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25.01.2022 The ICCMR 2019 would not be complete without a Keynote speaker with a background in Indigenous Australian healing approaches. Therefore, we are proud to introduce Dr Francesca Panzironi, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Aangu Ngangkai Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation (ANTAC). Dr. Panzironi is an international human rights academic who applied her knowledge and experience to create a platform for the recognition of the internationally recognized right of Indigeno...us Peoples to maintain and practice their traditional medicines within Australia' s national health care system. Dr Panzironi has extensive experience as a researcher and lecturer in the areas of international human rights law, international studies, international and community development. She holds a PhD in Law (University of Sydney), a Master degree in Development and Cooperation (University of Pavia), and an Honor Degree in Political Science (‘La Sapienza’ University, Rome). Dr Panzironi has presented her research and groundwork in numerous international and national conferences. Her work and achievements with the ngangkai has been featured on national media, including SBS News, National Indigenous Television (NITV), The Point - NITV, ABC Radio, SBS Radio, Channel 7. Join us in May 2019! Register at www.iccmr2019.com See more
25.01.2022 Dr Janet Schloss, member of the PRACI Steering Committee, will be conducting a number of presentations at the upcoming 11th Herbal and Naturopathic International Conference (NHAA). Janet will be discussing why naturopaths needs to be well informed about medicinal cannabis. Janet will also be part of a panel discussing the clinical application and value of urinary kryptopyrrole testing in Australia.
25.01.2022 Special rates for PRACI members for ICCMR 2019 -
25.01.2022 Our Brisbane office is seeking a Research Fellow for 23 hours per week....Please see link below for details or SHARE it with friends who may be interested....
24.01.2022 Registrations for ICCMR 2019 open this coming Monday!! http://iccmr2019.com/register/
22.01.2022 Congratulations to Dr Amie Steel and her fellow researchers, including Dr Janet Schloss from the the PRACI Steering Committee for their recently published book on Women's health and Complementary and Integrative Medicine! This book is a available resource to those practising, studying, and researching the area of CM and women's health. https://www.routledge.com//Adams-Stee/p/book/9781138959262
22.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS!!! Federal Health Minister Hon Greg Hunt announced a new review of the evidence of natural therapies. The PRACI Steering Committee want to extend a warm and heartfelt thank you to our members for their ongoing participation in PRACI projects. Last week you will have seen that Federal Health Minister Hon Greg Hunt announced a new review of the evidence of natural therapies. This announcement was made in response to significant concerns raised by many groups about... the use of the previous (and flawed) Natural Therapies Review to inform the decision to remove access to private health insurance rebates for a range of services. What many people do not know is how important data collected from members of PRACI was in driving this decision. A group of collaborators from the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia, the Australian Register of Naturopaths and Herbalists and University of Technology Sydney including PRACI Steering Committee members Dr Amie Steel and Associate Professor Jon Wardle drafted a document which overviewed the effectiveness, utility, cost, safety and contribution to healthcare of naturopathic medicine in Australia. This document was hand-delivered to Minister Hunt and contributed to the Minister’s decision to revisit the evidence. Importantly, this document included a wealth of information about real-life grass-roots naturopathic practice in Australia and that data came from you! We at PRACI firmly believe that the Australian naturopathic profession would not have this opportunity if not for the time and energy YOU put in to documenting your experiences, perceptions and practices through the many PRACI substudies you are invited to participate in. It is very easy to overlook the contribution you make when it feels like you are only one person participating in a research project, so we wanted to let you know: what you have done, and are doing, DOES make a difference. Thank you! The submission has been published in the Australian Journal of Naturopathic and Herbal Medicine so take a look. Share it around! Be Proud! https://gallery.mailchimp.com//Wardle_et_al_2019_An_eviden
21.01.2022 ICCMR 2019 Season's Greetings for all PRACI members -
19.01.2022 SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! We have secured a discounted registration rate of $650.00* (a saving of $350.00!) for all four days of the ICCMR 2019 for PRACI members!! The registration fee covers all costs for practitioners including: Intimate pre-congress workshops conducted by world-leading experts Welcome drinks... Conference party And of course, access to the diverse topics presented by >300 researchers and clinicians from over 30 countries as part of the main program Join us at this research event of the decade! *Daily rates also available
19.01.2022 We'd like to express our appreciation for the continued backing of our Key Partner Associations. With their support, PRACI has been able to facilitate over a dozen studies, generating numerous publications, conference presentations and community talks.
