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Written by over seventy scientists and clinicians worldwide from China, USA, Germany, Canada, Japan and other countries, this monograph, with nearly 450 figures and tables, covers a wide range of advanced progress in acupuncture research, from experimental research to clinical applications. In addition to exploring the histopathological basis for acupuncture and mathematical simulation of acupoint response to stimulation, initiation and transduction of acupuncture signals and cellular mechanisms during acupuncture effects as well as chemical and physical characteristics of moxibustion on acupoints are broadly discussed. The topics also include novel data on acupuncture effect with advanced imaging techniques, a unique understanding of meridian-viscera correlation, specific interactions between meridians and neurosensory organs within the system of homeostatic regulation and the acupuncture-induced influences on autonomic function. Several chapters introduce specific approaches with dry needling, silver needling and stainless needling for certain diseases, such as myofascitis, supportive care for breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy as well as perioperative care of surgical patients. Moreover, this book discusses recent research on acupuncture therapy and potential mechanisms for a number of severe and refractory neurological disorders, including hyperactivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, orofacial pain, chronic pain, itch, multiple sclerosis, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and ischemic brain injury. The vast amount of information offered in this book provides a comprehensive perspective on advanced acupuncture research to not only acupuncturists, but also to neuroscientists, neurologists, and other clinicians. For medical students and graduate and undergraduate students majoring in biology, physiology and neuroscience, this book offers an advanced course in learning about the mechanism-driven advances in alternative and complementary medicine. * Contains a comprehensive summary of the latest advances in acupuncture research from all over the world * Provides an easy-to-navigate reference for acupuncture researchers and neuroscientists alike * Combines basic and clinical knowledge of acupuncture and explores the molecular and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie it.

Acupuncture. --- Counterirritation --- Energy medicine --- Nervous system --- Alternative medicine. --- Neurology. --- Regeneration and Repair in the Nervous System. --- Complementary and Alternative Medicine. --- Regeneration. --- Medicine --- Neuropsychiatry --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Nerve regeneration --- Nervous system regeneration --- Neural regeneration --- Neuron regeneration --- Nerve grafting --- Regeneration (Biology) --- Diseases --- Degeneration and regeneration

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“This book represents a much-awaited study of the uses of therapeutic practices by people who try to navigate the uncertainties in which capitalist societies have thrown them. Written lucidly, it engages the reader in the best of cultural analysis: a discourse as powerful and hegemonic as psychology turns out to be politically ambivalent and a useful tool to empower the self.”- Eva Illouz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. This book contributes to research on therapeutic culture by drawing on longstanding ethnographic work and by offering a new theoretical reading of therapeutic culture in today's society. It suggests that the therapeutic field serves as a key site in which a number of contradictions of capitalism are confronted and lived out. It shows that therapeutic engagements are inherently ambivalent and contradictory, as they can be articulated and engaged with in many different ways and harnessed for diverse, and often contradictory, political projects. The book takes issue with the interpretation of therapeutic culture as merely individualising, depoliticizing and working in congruence with neoliberalism, and shows that therapeutic engagements may also open up a space for contestation and critique of neoliberal capitalism, animate collective action for social change and articulate alternative forms of life and subjectivities. The book will speak to a wide variety of audiences in the social sciences and will be of particular interest to those working in the fields of sociology, anthropology, critical psychology, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical social theory. Suvi Salmenniemi is Professor of sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Her areas of expertise include therapeutic culture, political sociology, cultural studies, feminist research, ethnography and critical social theory.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Social psychology --- Sociology of culture --- Sociology of work --- Political sociology --- Sociology of health --- Sociology --- Politics --- Industrial economics --- Physiotherapy. Alternative treatments --- Social medicine --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- psychologie --- sociologie --- cultuur --- industrie --- politiek --- arbeid --- alternatieve geneeswijzen --- Social medicine. --- Alternative medicine. --- Political sociology. --- Culture. --- Industrial sociology. --- Critical psychology. --- Medical Sociology. --- Complementary and Alternative Medicine. --- Political Sociology. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Sociology of Work. --- Critical Psychology.

