Archive for the ‘Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine’ Category
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Americans who are looking for alternatives to the labyrinth that is US healthcare system need look no longer. Omedtra, a medical tourism, health travel and wellness company, is helping to make affordable, care-oriented medical treatment solutions available to patients everywhere.An increasingly popular topic in America's healthcare debate, medical tourism provides ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final analysis of certain flavors of "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula" has detected hazardous amounts of chromium. On April 9, 2008, the FDA reported the dietary supplement products contained hazardous amounts of selenium in samples of "Total Body Formula" in Tropical ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
More than 175 natural products industry stakeholders from 35 states and the District of Columbia gathered on Capitol Hill for the Natural Products Association's 11th annual lobbying event, Natural Products Day. Natural Products Association members representing every component of the natural products industry educated members of Congress and their ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The Faculty of Homeopathy, the professional body for doctors and other statutorily regulated healthcare professionals who integrate homeopathy into their practice, has long held the position that homeopathic medicine should not be promoted for the prevention of malaria.It is still the case that there is no evidence to justify the ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized more than 14,000 dosage units of Shangai Regular, Shangai Ultra, Super Shangai, Natural? Super Plus, and Lady Shangai. Although labeled as natural supplements, the seized products were all marketed to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), impotency, and/or to ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Patients with active tuberculosis are more likely to be vitamin D deficient than the rest of the population. New research, presented at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Harrogate, shows that the majority of patients with tuberculosis (TB) have low levels of vitamin D, leading to the possibility ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Administrationof omega-3 fatty acid supplements did not appear to improve the rate ofrelapse in patients with Crohn's disease, according to a study releasedon April 9, 2008 in JAMA. Crohn'sDisease is a gastrointestinal disorder which is indicated bychronicinflammation of the wall of the digestive tract, usually in the ileumor large intestines. ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Hay fever is often seen as a trivial ailment but this annoying and sometimes distressing complaint now affects about 15 to 20% of the population in the UK. With spring>homeopathic medicines are available over-the-counter to help with the symptoms of hay fever (see list below). For treatment tailored to the ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
The McGill University Health Centre Research Institute and the University of Calgary in collaboration with Centennial College are launching the first-ever searchable database of outcome measures intended for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers - the IN-CAM Outcomes Database. This innovative initiative promises to improve the quality and the range ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
The Alabama Department of Public Health has been informed of an advisory from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerting consumers not to purchase or consume Total Body Formula in the flavors of Tropical Orange and Peach Nectar, or Total Body Mega Formula in the Orange/Tangerine flavor. The liquid dietary ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
A series of studies show that one of the active ingredients in Navitol contributes to promoting healthier blood circulation and heart health by improving blood vessel responsiveness and reducing systolic blood pressure. The superior blend of extracts in Navitol were carefully studied and selected to provide both specific and synergistic ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
A series of studies show that one of the active ingredients in Navitol contributes to promoting healthier blood circulation and heart health by improving blood vessel responsiveness and reducing systolic blood pressure. The superior blend of extracts in Navitol were carefully studied and selected to provide both specific and synergistic ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Adding the relaxation response, a stress-management approach, to other lifestyle interventions may significantly improve treatment of the type of hypertension most common in the elderly. Among participants in a study conducted at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hypertension Program and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at MGH, those who ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Meditation can affect certain brain regions and make people more compassionate, kind, and loving. A study by University of Wisconsin-Madison proved that meditation makes people more sensitive towards other people.Scientists examined 16 Tibetan monks who had at least 10000 hours of meditation, and 16 volunteers with no meditation experience. They ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Aromatherapy Researchers from Ohio State University studied the most popular aromatherapy scents to find out if it improves health or no.Scientists examined 56 healthy volunteers, who passed full medical exam. Some of these people have had taken aromatherapy sessions before and think it really helps. Some of them did not ...
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