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Enhancing Adolescents’ Health By Simple, Low-Cost Steps

Simple, low-cost measures such as wearing a pedometer to inspire walking and spending a few minutes a day meditating can put adolescents on the track toward better health, researchers report. These types of side-effect-free steps can quickly help lower important numbers like blood pressure, heart rate and even weight, counteracting today's unhealthy, upward trends among young people, said Dr...
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03/16/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness | Trackback | Comments Off

Vitamin D Levels Have Different Effects On Atherosclerosis In Blacks And Whites

Vitamin D is quickly becoming the "go-to" remedy for treating a wide range of illnesses, from osteoporosis to atherosclerosis. However, new evidence from a Wake Forest University School of Medicine study suggests that supplementing vitamin D in those with low levels may have different effects based on patient race and, in black individuals, the supplement could actually do harm...
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03/16/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Bones / Orthopedics | Trackback | Comments Off

Tiger Bones Rejected By Chinese Medicine Societies Ahead Of CITES Conference

WWF and TRAFFIC welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife. The statement was made at a symposium Friday in Beijing and notes that some of the claimed medicinal benefits of tiger bone have no basis...
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03/15/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Seaweed Extract May Hold Promise For Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treatment

Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010...
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03/11/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma | Trackback | Comments Off

Coromega(R) Sweetens Adult Omega-3 Supplement Line

Premier supplements maker Coromega® today unveiled Coromega Omega3 + Vitamin D, a delicious squeeze supplement that provides a daily dose of omega-3s with added vitamin D3, and Coromega Omega3 Fruit Gummies, a high-DHA chewable gummy supplement for the kid in everyone...
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03/11/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Massage Eases Anxiety, But No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does

A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both...
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03/10/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Anxiety / Stress | Trackback | Comments Off

British Fertility Society Issues New Guidelines On The Use Of Acupuncture And Chinese Herbal Medicine In Fertility Treatment, UK

The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines in the journal Human Fertility on the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in fertility treatment. The guidelines found that there is currently no evidence that having acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine treatment around the time of assisted conception increases the likelihood of subsequent pregnancy...
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03/10/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Fertility | Trackback | Comments Off

Reducing Pain In Hospitalized Patients Using Non-Drug Techniques

Non-traditional therapies relieve pain among a wide range of hospitalized patients as much as 50 percent, according to a first-of-a-kind study in the Journal of Patient Safety...
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03/08/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Pain / Anesthetics | Trackback | Comments Off

Transcendental Meditation Activates Default Mode Network, The Brain’s Natural Ground State

A new EEG study conducted on college students at American University found they could more highly activate the default mode network, a suggested natural "ground state" of the brain, during their practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique...
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03/06/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Acupuncture May Relieve Joint Pain Caused By Some Breast Cancer Treatments

A new study, led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective therapy for joint pain and stiffness in breast cancer patients who are being treated with commonly used hormonal therapies. Results were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
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03/05/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Breast Cancer | Trackback | Comments Off

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