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New BMJ Medical Journal On Acupuncture

The BMJ Group is to begin publishing a medical journal on acupuncture from next year, it was announced today (Tuesday 11 November 2008). This will be the first complementary medicine title that the BMJ Group has published. Acupuncture in Medicine is a quarterly title, which aims to build the evidence base for acupuncture. It is currently self-published by the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS).
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11/11/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

UK Experts Warn About Untested Remedies And Issue Guide To Consumers

Medical experts from UK charities concerned about the rise in miracle cure stories, wonder drugs and so-called breakthrough therapies have teamed up to produce a guide that explains how to tell the beneficial from the bogus.
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11/11/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Herb Studied For Enlarged Prostate - Saw Palmetto Therapeutic For Urinary Symptoms?

Physician-scientists are studying an herbal supplement that might aid in reducing the symptoms of an enlarged prostate in men. Recent figures show that benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) occurs in an estimated 50 percent of men over the age of 50 and in 75 percent of men 80 and older. The research team, led by Dr. Steven A.
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11/07/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Prostate / Prostate Cancer | Trackback | Comments Off

Pycnogenol Cut Jetlag Symptoms In Half For Passengers Taking 7- To 9-hour Flights

A new study published in the journal of Minerva Cardioangiologica reveals Pycnogenol, pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces jetlag in passengers by nearly 50 percent. The two-part study, consisting of a brain CT scan and a scoring system, showed Pycnogenol lowered symptoms of jetlag such as fatigue, headaches, insomnia and brain edema (swelling) in both healthy individuals and hypertensive patients.
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11/06/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Homeopathy: New Evidence

Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet, was seriously flawed. George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at Southampton University comments: 'The review gave no indication of which trials were analysed nor of the various vital assumptions made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice.
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11/04/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Yoga Helpful For People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

A program of yoga poses, breathing and relaxation significantly reduces joint tenderness and swelling for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to research funded in part by the Arthritis Foundation and presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco.
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11/03/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Arthritis / Rheumatology | Trackback | Comments Off

Flaxseed Oil Consumption Raises Premature Birth Risk If Consumed During Last Two Trimesters

A study has found that the risks of a premature birth quadruple if flaxseed oil is consumed in the last two trimesters of pregnancy. The research was conducted by Professor Anick Bérard of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Pharmacy and the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center and Master's student Krystel Moussally. In Canada, 50 percent of pregnant women take prescription medication. Yet many of them prefer to use natural health products during the pregnancy.
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10/31/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Pregnancy / Obstetrics | Trackback | Comments Off

Few Changes In End-of-Life Preferences Over Time

Researchers studying end-of-life preferences found that those most likely to change their end-of-life wishes are individuals who say they want aggressive care and individuals who do not have advance directives (such as living wills).
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10/30/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Primary Care / General Practice | Trackback | Comments Off

New Lung Cancer Research Presented At CHEST 2008

#7725 YOUNGER PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER HAVE BETTER SURVIVAL Lung cancer in younger patients may exhibit distinct clinical features than lung cancer in older patients, including better survival rates at each disease stage. Researchers from Stanford Cancer Center in California compared disease characteristics and survival of lung cancer patients aged 15 to 39 years at diagnosis with patients aged 40 years or over at diagnosis.
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10/29/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Lung Cancer | Trackback | Comments Off

Prostate Cancer Risk Did Not Reduce With Vitamin E And Selenium

An initial independent review of data from a study looking at whether selenium and vitamin E supplements prevented prostate cancer found they had no benefit, taken either together or alone. The review of data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) was funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US and other institutes from the National Institutes of Health in the US.
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10/28/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Prostate / Prostate Cancer | Trackback | Comments Off

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