19.01.2022 ICCMR 2019 Keynote Speaker Dr Francesca Panzironi made the news yesterday highlighting the program she is spearheading - the Anangu Ngangkari Tiutaky Aboriginal Corporation (ANTAC) - which has this South Australian hospital incorporating traditional Aboriginal beliefs and spiritual care to complement mainstream medicine. ANTAC's objective is to provide a platform for Aboriginal healers to be recognised in the mainstream healthcare system as a form of complementary alternative medicine. Come and hear Dr Panzironi speak about 'Aboriginal Traditional Medicine: role and significance in today’s health care models' at the ICCMR 2019 on Friday10th May! Register now: www.iccmr2019.com
19.01.2022 The ICCMR 2019 Preliminary program is now available! Click here to view the program - http://iccmr2019.com/program/ Over 300 abstracts were submitted in the rec...ent call for abstracts. The abstracts are currently under review, with notifications due out by 23 November 2018. In the mean time, get started with planning your program!
18.01.2022 Final week to take advantage of the Early Bird savings for the International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research to be held in Brisbane 7 May - 10 May 2019!!
18.01.2022 The call for abstracts for the International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research 2019, is now open!!
18.01.2022 You are invited to the 14th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research -
17.01.2022 Yesterday, Dr Amie Steel was the first international presenter to share our research at the 2018 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Practice-Based Research Network Conference in Maryland, USA. The NAPCRG is a key conference for highlighting how research developed from practice based-research networks can address health disparities in the community. Amie has been awarded a travel scholarship by the conference organisers to attend and discussed the establishment of PRACI, its unique infrastructure and its role in advancing clinically relevant research in complementary medicine health care in Australia. Hope you have all managed to catch her Live Feeds direct from the conference! http://www.napcrg.org//Practice-basedResearchNetworkConfer
16.01.2022 It is a great pleasure to be able to invite you to the 14th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR) 2019 in Brisbane, Australia from 7 - 10 May 2019.
15.01.2022 Did you know... Australia is one of the few countries globally with professional accreditation for complementary medicine professions such as acupuncturists, Chinese herbalists, chiropractors and osteopaths. Australia combines a high use of complementary medicine services services among the community with strong research and a diverse practitioner population. This is one of the reasons that Brisbane has won the bid to host the International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR 2019). join us along with researchers and CM practitioners from around the world at an event that explores, showcases and facilitates collaboration and communication across disciplines and between researchers and clinicians. To find our more about the congress visit www.iccmr2019.com
13.01.2022 Research being conducted through PRACI has the capability to implement change in clinical practice, health policy, or investigate new treatments for an array of chronic diseases. Hope Foley, UTS PhD candidate and PRACI member, conducted a project on the patient perceptions of patient-centred care in CM student clinics as her Honours thesis. The findings of Hope's project highlight the type of care that is being delivered by CM practitioners. https://www.endeavour.edu.au//honours-thesis-sheds-light-o
12.01.2022 Introducing the first ICCMR 2019 Keynote speaker; Professor Vivian Lin from the World Health Organisation. Responsible for the Division of Health Systems at the regional office and for technical support to countries and WHO country offices in a wide range of health system issues, including universal health coverage, health policy and planning, health financing, health workforce, health information systems, health system research, pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, traditi...onal medicine, service delivery and quality, health law and regulation, and community engagement. Cross-cutting issues covered in the division include sustainable development goals, social determinants of health, equity, human rights and gender. Dr Vivian has more than 30 years' experience in health policy and program development, health planning, and public health teaching and research. She was previously Professor of Public Health and Head of the School of Public Health at La Trobe University, in Melbourne, and is the author of several leading public health textbooks in Australia and numerous articles on health issues in Australia, China, and globally. Vivian has also worked at senior levels in health policy in several Australian jurisdictions and in intergovernmental relations, including as Executive Officer of the National Public Health Partnership. She has also consulted widely for the World Bank, UK Dept for International Development, AusAID as well as the WHO, and served on multiple academic, government, community and editorial boards. Read more about Vivian Lin and other Keynote speakers on the website www.iccmr2019.com See more
