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ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 • VOL. 21, NO. 1 • $14.95 Feldenkrais Method-based Exercise Improves Quality of Life in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease • The Relevance of Using the C3d/Immunoglobulin G Test in Clinical Intervention • Pharmacists’ Interventions to Improve Control and Management in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus • The Therapeutic Effect and Possible Harm of Puerarin for Treatment of Stage III Diabetic Nephropathy • Conversations—Paul G. Harch, MD Editorial—The Gut, Intestinal Permeability, and Autoimmunity

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ALTERNATIVE THERAPIESI N H E A L T H A N D M E D I C I N E

A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 • VOL. 21, NO. 1 • $14.95

Feldenkrais Method-based Exercise Improves Quality of Life in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease • The Relevance of Using

the C3d/Immunoglobulin G Test in Clinical Intervention • Pharmacists’ Interventions to Improve Control and

Management in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus • The Therapeutic Effect and Possible Harm of Puerarin for Treatment of Stage III

Diabetic Nephropathy • Conversations—Paul G. Harch, MD • Editorial—The Gut, Intestinal Permeability, and Autoimmunity

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x ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, JAN/FEB 2015 VOL. 21, 1 3Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTSJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015, VOL. 21, NO. 1

6 The Gut, Intestinal Permeability, and Autoimmunity Andrew W. Campbell, MD

8 Feldenkrais Method-based Exercise Improves Quality of Life in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease: A Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial Lavinia Teixeira-Machado, PT, PhD; Fernanda M. Araújo, PT, MSc; Fabiane A. Cunha, PT; Mayara Menezes, PT; Thainá Menezes, PT; Josimari Melo DeSantana, PT, PhD

16 The Relevance of Using the C3d/Immunoglobulin G Test in Clinical Intervention Damian P. Clarke, MD; Cheryl Burdette, ND; Gez Agolli, MD, PhD; Brent Dorval, PhD; Antoinette Gaston, PhD; Scott Chesla, PhD

28 Literature Review: Pharmacists’ Interventions to Improve Control and Management in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mohamed Azmi Hassali, BPharm, MPharm, PhD; Saeed Ur Rashid Nazir, BPharm, MPhil, MBA, PhD; Fahad Saleem, BPharm, MPhil, MBA, PhD; Imran Masood BPharm, MBA, PhD

36 The Therapeutic Effect and Possible Harm of Puerarin for Treatment of Stage III Diabetic Nephropathy: A Meta-analysis Bin Wang, PhD; Shibo Chen, PhD; Xiufeng Yan, PhD; Mingdi Li, PhD; Daqi Li, MD; Pin Lv, MD; Guixiang Ti, MD

46 Paul G. Harch, MD: The Genetically Modulated Healing Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Interview by Craig Gustafson

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ALTERNATIVE THERAPIESI N H E A L T H A N D M E D I C I N E

REVIEW ARTICLE

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

META-ANALYSIS

CONVERSATIONS