Archive for the 'Complememntary & Alternative Medicine' Category


NPA Advocates For Dietary Supplement Industry To Supreme Court

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...
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08/30/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

FDA Warns Consumers To Avoid TimeOut Capsules

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...
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08/26/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

New Study Finds New Connection Between Yoga And Mood

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...
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08/21/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Anxiety / Stress | Trackback | Comments Off

UV-B Treatment May Improve Psoriasis And Vitamin D Levels

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...
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08/20/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Eczema / Psoriasis | Trackback | Comments Off

Can Vitamin D Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?

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...
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08/19/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Diabetes | Trackback | Comments Off

1,800 Year-Old Chinese Herbal Remedy Reduced Toxicity And Boosted Effect Of Chemotherapy

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...
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08/19/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Tai Chi Found To Significantly Alleviate Fibromyalgia Symptoms

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)...
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08/19/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Fibromyalgia | Trackback | Comments Off

Chinese Herbs Offer Novel Diabetes Hope

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...
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08/19/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Diabetes | Trackback | Comments Off

Special Yoga Classes Aimed At Breast Cancer Survivors Improves Recovery

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...
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08/19/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Breast Cancer | Trackback | Comments Off

Vitamin D Linked To Autoimmune And Cancer Disease Genes, Underscoring Risks Of Deficiency

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...
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08/18/2010 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Immune System / Vaccines | Trackback | Comments Off

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