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Heavy metals warning for ayurvedic herbs is a distraction from the real threats to your health
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 27 05
The headlines were recently ablaze with warnings about Ayurvedic herbal products. A survey of such herbal remedies sourced from India and Pakistan found that…
Yoga helps concentration, improves health
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 20 05
Relaxing as quickly as possible might sound contradictory, but Kris Ladau’s yoga students spend up to an hour a day, three days a week…
More research needed on alternative therapies - IOM report
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 13 05
More research is needed to show that alternative therapies such as acupuncture and herbal supplements work, and this may mean changing laws that protect…
Acupuncture improves osteoarthritis, trial shows
• Alternative Medicine • Dec 20 04
Acupuncture added to conventional therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee improves function and reduces pain, according to a clinical trial conducted at the University…
Acupuncture aids pain relief for knee arthritis
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 19 04
Symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee are eased more when acupuncture is added to treatment with the painkiller diclofenac, Spanish researchers report.
Benefits include…
Alternative Medicine: Loss
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 11 04
Time is the great healer of grief. Loss is one experience we have all had and come out of with either emotional scars or…
Vitality - Herbal remedies for the common cold
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 11 04
The common cold is an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and often caused by viral infection. This is the most common disease seen…
Herbs, lifestyle changes may aid prostate
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 10 04
Men who are bothered by symptoms of an enlarged prostate may find some relief in certain herbal remedies and simple lifestyle changes, according to…
Better than Botox? New York women try acupuncture
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 04 04
Sticking needles in your ankles might not seem like an obvious way to rid your face of wrinkles, but for Barbara Leivent, it’s better…
Acupuncture may help kids’ nasal allergies
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 02 04
Acupuncture does seem to help lessen the misery of chronic nasal allergies in children as young as 6, a new study indicates.
Hong Kong…
Herbal medicine eases dementia
• Alternative Medicine • Oct 26 04
An herbal medicine used in Asia for 2,000 years can reduce the impact of dementia, a small study suggests.
After 16 people took the…
Herbal therapy can interfere with prescription drugs
• Alternative Medicine • Sep 27 04
A long-used herbal drug taken to lower cholesterol may interfere with nearly 60 percent of all prescription drugs, including the popular anti-cholesterol drugs called…
Stem cells save vision in mice with retinal malady
• Alternative Medicine • Sep 15 04
Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
In mice that develop the…
S’pore to host congress on alternative medicine
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 31 04
FOREIGN and local experts will attend an inaugural scientific congress on alternative medicine here next year, with topics as cutting edge as DNA profiling…
Acupuncture now in a pill
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 31 04
A Singapore government-backed biotechnology firm says it is on track to developing an acupuncture pill, claiming to have put the traditional Asian method of…
Chinese herbs hold little benefit for hepatitis C
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 05 04
A Chinese herbal treatment often used to treat hepatitis in Asia does not appear to reduce liver inflammation or improve quality of life in…
U.S. approves leeches for therapy
• Alternative Medicine • Jun 29 04
Blood-sucking leeches - used for thousands of years in medicine - now have the U.S. government’s approval as a tool for healing skin grafts…
WHO warns on unsafe use of alternative medicines
• Alternative Medicine • Jun 23 04
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday sounded the alarm about the unregulated and often unsafe use of alternative medicines ranging from acupuncture to…
Yet more evidence Echinacea does not fight colds
• Alternative Medicine • Jun 14 04
Taking 300 milligrams per day of Echinacea at the first sign of a cold appears to do little to reduce symptoms or speed recovery,…
Acupuncture “minimally” helpful for breathlessness
• Alternative Medicine • Jun 01 04
A standardized acupuncture technique is only marginally better than placebo treatment for people with disabling breathlessness that is not a result of cancer, according…
Most Americans use alternative medicine - report
• Alternative Medicine • May 30 04
Nearly two-thirds of American adults use some form of complementary or alternative medicine ranging from prayer to herbs, a U.S. government survey showed on…
How to Use Homeopathic Remedies
• Alternative Medicine • May 29 04
Self-care with homeopathy for moderate, short-term illnesses and injuries can be rewarding. A correctly-chosen remedy can work gently and efficiently to relieve discomfort and…
What is Homeopathy?
• Alternative Medicine • May 29 04
Homeopathy is a non-toxic system of medicine used to treat illness and relieve discomfort of a wide variety of health conditions.
It is…
Computers miss errors in drug prescribing: study
• Alternative Medicine • May 27 04
Computers have reduced medical errors by making prescriptions clearer and more legible but some do not warn doctors of potentially deadly problems, British researchers…
What is APITHERAPY ?
• Alternative Medicine • May 27 04
Apitherapy is the medical use of honeybee products. This can include the use of honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom.
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