Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine The Role of CAM in Public Health, Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion Guest Editors: Cheryl Hawk, Jon Adams, and Jan Hartvigsen The Role of CAM in Public Health, Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine The Role of CAM in Public Health, Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion Guest Editors: Cheryl Hawk, Jon Adams, and Jan Hartvigsen Copyright © 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Mona Abdel-Tawab, Germany Kevin Chen, USA Jian-Li Gao, China Jon Adams, Australia Evan P. Cherniack, USA Mary K. Garcia, USA GabrielA.Agbor,Cameroon Salvatore Chirumbolo, Italy Susana Garcia de Arriba, Germany Ulysses P. Albuquerque, Brazil Jae Youl Cho, Republic of Korea Dolores García Giménez, Spain Samir Lutf Aleryani, USA K. B. Christensen, Denmark Gabino Garrido, Chile M. S. Ali-Shtayeh, Palestine Shuang-En Chuang, Taiwan Ipek Goktepe, Qatar Gianni Allais, Italy Y. Clement, Trinidad And Tobago Michael Goldstein, USA Terje Alraek, Norway Paolo Coghi, Italy Yuewen Gong, Canada Shrikant Anant, USA Marisa Colone, Italy Settimio Grimaldi, Italy Isabel Andújar, Spain Lisa A. Conboy, USA Gloria Gronowicz, USA Letizia Angiolella, Italy Kieran Cooley, Canada Maruti Ram Gudavalli, USA Virginia A. Aparicio, Spain Edwin L. Cooper, USA Alessandra Guerrini, Italy Makoto Arai, Japan Olivia Corcoran, UK Narcis Gusi, Spain Hyunsu Bae, Republic of Korea Muriel Cuendet, Switzerland Svein Haavik, Norway Giacinto Bagetta, Italy RobertoK.N.Cuman,Brazil Solomon Habtemariam, UK Onesmo B. Balemba, USA Vincenzo De Feo, Italy Abid Hamid, India Winfried Banzer, Germany Rocío De la Puerta, Spain Michael G. Hammes, Germany Panos Barlas, UK Laura De Martino, Italy Kuzhuvelil B. Harikumar, India Vernon A. Barnes, USA Nunziatina De Tommasi, Italy Cory S. Harris, Canada Samra Bashir, Pakistan Alexandra Deters, Germany Thierry Hennebelle, France Jairo Kennup Bastos, Brazil Farzad Deyhim, USA Lise Hestbaek, Denmark Arpita Basu, USA Manuela Di Franco, Italy Eleanor Holroyd, Australia Sujit Basu, USA Claudia Di Giacomo, Italy Markus Horneber, Germany George David Baxter, New Zealand Antonella Di Sotto, Italy Ching-Liang Hsieh, Taiwan André-Michael Beer, Germany Luciana Dini, Italy GanS.Hua,Malaysia Alvin J. Beitz, USA Tieraona L. Dog, USA BennyT.K.Huat,Singapore Louise Bennett, Australia Caigan Du, Canada Roman Huber, Germany Maria Camilla Bergonzi, Italy Jeng-Ren Duann, USA Helmut Hugel, Australia Anna R. Bilia, Italy Nativ Dudai, Israel Ciara Hughes, UK Yong C. Boo, Republic of Korea Thomas Efferth, Germany Attila Hunyadi, Hungary Monica Borgatti, Italy Abir El-Alfy, USA Sumiko Hyuga, Japan Francesca Borrelli, Italy Tobias Esch, USA H. Stephen Injeyan, Canada Gloria Brusotti, Italy Giuseppe Esposito, Italy Chie Ishikawa, Japan Arndt Büssing, Germany Keturah R. Faurot, USA Angelo A. Izzo, Italy Rainer W. Bussmann, USA Nianping Feng, China Chris J. Branford-White, UK Andrew J. Butler, USA Yibin Feng, Hong Kong Suresh Jadhav, India Gioacchino Calapai, Italy Patricia D. Fernandes, Brazil G. K. Jayaprakasha, USA Giuseppe Caminiti, Italy Josue Fernandez-Carnero, Spain Zeev L Kain, USA Raffaele Capasso, Italy Antonella Fioravanti, Italy Osamu Kanauchi, Japan Francesco Cardini, Italy Fabio Firenzuoli, Italy Wenyi Kang, China Opher Caspi, Israel Peter Fisher, UK Shao-Hsuan Kao, Taiwan Subrata Chakrabarti, Canada Filippo Fratini, Italy Juntra Karbwang, Japan Pierre Champy, France Brett Froeliger, USA Kenji Kawakita, Japan Shun-Wan Chan, Hong Kong Maria pia Fuggetta, Italy Deborah A. Kennedy, Canada Il-Moo Chang, Republic of Korea Joel J. Gagnier, Canada Cheorl-Ho Kim, Republic of Korea Youn C. Kim, Republic of Korea Giovanni Mirabella, Italy Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, Italy Yoshiyuki Kimura, Japan Francesca Mondello, Italy Mariangela Rondanelli, Italy Toshiaki Kogure, Japan Albert Moraska, USA Omar Said, Israel Jian Kong, USA Giuseppe Morgia, Italy Avni Sali, Australia Tetsuya Konishi, Japan Mark Moss, UK Mohd Z. Salleh, Malaysia Karin Kraft, Germany Yoshiharu Motoo, Japan Andreas Sandner-Kiesling, Austria Omer Kucuk, USA Kamal D. Moudgil, USA Manel Santafe, Spain Victor Kuete, Cameroon Yoshiki Mukudai, Japan Tadaaki Satou, Japan Yiu W. Kwan, Hong Kong Frauke Musial, Germany Michael A. Savka, USA Kuang C. Lai, Taiwan MinKyun Na, Republic