ISCMR NEWSFLASH 

1.) Reminder: Membership Survey

Thanks you to those of you who completed the survey. This information is very helpful for further planning. If you have not completed the survey, we hope you will find a few minutes to do so in the coming days. This information will help us to improve ISCMR services!

Click here for a link to the ISCMR survey.

2.) Publications of Interest

Four new citations to articles have been added to the ISCMR website:

White P, Lewith G, Prescott P, Conway J.  Acupuncture versus placebo for the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain. A randomized, controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004; 141(12): 911-920.

Berman BM, Lao L, Langenberg P, Lee WL, Gilpin AMK, Hochberg MC.  Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004; 141: 901-910.

Hyodo I, Amano N, Eguchi K, Narabayashi M, Imanishi J, Hirai M, Nakano T, Takashima S. Nationwide Survey on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Patients in Japan.  J Clin Oncol. 2005 Feb 22 [Epub ahead of print]

Cassileth BR, Vickers AJ. High Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Cancer Patients: Implications for Research and Clinical Care.  J Clin Oncol. 2005 Feb 22; [Epub ahead of print]

Please visit at http://www.iscmr.org/publications/publications.html for links to the PubMed citations.