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TECHNOLOGY? • MEDICAL OZONE AND RADIOTHERAPY • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PATIENT-CENTERED COMMUNICATION AND PROVIDER

AVOIDANCE, CAM USE, AND CAM–USE DISCLOSURE • ANTIOXIDANT AGENTS: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RADIATION-INDUCED ORAL

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x ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, MAR/APR 2015 VOL. 21, 2 3Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTSMARCH/APRIL 2015, VOL. 21, NO. 2

8 Our Other Vital Organ Andrew W. Campbell, MD

16 Massage Therapy Improves In Vitro Fertilization Outcome in Patients Undergoing Blastocyst Transfer in a Cryo-Cycle Jasmin Okhowat, MD; Maximilian Murtinger, MD; Maximilian Schuff, PhD; Johannes Wogatzky, MD; Dietmar Spitzer, MD; Pierre Vanderzwalmen, MSc; Barbara Wirleitner, PhD; Nicolas Herbert Zech, MD, PhD

24 Medical Ozone and Radiotherapy in a Peritoneal, Erlich-Ascites, Tumor-cell Model Huriye Şenay Kızıltan, MD; Ayşe Güneş Bayir, DVM; Gul Yucesan, MD; Ali Hikmet Eris, MP; Kadir İdin, MD; Cumali Karatoprak, MD; Teoman Aydin, MD; Adem Akcakaya, MD; Alpaslan Mayadagli; MD

30 Examining the Association Between Patient-centered Communication and Provider Avoidance, CAM Use, and CAM–use Disclosure Jennifer Faith, PhD; Sheryl Thorburn, PhD, MPH; Kimberly M. Tippens, ND, MSAOM, MPH

36 Antioxidant Agents: A Future Alternative Approach in the Prevention and Treatment of Radiation-induced Oral Mucositis? Letícia de Freitas Cuba, MSc; Fernanda Salum, PhD; Karen Cherubini, PhD; Maria Antonia Zancanaro de Figueiredo, PhD

42 Mumijo Attenuates Chemically Induced Inflammatory Pain in Mice Golnaz Malekzadeh, MD; Mohammad Hossein Dashti-Rahmatabadi, PhD; Samira Zanbagh, MD; Atefehsadat Akhavi Mirab-bashii, MD

48 Development of a Modified Yoga Program for Pulmonary Hypertension: A Case Series Rana Awdish, MD; Bronwyn Small, MD; Hector Cajigas, MD

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