Complementary and Alternative Therapies and the Aging Population
An Evidence-Based Approach
- 1st Edition - September 22, 2008
- Latest edition
- Editor: Ronald Ross Watson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 2 2 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 1 2 4 - 2
The major objective of this book is to review in detail health problems occurring with significant frequency in aging adults which are proposed to be treated or ameliorated us… Read more
The major objective of this book is to review in detail health problems occurring with significant frequency in aging adults which are proposed to be treated or ameliorated using nutriceuticals as foods and dietary supplements as well as other complementary and alternative therapies. Chapters primarily focusing on nutrients have been excluded to maintain a focus on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The book is divided into three general sections:
1. Nutriceuticals and Botanicals in Health Promotion - including Specific Nutriceuticals Used in Treating Aged; and General Nutraceutical Approaches to Therapy with emphasis on cancer. 2. Non-nutritional CAM Therapies – including Mind-mediated Therapies; and Physically Applied CAM Therapies3. Non-dietary Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use and Benefits to the Elderly in Health
- Identifies the important nutritional requirements of the aging population, and how nutraceuticals and other CAM options affect those
- Addresses the many disease entities and cancers are found with higher frequency in the aged, including cancer, trauma, or infectious disease that can alter intakes of nutraceutical containing foods and/or requirements for various nutrients.
- Explores the nutritional materials botanical extracts and components that can have important health promotion benefits and risks, to ensure safe consumption
- Reviews the frequently used non-traditional and often unproven CAM therapies, beyond nutritional and nutraceutical supplements, including a variety of physical and psychosocial treatments.
Practicing physicians (geriatricians, oncologists), nurses, dieticians, nutritionists, and other healthcare practitioners working with older adults; researchers, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and graduate students researching the nutrition and health of older adults.
Biography
Acknowledgement
Preface
Chapter 1
Botanical and Marine Oils for Treatment of Arthritis
Robert B. Zurier and Ronald G. Rossetti
Chapter 2
Prolotherapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
David Rabago
Chapter 3
Soy and Cognition in the Aging Population
Lauren Drogos, Stacie Geller, and Pauline M. Maki
Chapter 4
Valerian and Other CAM Botanicals in Treatment of Sleep Disturbances
Diana M. Taibi and Carol A. Landis
Chapter 5
Botanicals and Nutrition in the Treatment of Epilepsy
Siegward-M. Elsas
Chapter 6
Ginkgo Bilboa Extract in Prevention of Age-Associated Diseases in Elderly Population
Yuan Luo and Zhiming Cao
Chapter 7
Policosanol to Manage Dyslipidemia in Older Adults
Barbara Swanson and Joyce Keithley
Chapter 8
Health Promoting Benefits of Chamomile in the Elderly Population
Janmejai K. Srivastava and Sanjay Gupta
Chapter 9
Bamboo Extract in the Prevention of Diabetes and Breast Cancer
Jun Panee
Chapter 10
Cranberry and other Dietary Supplements for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Aging Women
Lynn Stothers
Chapter 11
Black Cohosh: Chemopreventive and Anticancer Potential
Linda Saxe Einbond
Chapter 12
Integrating comprehensive and alternative medicine into stroke: Herbal Treatment of Ischemia
Baowan Lin
Chapter 13
Socioeconomic Aspects of the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
K. Tom Xu
Chapter 14
Noni (Morinda citrifolia) Fruit as a Functional Food and Dietary Supplement for an Aging Population
Amy C. Brown and Noelani Apau-Ludlum
Chapter 15
Botanical Treatment for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Sidika E. Kasim-Karakas and Susmita Mishra
Chapter 16
Eggs and Health: Nutrient Sources and Supplement Carriers
Gita Cherian
Chapter 17
Berries and Cancer
Paul E. Milbury
Chapter 18
Flavanoids and cardiovascular health
Pon Velayutham Anandh Babu and Dongmin Liu
Chapter 19
Ibogaine and the Treatment of Opiate Addiction
Emily J. Richer
Chapter 20
The Potential of Caffeine for the Inhibition of Cognitive Decline in the Aged
Gabriel Keith Harris and Caroline R. Summers
Chapter 21
5 or More Servings of Fruit and Vegetables Each Day for Better Health!
Lyn Steffan
Chapter 22
Medicinal Uses of Vinegar
Carol S. Johnston
Chapter 23
Health-promoting effects of grape bioactive phytochemicals
Marcello Iriti and Franco Faoro
Chapter 24
Isoflavones Made Simple – Agonist Activity for the Beta-Type Estrogen Receptor May Mediate Their Health Benefits
Mark F. McCarty
Chapter 25
Signal Therapy: Propolis and Pepper Extracts as Cancer Therapeutics
Hiroshi Maruta and Toshiro Ohta
Chapter 26
Health Benefits of Traditional Culinary and Medicinal Mediterannean Plants
Stephanie C. Degner, Andreas J. Papoutsis, and Donato F. Romagnolo
Chapter 27
Quercetin: A Potential Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapy
Thilakavathy Thangasamy, Sivanandane Sittadjody, and Randy Burd
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Ronald Ross Watson
Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson’s career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and School of Medicine, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USARead Complementary and Alternative Therapies and the Aging Population on ScienceDirect