A 1998 systematic review of studies assessing its prevalence in 13 countries concluded that about 31 % of cancer patients use some form of complementary and alternative medicine .< ref name = Ernst_Cassileth > Alternative medicine varies from country to country.

A systematic 2003 review of controlled clinical trials related to the Alexander Technique found two reputable studies suggesting the Alexander Technique is effective in reducing the disability of patients suffering from Parkinson ’ s disease and improving pain behaviour and disability in patients with back pain, and concluded that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of the Alexander Technique is encouraging but not convincing.

One review concluded there were no differences while another found that atypicals were " only moderately more efficacious ".

A review of studies about maintenance therapy concluded that long-term antipsychotic treatment was superior to placebo in reducing relapse in individuals with schizophrenia, although some of the studies were small.

A systematic review of CBT in depression and anxiety disorders concluded that " CBT delivered in primary care, especially including computer-or Internet-based self-help programs, is potentially more effective than usual care and could be delivered effectively by primary care therapists.

A 2001 review of 160 Cochrane systematic reviews ( excluding complementary treatments ) in the 1998 database revealed that, according to two readers, 41. 3 % concluded positive or possibly positive effect, 20 % concluded evidence of no effect, 8. 1 % concluded net harmful effects, and 21. 3 % of the reviews concluded insufficient evidence.

A review of 145 alternative medicine Cochrane reviews using the 2004 database revealed that 38. 4 % concluded positive effect or possibly positive ( 12. 4 %) effect, 4. 8 % concluded no effect, 0. 69 % concluded harmful effect, and 56. 6 % concluded insufficient evidence.

A recent review concluded that the " biogenetic law is supported by several recent studies-if applied to single characters only ".

Greenpeace rejected the accusations and challenged PIW to disclose its funders, a request rejected by then-Executive Director of PIW, Mike Hardiman, because PIW does not have 501c3 tax exempt status like Greenpeace does in the U. S. The IRS conducted an extensive review and concluded in December 2005 that Greenpeace USA continued to qualify for its tax-exempt status.

In 2010, after controversial high school shootings in 2008 prompted government review, a constitutional law committee concluded that people over the age of 20 can receive a permit for semiautomatic handguns.

A review of the literature regarding benzodiazepine hypnotic and Z drugs concluded that these drugs caused an unjustifiable risk to the individual and to public health, and lack evidence of long-term effectiveness due to tolerance.

A 2007 review that summarized current understanding of the contribution of genetic susceptibility factors to the development of sIBM concluded there is no indication that the genes responsible for the familial or hereditary conditions are involved in sIBM.

" The review then concluded, " His ' psychological curiosity ', as he terms it, depends in no slight degree on the establishment of the previous fact which we have mentioned: but the poem itself is below criticism.

A review of studies in humans concluded that the contraceptive effects of the 10 mg dose are due to its effects on ovulation, but understanding of its mechanism of action remains incomplete.

* Topiramate ( Topamax ) is not FDA approved for bipolar disorder, either ; and a 2006 Cochrane review concluded that there is insufficient evidence on which to base any recommendations regarding the use of topiramate in any phase of bipolar illness.

Scholars have pointed out the Supreme Court itself already had engaged in judicial review before Marbury, although it had not struck down the statute in question because it concluded that the statute was constitutional.

A 2006 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in their review of literature covering cohorts from many countries with a wide variety of demographics, concluded that there was no link between n − 3 fatty acids and cancer.

A 2006 review of n − 3 fatty acids found in abundance in oily fish concluded that they do not have a significant protective effect against cardiovascular disease.

For instance, a 2006 meta analysis on 14 studies concluded that there is " no discernable effect " while a 2007 systemic review of intercessory prayer reported inconclusive results, noting that 7 of 17 studies had " small, but significant, effect sizes " but the review noted that the most methodologically rigorous studies failed to produce significant findings.

The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this title shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by the Secretary of State or any other official, department, agency, or establishment of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise.

Such certification shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any other official or department, agency, or establishment of the United States.

In a periodic review, the local board on July 30, 1953, reclassified him 1-a and upheld this classification after a personal appearance by petitioner, because of his willingness to kill in defense of his church and home.

This has necessitated a continuous review and reevaluation of the defense program in order to redirect resources to the newer and more important weapons systems and to eliminate or reduce effort on weapons systems which have been overtaken by events.

To avoid passing over quiet, unaggressive teachers as well as to decide whether others merit promotion, review of the right of faculty members to promotion or salary increases should be made periodically whether or not they have been recommended for advancement by their departments.

For almost a hundred years we relied upon state courts ( subject to review by the Supreme Court ) for the protection of most rights arising under national law.

A measure passed by Congress just before adjourning softened the ruling's impact, on prior-year returns still under review, for clay-mining companies that make brick and tile products.

a review of the philosophy of Communist leaders by Ted Slack, another real estate agent who became interested as a philosophy major at the University of Miami ; ;

In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.

" Appellate review " is the general term for the process by which courts with appellate jurisdiction take jurisdiction of matters decided by lower courts.

It is distinguished from judicial review, which refers to the court's overriding constitutional or statutory right to determine if a legislative act or administrative decision is defective for jurisdictional or other reasons ( which may vary by jurisdiction ).

In most jurisdictions the normal and preferred way of seeking appellate review is by filing an appeal of the final judgment.

In Anglo-American common law courts, appellate review of lower court decisions may also be obtained by filing a petition for review by prerogative writ in certain cases.

This might be the proper standard of review, for example, if the lower court resolved the case by granting a pre-trial motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment which is usually based only upon written submissions to the trial court and not on any trial testimony.

A trial de novo is usually available for review of informal proceedings conducted by some minor judicial tribunals in proceedings that do not provide all the procedural attributes of a formal judicial trial.

