 Korea
2. Professor, Department of Neurology, Jungang Nara Hospital, Pusan, 602739 Korea
Research interests: cerebral blood flow; headache; stroke; movement disorder; dementia; neuromuscular disorders and neuroelectrophysiology; acupuncture
1. Auricular Medicine, The Mater Hospital Centre for Wellbeing, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia
2. Adjunct Lecturer, School for Womens and Childrens Health, UNSW Medicine, NSW 2041, Australia.
3. Independent Medical Researcher, Roseville Wellness Group, Roseville, NSW 2069, Australia
Research Interests: acupuncture; auriculotherapy; laser; neuromodulation based healing approaches; brain sciences; meditation; higher consciousness research; stress management; mental health and wellbeing; preventative care
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Acupuncture for Women’s and Children’s Health
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria
Research Interests: general medicine; acupuncture; Chinese diagnose and herbal medicine; laserneedle medicine; complementary and integrated medicine
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: neurodegeneration; pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease; molecular mechanisms of risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease dementia; lewy body dementias; neuroimmune responses / neuroimmunology; vision loss in Alzheimer’s disease; molecular signaling of neurodegeneration
Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Research Interests: Pathology; Reproductive Medicine; Endocrinology; Reproductive Biology
1. Professor Emeritus & Past Chair, Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA) and Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy (Tucson, AZ), USA
2. Chief Scientific Officer, Neumentum, Inc, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Research Interests: Drug receptor pharmacology; Analgesia; Opioids; Drug discovery
Dean and Professor, College of Science and Health, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ, USA
Research Interests: transcription and cytokine biology; immunology; nano-Immunology; biochemistry of leukemia; HIV-associated B-cell lymphomas and biomedical ethics
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