riety of complementary therapies. For example, Dey reports that acupuncture, dietary control, physical exercises, and breathing exercises, when used conjointly as alternative therapies for diabetes (along with medical treatments) can actually increase the degree to which medical treatment is successful.
One testimony of sorts to the positive outcomes of massage as a complementary treatment in diabetes is the fact that its use for patients with diabetes is growing. This can be seen in a study conducted by Egede, Xiabou, Zheng and Silverstein (2002) which compared the prevalence and pattern of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in individuals with and without diabetes and identified factors associated with complementary therapies.
Egede, Xiabou, Zheng and Silverstein (2002) reported that multiple logistic regression used to dete
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