Breaking news on complementary medicine
Massage Found To Reduce Inflammation Following Strenuous Exercise published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Most athletes can testify to the pain-relieving, recovery-promoting effects of massage. Now there's a scientific basis that supports booking a session with a massage therapist: On the cellular level massage reduces inflammation and promotes the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle...
Pomegranate Seed Oil For Menopause No Better Than Placebo published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
Women who took pomegranate seed oil pills to relieve symptoms of the menopause, such as hot flashes, were found to receive no significantly better benefits than those who were given a placebo pill which contained sunflower oil, researchers from the Medical University of Vienna wrote in the journal Menopause...
Traditional Chinese Medicine Makes Fertility Treatments Far More Effective, TAU Researchers Discover published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations and acupuncture...
Migraine - The Enigma Of Trial Results published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
In order to find out the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines, a team of investigators carried out a randomized controlled human trial. 480 individuals at 9 hospitals in China who experienced migraines for over one year, with two or three migraines in the 3 months prior to the investigation, were enrolled to participate in the study...
Difficulties In Treating Migraines Highlighted By Two Randomized Controlled Trials published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST
Acupuncture and sham acupuncture appear equally effective in treating migraines, according to a clinical trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). An international team of researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines in 480 patients at nine hospitals in China...
Chinese Herbal Medicine May Provide Novel Treatment For Alcohol Abuse published
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms...
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Depression, UT Southwestern Psychiatrists Report published
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. It is believed to be the largest such investigation ever undertaken. Low levels of vitamin D already are associated with a cavalcade of health woes from cardiovascular diseases to neurological ailments...
Scientists Examine Toxicity Of Medicinal Plants In Peru published
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Many developing countries rely on traditional medicine as an accessible and affordable treatment option for human maladies. However, until now, scientific data has not existed to evaluate the potential toxicity of medicinal plant species in Peru. Scientists from the William L. Brown Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St...
JAMA Commentary Contends Vitamin Therapy Can Still Reduce Stroke published
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
A commentary by Dr. David Spence of The University of Western Ontario and Dr. Meir Stampfer of the Harvard School of Public Health in today's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) argues that vitamin therapy still has a role to play in reducing stroke. Vitamin B therapy was once widely used to lower homocysteine levels...
Acupuncture Reduces Protein Linked To Stress In First Of Its Kind Animal Study published
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Acupuncture significantly reduces levels of a protein in rats linked to chronic stress, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found. They say their animal study may help explain the sense of well-being that many people receive from this ancient Chinese therapy...
Tuberculosis - How Effective Is Cod Liver Oil? published
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:00:00 PST
In the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today, Professor Sir Malcolm Green explains: "a review of a historical study from 1848 reveals that cod liver oil was an effective treatment for tuberculosis." 1,077 individuals with consumption (tuberculosis) were enrolled to participate in the study conducted by physicians at the Hospital for Consumption, Chelsea (now the Royal Brompton Hospital)...
Vitamin D For Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, And Bone Fracture Protection? Evidence Is Lacking published
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
Does vitamin D supplementation protect people from bone fractures, cancer and cardiovascular disease? Researchers wrote in Annals of Internal Medicine in two separate articles that so far there is no compelling evidence to support any of these claims. Article 1 - studies have indicated that vitamin D supplementation may play a role in reducing the risk of developing cancer and bone fractures...
Safety Assessment Of Botanical Ingredients Of Concern In Plant Food Supplements published
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:00:00 PST
While many consumers equal 'natural' with 'safe', botanicals and botanical preparations such as plant food supplements may contain compounds, like the so called alkenylbenzenes, that are of concern for human health. At high doses these chemical compounds can cause liver cancer in experimental animals...
FDA Takes Legal Action Against Dietary Supplement Maker In Pennsylvania published
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST
The FDA has for the first time taken legal action against a dietary supplement manufacturer and owner, which has substituted ingredients and products and failed to note the changes on the final product labels. The U.S...
FDA Approves First Supplemental Test For Chagas Disease published
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PST
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first test for use as an additional, more specific test on human serum or plasma specimens found to be positive for antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). T. cruzi causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection. The test, called the ABBOTT ESA Chagas [Trypanosoma cruzi (E...
Acupuncture For Kids Relatively Safe, If Practitioner Is Well Qualified published
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST
Using acupuncture to treat children is generally safe as long as the practitioner is properly trained, researchers from the University of Alberta, Canada, reported in the journal Pediatrics. Even when adverse events associated with acupuncture were detected, they were mostly mild in severity, the authors added...
No Double Standards For Natural Health Products published
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST
Natural health products and medicinal foods should be subject to the same regulations as pharmaceutical drugs to ensure safety and efficacy, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
Acupuncture Can Prevent Radiation-Induced Chronic Dry Mouth published
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST
When given alongside radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, acupuncture has shown for the first time to reduce the debilitating side effect of xerostomia, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center...
Chronic Back Pain Sufferers Benefit From Yoga published
Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST
Yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods, according to the UK's largest ever study into the benefits of yoga...
Largest US Yoga Study To Date Finds Yoga Eases Back Pain published
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:00:00 PST
Yoga classes were linked to better back-related function and diminished symptoms from chronic low back pain in the largest U.S. randomized controlled trial of yoga to date, published by the Archives of Internal Medicine as an "Online First" article on October 24. But so were intensive stretching classes...
Can Aromatherapy Produce Harmful Indoor Air Pollutants? published
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PST
Spas that offer massage therapy using fragrant essential oils, called aromatherapy, may have elevated levels of potentially harmful indoor air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ultrafine particles, according to an article in Environmental Engineering Science, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...
Ginger Root Worth Investigating As Potential Colon Cancer Preventer published
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:00:00 PST
Ginger root supplement is worth investigating as a potential strategy for colon cancer prevention, according to a phase II study published in the 11 October issue of Cancer Prevention Research...
Chinese Mushrooms Compound Aids Cancer Drug Effectiveness published
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:00:00 PST
According to study published in the journal Cancer Research, wild, poisonous mushrooms growing in a Southwest China forest carry a compound that seems to be effective in helping a cancer killing drug live up to its promise. Dr...
Orthopaedic Surgery Patients At Risk Of Dangerous Drug Interactions If Taking Herbal Supplements published
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PST
Complementary and alternative medical (CAM) treatments such as herbal supplements have become increasingly popular in the United States, especially among older patients and those with chronic pain...
Ginger Root Supplement Reduced Colon Inflammation Markers published
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PST
Ginger supplements reduced markers of colon inflammation in a select group of patients, suggesting that this supplement may have potential as a colon cancer prevention agent, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Suzanna M. Zick, N.D., M.P.H...
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