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Contemporary healthcare trends indicate that many chronic and communicable diseases are related to lifestyle, stress, personal choices and systemic factors. In response to the shortfalls of modern medicine regarding the prevention of these diseases and the promotion of whole-person health, providers and consumers worldwide are exploring integrative, natural and complementary approaches to prevention, treatment and health promotion. These trends harbor the future of medicine. The issues of clinician burnout, high rates of adverse effects, high cost, and lack of rigorous methods to promote individual and collective immunity are addressed by leading physicians and scientists from around the world. The original research and reviews in this volume investigate efficacy, molecular mechanisms and hypotheses that suggest that traditional systems of medicine and health, e.g., Ayurveda, yoga, traditional Chinese medicine, and mind–body–lifestyle medicine, may offer preventive and cost-effective solutions to contemporary health care challenges. Integrating innovative health approaches with conventional medicine offers a whole system of medicine that encompasses the individual, family, community and environment—from single person to planetary health.

Medicine --- asthma --- diagnosis --- treatment strategies --- oxidative stress --- antioxidants --- microbiome --- Ayurveda --- gut bacteria --- diet --- lifestyle --- disease --- prevention --- integrative medicine --- Ayurgenomics --- genomics --- P4 medicine --- personalized medicine --- epigenetics --- genotype --- phenotype --- Prakriti --- doshas --- meditation --- focused attention --- open monitoring --- Transcendental Meditation --- antiviral --- medicinal plants --- pandemic --- SARS-CoV-2 --- zoonotic virus --- Artemisia --- Artemisinin --- ARTs --- phytochemicals --- chronic stress --- transcendental meditation --- gene expression --- energy metabolism --- biological aging --- epigenetic effects --- allostatic load --- complementary medicine --- plastic surgery --- anthroposophic medicine --- pandemic and women --- women and heart disease --- psychological effects of pandemic --- cardiac prevention --- risk of heart disease in women --- hypercholesterolemia --- ayurveda --- ayurvedic herbs --- systematic review --- meta-analysis --- integrative health --- whole-person health --- systems research --- reductionism --- complementary and alternative medicine --- healing --- healthcare transformation --- overview --- stroke --- vegetarian --- vegan --- dosha --- prakriti --- integrative nutrition --- n/a

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Contemporary healthcare trends indicate that many chronic and communicable diseases are related to lifestyle, stress, personal choices and systemic factors. In response to the shortfalls of modern medicine regarding the prevention of these diseases and the promotion of whole-person health, providers and consumers worldwide are exploring integrative, natural and complementary approaches to prevention, treatment and health promotion. These trends harbor the future of medicine. The issues of clinician burnout, high rates of adverse effects, high cost, and lack of rigorous methods to promote individual and collective immunity are addressed by leading physicians and scientists from around the world. The original research and reviews in this volume investigate efficacy, molecular mechanisms and hypotheses that suggest that traditional systems of medicine and health, e.g., Ayurveda, yoga, traditional Chinese medicine, and mind–body–lifestyle medicine, may offer preventive and cost-effective solutions to contemporary health care challenges. Integrating innovative health approaches with conventional medicine offers a whole system of medicine that encompasses the individual, family, community and environment—from single person to planetary health.

