ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews various geriatric topics within the field of rehabilitation as it pertains to the use of complementary and alternative medicine that may be helpful when optimizing function, or so as to delay neuropsychiatric or physiological degenerative processes. How one perceives his or her well-being, or lack thereof, is called quality of life. A double-blind randomized study of colorectal cancer survivors 56.18 ± 0.86 years old were supplemented probiotics twice daily for 12 weeks with a significant improvement in irritable bowel symptoms, fatigue- and colorectal cancer-related quality of life, and functional well-being scores. A randomized prospective trial on supplementation with eicosapentaenoic acid in 46 patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer on paclitaxel and cisplatin/carboplatin treatment showed that patients receiving the supplement gained lean body mass, as well as had decreases in fatigue, loss of appetite, and neuropathy.
