Evening primrose oil and the risk of seizures
There’s a concern (here, here, and here) voiced by some reputable websites that taking evening primrose oil might make seizures...
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Safety of energy drinks
Energy drinks are consumed by 30% to 50% of adolescents and young adults. The manufacturers claim they are safe. Researchers...
Bath salts becoming illegal
This has nothing to do with taking a bath. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville,...
Effect of proton pump inhibitors on magnesium
FDA advises that prescription proton pump inhibitor drugs may cause low magnesium blood levels (hypomagnesemia) if taken, in most cases,...
Consumer Alert: Rising Sun Health
The FDA is taking action to prevent Rising Sun Health and The Center for Complimentary and Alternative Health of Livingston,...
The professor’s view of CAM and epilepsy
Dr. Steven Schachter (photo) is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He voices his view and challenges for CAM...
Treating infantile spasms with the ketogenic diet
Infantile spasm (West Syndrome) is a specific type of seizure in infants and early childhood. The ketogenic diet is a...
EEG biofeedback in treating epilepsy
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas reviewed the evidence on neurofeedback and epilepsy.
Psychological methods to treat epilepsy
Cochrane review evaluates the evidence for treating epilepsy by using psychological methods to reduce seizure frequency and improve quality of...
More tainted weight loss products
Here’s an updated list of 69 contaminated products identified by the FDA. What’s a consumer to think?
Consumer Alert: More tainted weight loss products
 Some of the weight loss products listed below claim to be “natural†or to contain only “herbal†ingredients. The FDA...
Lack of support for acupuncture in epilepsy
 That’s the conclusion by reviewers from the University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital in China in this Cochrane review.
Arsenic toxicity from Ayurvedic
Lead, mercury, and (oh yeah) arsenic intoxication have been associated with Ayurvedic herbal medicines. Here’s an account of one patent’s...
The flow and ebb of tobacco over 7 centuries
Today, it’s widely agreed that tobacco is highly addictive and linked to a long list of diseases. It wasn’t always...
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First annual Yoga Week
On May 19th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) premiered its first annual Yoga Week. Others have held yoga weeks...
Ketogenic diet improves drug-resistant epilepsy
Researchers from the Institute of Child Health in London tested the ketogenic diet in a randomized controlled trial.
The need for vitamin D in people with epilepsy
During the First North American Regional Epilepsy Congress, researchers from the University of Texas reported that men with epilepsy who...
ACT and yoga for drug-refractory epilepsy
In patients with epilepsy that does not respond to drug therapy, researchers from the University of Uppsala in Sweden reported,...
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Acupuncture for children
Researchers from Los Angeles reviewed the literature and found acupuncture holds promise but,… surprise … more research is needed. Here’s...
The risk of vitamin D deficiency in people with epilepsy
Research presented during the American Epilepsy Society 61st Annual Meeting shows that almost half of all people with epilepsy are...