Parents as a risk factor for poor asthma control
Telephone interviews conducted by researchers at Boston University in Massachusetts point to parents as a significant contributor to poor asthma...
Prompted voiding for urinary incontinence
Researchers from the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota reviewed treatments for nursing home residents with urinary incontinence. Prompted voiding...
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American Academy of Pediatrics’ position on CAM
The Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine has published a review of everything a pediatrician ever wanted to know...
Supplements and prostate health
Is there benefit in prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostatitis?
Is it risky taking antioxidants during cancer treatment?
Researchers from Columbia University in New York City looked at the evidence in breast cancer patients.
No human evidence that aequorin prevents dementia
A company called Quincy Bioscience sells a product containing aequorin (Prevagen) that it promotes as “the first supplement to address...
The role of exercise in migraine treatment
Researchers from the University for Regensburg in Bayern, Germany reviewed the evidence.
Chest physiotherapy after upper abdominal surgery
 Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil evaluated the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy during the immediate postoperative period...
Short sleep duration and coronary artery calcification
Coronary artery calcification is the accumulation of calcified fatty deposits on the inside of the arteries that supply blood to...
1 year on the Mediterranean diet
Researchers in the PREDIMED (Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea) Study in Spain report a reduction in the prevalence of the metabolic...
Traditional Indian medicine for HIV/AIDS
Reviewers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland assessed the quality of scientific articles on traditional Indian...
Caution: Moisturizing creams in breast cancer patients
 Dr. Adrienne Olson of Breastlink in Rancho Palos Verdes, California reported during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium that breast...
Yoga benefits in healthy pregnant women
 Researchers from Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation in Bangalore, India measured the effect of yoga on perceived stress.
Lack of evidence for aromatherapy in dementia
 That’s the conclusion by reviewers from Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Kent, UK.
Ginkgo biloba interacts with midazolam
In addition to interacting with midazolam (Versed for sedation and anxiety), researchers from the FDA and the NIH studied ginkgo’s...
Omega-3 and cardiovascular disease
 Based on studies in tens of thousands of patients, researchers from New Orleans and Baltimore suggest daily targets for treatment...
Cost-effectiveness of natural supplements
 Researchers from the University of Toronto, in Ontario reviewed the evidence.
Black cohosh to manage menopausal symptoms
Reviewers from the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Jacksonville assessed the evidenced.
Benefits of massage on pregnancy and infants
Researchers from the University of Miami Medical School, in Florida reported benefits in mothers and their offspring.
Does pomegranate interact with blood thinners?
 In this patient, it appears there was greater “blood thinning” effect when pomegranate was taken with warfarin (Coumadin), according...