Research Facts

EICCAM Research Facts are intended to illustrate the type and quality of research that has been conducted into the effects and costs of specific complementary therapies on important health conditions or on an aspect of interest such as mechanism of action of a therapy.

Each fact sheet summarises a research study on a specific complementary therapy and then discusses the study's strengths and weaknesses. Potential implications of each study's findings for decision-making are discussed.

The process for producing EICCAM Research Facts can be found here.

All research papers suggested for this decision process were selected by the experts in the specific research areas, based on the idea of addressing areas of special interest.

The EICCAM Research Facts that have been produced to date:

Issue Topic Type of study Download
1 Homeopathy outcomes and costs Comparative study pdf
2 Acupuncture and knee osteoarthritis Randomised trial pdf
3 Anthroposophic medicine outcomes and costs Outcome study pdf
4 Ginkgo and dementia Review and analysis pdf
5 Homeopathic medicines versus placebo Review and analysis pdf
6 Acupuncture and low back pain Randomised trial pdf
7 Art therapy in healthy persons Comparative study pdf
8 Black cohosh and menopause Randomised trial pdf
9 Homeopathy and AHDS syndrome Randomised trial pdf
10 Acupuncture and menopause Randomised trial pdf
11 Anthroposophic medicine and cancer Outcome Study pdf
12 Saw palmetto and prostate hyperplasia Randomised trial pdf
13 Homeopathy and fibromyalgia Randomised trial pdf
14 Acupuncture and migraine Randomised trial pdf
15 Mistletoe extracts improve quality of life in cancer patients Randomised trial pdf
16 Coneflower extracts reduce common cold symptoms Randomised trial pdf