of Korea Claudia Scherr, Switzerland Ilaria Lampronti, Italy Hajime Nakae, Japan Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann, Chile Lixing Lao, Hong Kong Srinivas Nammi, Australia Andrew Scholey, Australia Christian Lehmann, Canada Krishnadas Nandakumar, India Roland Schoop, Switzerland Marco Leonti, Italy Vitaly Napadow, USA Sven Schröder, Germany Lawrence Leung, Canada Michele Navarra, Italy Herbert Schwabl, Switzerland Shahar Lev-ari, Israel Isabella Neri, Italy Veronique Seidel, UK Chun-Guang Li, Australia Pratibha V. Nerurkar, USA Senthamil Selvan, USA Min Li, China Karen Nieber, Germany Felice Senatore, Italy Xiu-Min Li, USA Menachem Oberbaum, Israel Hongcai Shang, China Bi-Fong Lin, Taiwan Martin Offenbaecher, Germany Karen J. Sherman, USA Ho Lin, Taiwan Junetsu Ogasawara, Japan Ronald Sherman, USA Christopher G. Lis, USA Ki-Wan Oh, Republic of Korea Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Japan Gerhard Litscher, Austria Yoshiji Ohta, Japan Kan Shimpo, Japan I-Min Liu, Taiwan Olumayokun A. Olajide, UK Yukihiro Shoyama, Japan Yijun Liu, USA Thomas Ostermann, Germany Morry Silberstein, Australia Víctor López, Spain Siyaram Pandey, Canada Kuttulebbai N. S. Sirajudeen, Malaysia Thomas Lundeberg, Sweden Bhushan Patwardhan, India Graeme Smith, UK Filippo Maggi, Italy Berit S. Paulsen, Norway Chang-Gue Son, Republic of Korea Valentina Maggini, Italy Philip Peplow, New Zealand Rachid Soulimani, France Gail B. Mahady, USA Florian Pfab, Germany Didier Stien, France Jamal Mahajna, Israel Sonia Piacente, Italy Con Stough, Australia Juraj Majtan, Slovakia Andrea Pieroni, Italy Annarita Stringaro, Italy Francesca Mancianti, Italy Richard Pietras, USA Shan-Yu Su, Taiwan Carmen Mannucci, Italy Andrew Pipingas, Australia Barbara Swanson, USA Arroyo-Morales Manuel, Spain Jose M. Prieto, UK Giuseppe Tagarelli, Italy Fulvio Marzatico, Italy Haifa Qiao, USA Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati, Italy Marta Marzotto, Italy Waris Qidwai, Pakistan Takashi Takeda, Japan James H. McAuley, Australia Xianqin Qu, Australia Ghee T. Tan, USA Kristine McGrath, Australia E. F. Queiroz, Switzerland Hirofumi Tanaka, USA JamesS.McLay,UK Roja Rahimi, Iran Lay Kek Teh, Malaysia Lewis Mehl-Madrona, USA Khalid Rahman, UK Norman Temple, Canada Peter Meiser, Germany Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Mayank Thakur, Germany Karin Meissner, Germany Elia Ranzato, Italy Menaka C. Thounaojam, USA Albert S Mellick, Australia Ke Ren, USA Evelin Tiralongo, Australia A. G. Mensah-Nyagan, France Man Hee Rhee, Republic of Korea Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, USA Andreas Michalsen, Germany Luigi Ricciardiello, Italy Michał Tomczyk, Poland Oliver Micke, Germany Daniela Rigano, Italy Loren Toussaint, USA Roberto Miniero, Italy José L. Ríos, Spain Yew-Min Tzeng, Taiwan Dawn M. Upchurch, USA Shu-Ming Wang, USA Nobuo Yamaguchi, Japan Konrad Urech, Switzerland Yong Wang, USA Eun J. Yang, Republic of Korea Takuhiro Uto, Japan Jonathan L. Wardle, Australia Junqing Yang, China Sandy van Vuuren, South Africa Kenji Watanabe, Japan Ling Yang, China Alfredo Vannacci, Italy J. Wattanathorn, Thailand Ken Yasukawa, Japan S. Vemulpad, Australia Michael Weber, Germany Albert S. Yeung, USA Carlo Ventura, Italy Silvia Wein, Germany Armando Zarrelli, Italy Giuseppe Venturella, Italy Janelle Wheat, Australia Christopher Zaslawski, Australia Pradeep Visen, Canada Jenny M. Wilkinson, Australia Ruixin Zhang, USA Aristo Vojdani, USA D. R. Williams, Republic of Korea Marie-Geneviève Dijoux-Franca, France Dawn Wallerstedt, USA Christopher Worsnop, Australia Chong-Zhi Wang, USA Haruki Yamada, Japan Contents The Role of CAM in Public Health, Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion,CherylHawk, Jon Adams, and Jan Hartvigsen Volume2015,ArticleID528487,2pages Knowledge, Attitudes, and Usage of Apitherapy for Disease Prevention and Treatment among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Lithuania, Sonata Trumbeckaite, Jurgita Dauksiene, Jurga Bernatoniene, and Valdimaras Janulis Volume 2015, Article ID 172502, 9 pages The Effects of Guided Imagery on Patients Being Weaned from Mechanical Ventilation, LeeAnna Spiva, Patricia L. Hart, Erin Gallagher, Frank McVay, Melida Garcia, Karen Malley, Marsha Kadner, Angela Segars, Betsy Brakovich, Sonja Y. 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