A literature review by Michael McCullough and Camile Farah, published in the Australian Dental Journal in 2008, focused on a possible connection between mouthwashes that contain alcohol, and an increased risk of oral cancer.

Even the book review by the editors has more significance than the readership's reception.

Rosicrucians, in the same way of those who have had near-death experiences, speak of a life review period occurring immediately after death and before entering the afterlife's planes of existence ( before the silver cord is broken ), followed by a judgment, more akin to a Final Review or End Report over one's life.

Time magazine writer Richard Corliss was less scathing, but agreed that it was forgettable, saying that people would " forget all about movie by the time they leave the multiplex ," even joking at the end of his review that he had forgotten the film's name.

The New York Times reviewed the play saying " Mr. Davalos has molded a daft campus comedy out of this unlikely convergence ," and nytheatres review said the playwright " has imagined a fascinating alternate reality, and quite possibly, given the fictional Hamlet a back story that will inform the role for the future.

Ebbinghaus explained his scathing review by saying that he could not believe that Dilthey was advocating the status quo of structuralists like Wilhelm Wundt and Titchener and attempting to stifle psychology ’ s progress.

Spider Robinson gave the novel a mixed review, saying that while " the book reads well.

" H. G. Wells, in an unsigned review for the Pall Mall Gazette, called Earnest one of the freshest comedies of the year, saying " More humorous dealing with theatrical conventions it would be difficult to imagine.

P. Schuyler Miller gave the book a favorable review as " a first-rate historical novel of the near future ," saying " So subtly has the scientific detail been interwoven with plot and action that the reader never realizes how painstakingly it has been worked out.

Continuation Bond author Raymond Benson described Boucher's critique as " true to form " and " a tirade " as Boucher concluded his review by saying: " it is 80, 000 words long, with enough plot for 8, 000 and enough originality for 800.

GameSpot's review acknowledged the " slow start " and " too much puzzle-solving ", but concluded by saying " the game's strong points-especially its combat-overshadow whatever problems Jedi Outcast may have early on ".

In his review of The Passion of the Christ, he was quoted as saying:

Writing in The New York Times, Anthony Boucher – described by a Fleming biographer, John Pearson, as " throughout an avid anti-Bond and an anti-Fleming man " – was damning in his review, saying that From Russia, with Love was Fleming's " longest and poorest book ".

Poe had written a review of Barnaby Rudge for Graham's Magazine saying, among other things, that the raven should have served a more symbolic, prophetic purpose.

The Guardian's Betty Clarke wrote a negative review, saying that " Her cover of Roy Orbison's I Drove All Night is full of reverberating notes and sultry asides, but reveals a fundamental lack of sincerity that renders her threatening when she is trying for tender.

In its review of the film, Time wrote that McDaniel was one of the points of relief in an otherwise " grim study ," saying, " Hattie McDaniel, whose bubbling, blaring good humor more than redeems the roaring bad taste of a Harlem number called Ice Cold Katie.

His later novels, including the Book of Bebb series and Godric, received hearty praise ; in his 1980 review of Godric, Benjamin DeMott summed up a host of positive reviews, saying “ All on his own, Mr. Buechner has managed to reinvent projects of self-purification and of faith as piquant matter for contemporary fiction, producing in a single decade a quintet of books each of which is individual in concerns and knowledge, and notable for literary finish .” In 1982, author Reynolds Price greeted Buechner ’ s The Sacred Journey as “ a rich new vein for Buechner – a kind of detective autobiography ” and “ he result is a short but fascinating and, in its own terms, beautifully successful experiment .”

A review at MommyPR concluded by saying " My boys were able to preview “ The Wheel Deal ”, “ The Buster Report ”, “ Falafelosophy ” and “ The Great Lint Rush ”.

Barney Hoskyns questioned the longevity of their music in a 1996 Mojo review, saying that their records " sound more like arid experiments than music born of emotional need.

He sent an email to Surber ( still the village treasurer ), saying " Just a quick review of the MUTT book, your numbers don't add up ..." ( MUTT stands for Multi-count Uniform Traffic Ticket.

Fritz Levi, in his 1952 review in Neue Schweizer Rundschau ( New Swiss Observations ), critiqued Jung's theory of synchronicity as vague in determinability of synchronistic events, saying that Jung never specifically explained his rejection of " magic causality " to which such an acausal principle as synchronicity would be related.

In a review of the Virtual Console version of the game, IGN compared the game to the original Super Mario Bros., saying that " The Lost Levels feels a lot like a fan-made hack – with platforming challenges that are just a bit too frustrating and don't flow as well as Mario 1, and graphics that seem like a downgrade as well.

" On the movie's twentieth anniversary, Gleiberman wrote another article explaining his review, ultimately saying that although he felt he was right, he'd have given it a B today.

A review in NextGen praised the game, saying that " Torment offers the best RPG gameplay anyone can find on store shelves, hands down.

One review written when the series was released on DVD gave it average ratings, commenting that while the show was dubbed into English poorly, it commented positively on the use of characters saying, " Despite his heroic calling as a robot pilot, Akito is remarkably approachable — after all, what could be more down-to-earth than a cook?

" Another review praised the English dub, saying " I first watched this show multiple times in Japanese, but eventually gave the English dub a try and found I loved it.

He continued saying, “ That is why we are issuing a call for evidence on moving the state pension age to 66, and thereafter plan to take a frank look at the relationship between state pension age and life expectancy .” The announcement coincides with John Hutton, the former Labour minister, beginning a review of public sector pensions which is expected to recommend that staff contributions increase substantially as soon as 2011.

He finished his review by saying that " While longtime Rush fans can appreciate their debut because they never returned to this style, newcomers should stick with their classics from later years.