Abstracts tagged "complimentary and alternative therapy"

Abstract Number: 1260 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Use and Adherence to Prescribed Western Medications in Chinese-American Rheumatology Patients
Kai Sun¹, Henghe Tian², Yuo-Yu Lee³, Jennifer Leng⁴ and Lisa Mandl⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Chinese-Americans are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the US. They often use Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), but whether that affects medication…