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Alternative Medicine Headlines
Botanical Formula Effective In Treating Prostate Cancer
A study published online in The International Journal of Oncology reports findings from a team of scientists at Indiana University, Methodist Research Institute, who examined a botanical formula containing botanical extracts, phytonutrients, botanically-enhanced medicinal mushrooms, and antioxidants, that kills aggressive prostate cancer tumors...
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Women Show A Preference For Non-Medical Approaches To Treat Menopausal Symptoms
Menopausal women prefer non-medical treatment for their symptoms and want more support from their GP and partner, finds a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This community based study looked at 4407 women aged 45 to 54 living in north east Scotland...
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Omega-3 Slows Down Retinitis Pigmentosa Progression
A report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that adults with retinitis pigmentosa who took vitamin A supplements over a period of four to six years, showed slower decline in annual rates of distance and retinal visual acuities by consuming a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids...
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Tai Chi Helps Parkinson's Patients
Mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease patients who practice Tai Chi were found to experience significant benefits, including better posture, fewer falls, and improved walking ability, researchers from the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Soy Isoflavone Supplementation Not Effective In Breast Cancer Protection
A study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reveals that breast cancer cell proliferation was not lowered with soy isoflavone supplements in a randomized human trial. Isoflavone are components of soy foods believed to have anti-estrogen activity...
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
The Risk Of Colon Cancer Could Be Reduced By Regular Use Of Vitamin And Mineral Supplements
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Massage Found To Reduce Inflammation Following Strenuous Exercise
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...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Pomegranate Seed Oil For Menopause No Better Than Placebo
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...
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Traditional Chinese Medicine Makes Fertility Treatments Far More Effective, TAU Researchers Discover
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...
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Migraine - The Enigma Of Trial Results
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...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Difficulties In Treating Migraines Highlighted By Two Randomized Controlled Trials
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...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Chinese Herbal Medicine May Provide Novel Treatment For Alcohol Abuse
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...
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Depression, UT Southwestern Psychiatrists Report
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...
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Scientists Examine Toxicity Of Medicinal Plants In Peru
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...
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
JAMA Commentary Contends Vitamin Therapy Can Still Reduce Stroke
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...
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Acupuncture Reduces Protein Linked To Stress In First Of Its Kind Animal Study
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...
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Tuberculosis - How Effective Is Cod Liver Oil?
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)...
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Vitamin D For Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, And Bone Fracture Protection? Evidence Is Lacking
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...
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Safety Assessment Of Botanical Ingredients Of Concern In Plant Food Supplements
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...
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
FDA Takes Legal Action Against Dietary Supplement Maker In Pennsylvania
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...
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
FDA Approves First Supplemental Test For Chagas Disease
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...
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Acupuncture For Kids Relatively Safe, If Practitioner Is Well Qualified
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...
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
No Double Standards For Natural Health Products
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)...
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Acupuncture Can Prevent Radiation-Induced Chronic Dry Mouth
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...
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
Chronic Back Pain Sufferers Benefit From Yoga
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...
Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST - Source:MedNewsToday
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