12.01.2022 Miss Lu Yang, a research student from the University of Technology Sydney ran a sub-study through PRACI ttled 'Treating people with arthritis with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): an examination of the perception of TCM practitioners.' http://aim.bmj.com/content/early//03/07/acupmed-2017-011527
11.01.2022 Assessment of the Safety of Melatonin PRACI member Hope Foley with the help of Dr Amie Steel, Chair of the PRACI Steering Committee, has published a critical review examining the safety of melatonin supplementation. With the use of melatonin increasing worldwide and extending to new areas of treatment, beyond its traditional use as a sleep aid, this review provides a timely and important overview of adverse events reported in clinical studies of the neurohormone. The review f...ound melatonin is rarely associated with adverse events, and those which do occur are generally minor, short-lived and easily managed. However, there are some exceptions; further research is required to better understand how melatonin might interact with anti-hypertensive drugs or the impact on hormones related to reproduction and glucose metabolism. In addition, it may be particularly important to dose at night, in keeping with the body’s natural daily rhythms, to reduce or avoid side-effects. The review has been published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, and was conducted with support from Complementary Medicines Australia. The paper is available for temporary full access until 30 December 2018. See more
10.01.2022 The ICCMR 2019 portal is now open for Late-breaking Abstract Submissions!! Do you have an abstract ready? Click on the link below for your chance to participate in this leading international event for Complementary Medicine Research!!
10.01.2022 One of our PRACI members, Ms Rebecca Reid, will be at the NHAA conference discussing a research project which investigated the historical and contemporary naturopathic recommendations for cases of endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia.
09.01.2022 PRACI Steering Committee Chair Dr Amie Steel, conducted a research project with collaborators in Lyon France, on the perceptions and experiences of osteopathic treatment among cancer patients. Their work has recently been published and highlights that osteopathy when be beneficial when delivered alongside medical treatment. #osteopathy #cancerpain #CM #palliativecare
09.01.2022 Registration portal for ICCMR2019 is now open! :-)
09.01.2022 The call for abstracts for ICCMR 2019 is now open! Abstracts for oral and poster presentations as well as workshops and symposia can now be submitted via www.iccmr2019.com
08.01.2022 ICCMR 2019 Call for abstracts extended until 19 October 2018! Don't wait - participate. Submit nowICCMR 2019 Call for abstracts extended until 19 October 2018! Don't wait - participate. Submit now
06.01.2022 Dr. Daniel F. Gallego-Pérez is a physician with a specialty in alternative therapies, and a Doctor of Public Health candidate at Boston University. He is our featured ICCMR 2019 Keynote speaker today. Since medical school, Dr Gallego-Pérez has been interested in the range of possibilities that exist at the intersection of traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine and public health. He worked as a general practitioner and nutrition program coordinator in the Budubur...am Refugee Camp, Ghana, between 2004 and 2008. He participated in the design and implementation of a pilot project to develop complementary medicine services in public hospitals in Bogota, Colombia, between 2009 and 2013. He has been consulting for the Pan American Health Organization since 2015, first at the country office in Nicaragua, and later at the regional office in Washington DC, where he assists health care systems strengthening and transformation processes, including the integration of traditional and complementary medicine. Registrations for the congress are now open! Visit www.iccmr2019.com See more
06.01.2022 A recent publication arising from a sub-study conducted through PRACI by University of Technology Sydney's Ms Carole Fisher titled: 'Cyclic Perimenstrual Pain and Discomfort and Australian Women's Associated Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Longitudinal Study'. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28805552
05.01.2022 Hot Off the Press: Naturopathic Medicine for Endometriosis PRACI Member Rebecca Reid, has recently published her research on the traditional and contemporary naturopathic treatments used for the management of endometriosis and associated menstrual symptoms. Rebecca conducted this project as part of the Staff Collaborative Research and Mentoring Fund offered by Endeavour to undertake the project at the Friedhelm Kirchfeld Rare Book Collection at the National University of Natu...ral Medicine in Portland, USA. The findings of this research provided an overview of a vast range of naturopathic treatments used historically and within the contemporary setting for cases of dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia. However, endometriosis has not been reported in traditional naturopathic texts, most likely due to the obscure nature and history of the disease. Rebecca will be incorporating the results of this research into the next two stages of her research program that will further investigate the use of naturopathic care by women with endometriosis in Australia. The article has been published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Congratulations Rebecca! See more
