Archive for February, 2011
Acupuncture: Does the number of needles matter?
Friday, February 25th, 2011Tai chi in female computer users
Thursday, February 24th, 2011Are happy people at lower risk of heart disease?
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011Smoking cannabis to treat neuropathic pain
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011Topical arnica increases muscle pain
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011Looking for an association between vitamin D and frailty
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Vitamin D and the risk of Parkinson’s disease
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Almost everyone is deficient in vitamin D, and this deficiency is implicated in several diseases.
Now, researchers at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, in Helsinki, Finland, look for an association with Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Review: Mind-body treatments for insomnia
Monday, February 21st, 2011Failure of self-managment couseling in heart failure patients
Monday, February 21st, 2011Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago tell us, “Motivating patients with heart failure to adhere to medical advice has not translated into clinical benefit.”
They think past studies were flawed. So, in this study, they studied the value of self-management counseling + heart failure education, compared with heart failure education alone. (more…)
Raising the head of the bed to treat orthostatic hypotension
Sunday, February 20th, 2011Review: Moxibustion for rheumatic conditions
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Moxibustion, an acupuncture-like treatment, is increasingly used in the management of rheumatic conditions.
Soap and water wipes reduce infections in wrestlers
Saturday, February 19th, 2011Medscape reports from the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy that researchers at the University of Minneapolis, in Minnesota, studied high school wrestlers who used skin wipes after each match during a marathon day of wrestling.
The objective was to compare soap and water to alcohol swabs. (more…)
Effect of vegetarian diets on mood
Saturday, February 19th, 2011Vegetarian diets exclude fish, the major dietary source of fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are critical regulators of brain cell structure and function.
Researchers at Arizona State University, in Mesa, examined associations between mood and polyunsaturated fatty acid intake in vegetarian and omnivorous diets. (more…)
Benefits of music on stress after surgery
Saturday, February 19th, 2011Review: Acupuncture to treat peripheral joint osteoarthritis
Friday, February 18th, 2011St. John’s wort to treat IBS?
Friday, February 18th, 2011Here’s the rationale supporting this study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota.
St. John’s wort treats mild-to-moderate depression. Antidepressants are often used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But no one has studied the effects of St. John’s wort in patients with IBS. (more…)