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Acupuncture Helps Ease Side Effects And Symptoms Of Some Cancers published
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects -- such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting -- associated with a variety of cancers and their treatments...
Why Fish Oils Work Swimmingly Against Diabetes published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. The discovery could lead to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions...
Medicinal Cannabis Review Highlights Dilemmas Facing Healthcare Professionals published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Nurses have a responsibility to respect and support patients who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, but must stay within the law and follow professional guidance at all times, according to a research review in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing...
Oral Supplements Enhance Effectiveness Of Botox Injections published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections made the toxin more effective in 93 percent of patients tested in a recent study at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr...
NPA Advocates For Dietary Supplement Industry To Supreme Court published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is filing an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the dietary supplement industry against an overreaching and potentially damaging decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v...
FDA Warns Consumers To Avoid TimeOut Capsules published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take TimeOut Capsules because it contains an active drug ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure. The product is marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement. TimeOut is labeled as "100% natural" and consumers may mistakenly assume the product is harmless and poses no health risk...
Vitamin D Linked To Autoimmune And Cancer Disease Genes, Underscoring Risks Of Deficiency published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Vitamin D insufficiency is a risk factor for a number of diseases and thus, is a growing concern worldwide, as approximately one billion people may be vitamin D deficient. However, the biological basis for vitamin D deficiency predisposing to disease is poorly understood...
New Study Finds New Connection Between Yoga And Mood published
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that yoga may be superior to other forms of exercise in its positive effect on mood and anxiety. The findings, which currently appear on-line at Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, is the first to demonstrate an association between yoga postures, increased GABA levels and decreased anxiety...
With Muscle-Building Treatment, Mice Live Longer Even As Tumors Grow published
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
In the vast majority of patients with advanced cancer, their muscles will gradually waste away for reasons that have never been well understood. Now, researchers reporting in the August 20 issue of Cell, a Cell Press Publication, have found some new clues and a way to reverse that process in mice...
UV-B Treatment May Improve Psoriasis And Vitamin D Levels published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Treatment with narrow-band UV-B rays may increase serum levels of vitamin D in the wintertime while clearing psoriasis, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Psoriasis affects 1.5 percent to 3 percent of the population, according to background information in the article...
Taking Nutritional Supplements To Reduce Cancer Risk: What You Should Know published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Men and women should educate themselves and use caution before taking nutritional supplements to reduce their cancer risks, according to experts at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center...
Can Vitamin D Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes? published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Researchers from the University of Glasgow, University of Bristol, University College London, and St George's, University of London have been awarded a £195,000 grant by Diabetes UK to investigate whether vitamin D has a role in reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes...
1,800 Year-Old Chinese Herbal Remedy Reduced Toxicity And Boosted Effect Of Chemotherapy published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
A new study led by Yale University in the US found that an ancient four-herb Chinese herbal remedy first described 1,800 years ago reduced gastrointestinal toxicity and boosted the antitumor effect of the chemotherapy drug CPT-11 (irinotecan) in mice with colon cancer. A paper on the study was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on 18 August...
Tai Chi Found To Significantly Alleviate Fibromyalgia Symptoms published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA reveal that a significant number of patients with fibromyalgia responded well to Tai Chi, experiencing alleviation of joint pains and other symptoms. The study is published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)...
Chinese Herbs Offer Novel Diabetes Hope published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Emodin, a natural product that can be extracted from various Chinese herbs including Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum, shows promise as an agent that could reduce the impact of type 2 diabetes...
Special Yoga Classes Aimed At Breast Cancer Survivors Improves Recovery published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
University of Alberta research fellow Amy Speed-Andrews has examined how a specialized Iyengar yoga program for women currently in treatment for breast cancer, and who have completed treatment, makes a difference in their recovery...
Acupuncture Not Superior To Sham Acupuncture In Knee Osteoarthritis published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center determined patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who are treated with traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) do not experience any more benefit than those receiving sham acupuncture (placebo). The team did find that the communication style of the acupuncturist could have a significant effect on pain reduction and satisfaction in patients...
Brain Connectivity Boosted By IBMT Meditation published
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Just 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate behavior in accordance with their goals, researchers report...
Yoga Benefits Women With Gynaecological Cancers published
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Women who have had gynaecological cancer are invited to learn more about how yoga can benefit them at Yeovil District Hospital later this month. The GOSSIP patient support group provides advice and information for women with gynaecological cancer...
EZVille, Ltd. Issues A Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Revivexxx® Extra Strength Found To Contain An Undeclared Drug Ingredient published
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:00:00 PDT
EZVille, Ltd. of Ronkonkoma, NY, has been informed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that FDA lab analysis of Revivexxx® Extra Strength distributed by the company was found to contain undeclared tadalafil. Tadalafil is an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of male Erectile Dysfunction (ED), making Revivexxx® Extra Strength an unapproved drug...
Homeopathy Associated With Dramatic Reduction In Leptospirosis Infection In Cuban Population published
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A report of the largest study of homeopathy ever undertaken, based on data from over 11 million people (the entire population of Cuba), is published in the journal Homeopathy.1 It provides fascinating evidence that a highly dilute substance, prepared according to homeopathic principles, may contribute to the prevention of Leptospirosis...
Faith Healing: Study Finds Proximity Could Be Key To Success Of Healing Prayer published
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Findings reported from a new international study of healing prayer suggest that prayer for another person's healing just might help -- especially if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for. Candy Gunther Brown, an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, led the study of "proximal intercessory prayer" for healing...
Consumer Reports Article Is An Attack On Supplements, Says The Natural Products Association published
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
The Natural Products Association has issued the following statement concerning the September 2010 issue of Consumer Reports magazine: The latest edition of Consumer Reports is an attack on dietary supplements -- including a call for additional regulation of the industry -- that presents a far from balanced and accurate representation of the industry or the laws that regulate it...
Analysis Suggesting Calcium Increases Heart Attack Risk Flawed, Says NPA published
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
On July 29, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a meta-analysis on the effects of calcium supplements on the risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events. The study's results have been reported in the general media. The study's conclusion suggested that calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart attack. In response to the story, Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D...
Results Of Pilot Study Published In Journal Music And Medicine Reveal The Listening Program Helps Children With Down Syndrome Improve Speech Skills published
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Advanced Brain Technologies announced results demonstrating that a modified music program followed for ten weeks, improved speech skills in children with Down syndrome. The results of the study, conducted in Nottingham, United Kingdom, were published Monday, in an early online before print version of the article scheduled to appear in the journal Music and Medicine(i)...
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