05.01.2022 Amongst the major reforms recently announced by the Australian government to the private health insurance (PHI) system are the removal of government-subsidised PHI rebates for consultations with most unregistered complementary medicine practitioners.This commentary by Dr Matthew Leach and Dr Amie Steel of the PRACI Steering Committee, outlines several doubts about these reforms and calls for an immediate rethink, at least for naturopathy. https://www.sciencedirect.com//artic/pii/S2212958817301593
05.01.2022 Dr Amie Steel reflects on her NAPCRG Presentation
03.01.2022 The ICCMR 2019 has a strong focus on strengthening partnerships between clinicians and researchers. The Organising Committee believes strongly in engaging clinicians in the development of new research directions that reflect grass roots practice. This is why we have developed a Clinical category within our abstract submission guidelines. Clinicians who have observed interesting outcomes in clinical practice or developed innovative complementary and integrative approaches to ...health conditions in clinical practice are invited to submit a summary proposal or abstract - to present at the conference. This includes Clinical hypothesis submissions through which clinicians can draw attention to a unique and novel clinical phenomena not yet investigated through research. Through Clinical abstract submissions such as this, practitioners are able to share their insights and expertise with the international research community. Take the opportunity to open up new research that matters to you in your practice. Get involved! http://iccmr2019.com/submissions/ See more
03.01.2022 PRACI Presents at the Australian Homeopathic Association... PRACI Steering Committee Member Helene Diezel, attended The Australian Homeopathy Medicine Conference 2018 in Sydney to present preliminary findings from the Ingestive Medicines PRACI survey. Ms Diezel outlined results from the initial analysis of PRACI’s follow up survey of its members who identified as having a qualification in an ingestive medicine area in the first PRACI workforce survey. The findings regarding N...aturopathy, Nutrition, Homeopathy, Traditional Chinese medicine and Western Herbalists members of PRACI who reported prescribing Homeopathy, were well received by the conference attendees and will go towards guiding future research in Homeopathy. It was a perfect example of the PRACI practice-based research network infrastructure feeding back into practitioner communities to help build research in complementary medicine. See more
02.01.2022 Introducing Professor Alvaro Viljoen fromTshwane University of Technology, South Africa - Keynote speaker for ICCMR 2019. Professor Viljoen’s is a trained botanist with a research interest in the phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal and aromatic plants indigenous to South Africa. His PhD was awarded from the University of Johannesburg on the chemotaxonomy of the genus Aloe. He has held the position of research fellow in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences..., Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria) since 2005. He has authored / co-authored >220 peer reviewed papers mostly on the phytochemical exploration and pharmacological activity of indigenous medicinal and aromatic plants. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ethnopharmacology (Elsevier) and has been elected on to the editorial board of the Journal of Essential Oil Research (Francis & Taylor) and Phytochemistry Letters (Elsevier). He is also reviewing-editor for South African Journal of Botany (Elsevier). In October 2013 Alvaro was awarded the National Research Chair in Phytomedicine a position which he holds concurrently as Director of the SAMRC Herbal Drugs Research Unit in South Africa. More than eighty post-graduate students have graduated under his supervision since 2002. Find out more about the other keynote speakers and registration at www.iccmr2019.com See more
02.01.2022 The ICCMR call for abstracts has been extended until 19 October! Have you submitted yours? Submit now & then you can start dreaming about coastal retreats and white sand island escapes all from Brisbane's doorstep. Click here to view details http://bit.ly/1My413T
01.01.2022 Pragmatic research Traditional clinical trials study the effectiveness of treatments delivered to carefully selected populations under ideal conditions. This makes it difficult to translate results to the real world. Pragmatic research is designed to reflect the realities of daily routine care and produces evidence that can be readily used to improve care. Unlike most traditional RCTs, pragmatic studies take place in settings where everyday care happens, such as community cl...inics, hospitals, and health systems. There are a number of core characteristics of pragmatic studies: they answer questions from, and important to, stakeholders such as patients and clinicians; they include diverse, representative populations; they are conducted in multiple, heterogenous settings; multiples outcomes are measured that are important to decision- and policy-makers; the comparison intervention are real-world alternative, not a placebo or treatment. This paper presents some strengths and weaknesses of pragmatic clinical trials. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1510059 See more
