Acupuncture for nausea and vomiting: where do we go from here?
An earlier entry noted that updated guidelines for managing nausea and vomiting following surgery include acupuncture. Five minutes of manual...
What you need to know about trans fats
I noticed there are lots of entries on this blog about trans fatty acids, but no summary of what they...
KFC dumps trans fats
As New York City debates the pros and cons of mandating an end to trans fats in its restaurants, Kentucky...
Gum chewing vs acupressure wrist bracelet to shorten postcolectomy ileus
A surgical procedure called a colonectomy removes part or all of the large intestine. A common side effect of this...
Ginger to prevent seasickness
Motion sickness (or seasickness) is a common response to real and perceived movement through the environment. On a recent cruise...
Hot flashes: No sweat?
Adriane Fugh-Berman, associate professor in the complementary medicine program at Georgetown University has chronicled the lack of good treatment alternatives...
Study reports that chlorella improves antibody response to flu vaccine
OK, but unfortunately the study stopped short of determining if this supplement protected older people from actually getting the flu.
Saw palmetto withdrawn from the market in Denmark
In February, the Danish Ministry for Family and Consumer Affairs withdrew food supplements containing saw palmetto because of concerns about...
Stem cell research: an informed point of view
Lot?s of talk about stem cell research from Michael J. Fox, and Rush Limbaugh. This informed perspective from Dr. Mary...
New view on the risk of skin cancer from UVA
Now that new UVA blockers are being marketed, it’s not surprising to see more research in this area. The UVA...
Transcendental meditation for heart disease
An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that trancendental meditation (also known as TM) may alter the physiological...
Is acupuncture effective treatment for “hot flashes”?
When The Washington Post published an article (discussed here) reporting the negative results from a study of acupuncture and other...
Four reviews of omega-3 fatty acids: lipids, asthma, retinitis pigmentosa, and cancer
The literature reviews keep piling up. Here are the take home messages from 4 literature reviews of omega-3 fatty acids...
A prebiotic reduces the incidence of atopic dermatitis in high-risk infants
For the first time prebiotics lowered the risk atopic dermatitis in a high-risk population of infants. More than 200 infants...
Ayurvedic drug reported effective to treat osteoarthritis of the knee
RA-11 (Artrex, Mendar) is a standardized multiplant Ayurvedic drug that contains Withania somnifera, Boswellia serrata, Zingiber officinale, and Curcuma longa....
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The use of CAM among poor Central Americans
Reported earlier on the site was a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found that 36%...
Are you ready to eat cloned meat?
The Washington Post reports that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals...
Companies switch from trans fats: Have you noticed a difference?
Two years ago Denmark made it illegal for any food to have more than 2% trans fatty acids. The result?...
ConsumerLab reviews CoQ10
The good news is that all 36 products tested had the claimed ingredients. But the doses varied from 15 mg...
Good news for genetically modified cotton
Here is an update to an earlier post that chronicled a problem with genetically engineered cotton in China where it...