Medicine --- asthma --- diagnosis --- treatment strategies --- oxidative stress --- antioxidants --- microbiome --- Ayurveda --- gut bacteria --- diet --- lifestyle --- disease --- prevention --- integrative medicine --- Ayurgenomics --- genomics --- P4 medicine --- personalized medicine --- epigenetics --- genotype --- phenotype --- Prakriti --- doshas --- meditation --- focused attention --- open monitoring --- Transcendental Meditation --- antiviral --- medicinal plants --- pandemic --- SARS-CoV-2 --- zoonotic virus --- Artemisia --- Artemisinin --- ARTs --- phytochemicals --- chronic stress --- transcendental meditation --- gene expression --- energy metabolism --- biological aging --- epigenetic effects --- allostatic load --- complementary medicine --- plastic surgery --- anthroposophic medicine --- pandemic and women --- women and heart disease --- psychological effects of pandemic --- cardiac prevention --- risk of heart disease in women --- hypercholesterolemia --- ayurveda --- ayurvedic herbs --- systematic review --- meta-analysis --- integrative health --- whole-person health --- systems research --- reductionism --- complementary and alternative medicine --- healing --- healthcare transformation --- overview --- stroke --- vegetarian --- vegan --- dosha --- prakriti --- integrative nutrition

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Several lines of evidence indicate that healthy diet and exercise can prevent cardiovascular diseases, stroke, diabetes, and some types of cancer such as colon cancer, and smoking-related cancers. Dietary patterns defined as the quantities, proportions, variety, or combination of different foods and drinks, and the frequency with which they are habitually consumed are also associated with an increased or decreased incidence of chronic diseases. Lately, an association has been found between eating habits, exercise, and psychological and/or mental disorders. This Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled “Dietary Habits, Beneficial Exercise, and Chronic Diseases: Latest Advances and Prospects”, contains 20 manuscripts, either describing original research or reviewing the scientific literature, focused on the relationship between dietary habits (macronutrients, micronutrients, etc.) and/or exercise with metabolic, cardiovascular, neurological, mental, rheumatic, inflammatory, gastrointestinal, odontostomatological, and other chronic diseases.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- muscle wasting --- cachexia --- sarcopenia --- probiotics --- prebiotics --- Lactobacillus --- intestinal permeability --- gut-brain axis --- health literacy --- education --- food --- students --- healthy lifestyle --- β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) --- body mass index (BMI), type 1 diabetes --- type 2 diabetes (T2D) --- hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) --- visceral adipose tissue (VAT) --- cardiovascular disease (CVD) --- high-density lipoprotein (HDL) --- low-density lipoprotein (LDL) --- Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) --- women's health --- bone mineral density --- diet --- beach sports --- osteoporosis --- Mediterranean diet --- antioxidation --- metabolic health --- reproductive health --- gut microbiota --- non-communicable diseases --- flavonoids --- polyphenols --- resveratrol --- olive oil --- adult volunteers --- dietary intervention --- dietary patterns --- pilot study --- symbiotic agriculture --- metabolic dysfunction --- metabolic syndrome --- metabolome --- EHIS --- diabetes --- disease burden --- European Union --- policies --- dietary trajectories --- overweight --- obesity --- early childhood caries --- ECC --- dental caries --- health risk --- preschool children --- fish protein hydrolysate --- anxiety --- burying test --- rodent --- perceived stress --- psychological --- stress --- diet quality --- women --- reproductive age --- childbearing age --- a-priori --- a-posteriori --- sodium --- sodium intake --- inflammation --- systemic inflammation --- sodium induced inflammation --- CRP --- TNF-a --- IL-6 --- pediatric obesity --- children --- dietary interventions --- prevention --- pure fructose consumption --- adolescent --- blood pressure --- folic acid --- homocysteine --- inflammatory bowel disease --- microbiota --- crocin --- crocetin --- safranal --- effect direction plot --- complementary and alternative medicine --- medicinal plant --- CAM --- herbal medicine --- TNF-α --- qualitative synthesis --- dietary supplements --- food shopping quality indicators --- FSA-NPS DI --- dietary intake --- diet monitoring --- digital receipts --- dietary quality --- ischemic stroke --- Chinese Diet Balance Index 2016 --- DBI-16 --- Southeast China --- bone density --- bone resorption markers --- HDL-C --- LDL-C --- lipid profile --- cardiovascular disease --- exercise --- aerobic fitness --- multiple sclerosis --- nutrition --- physical activity --- body mass index --- dietary guideline --- reproductive age women