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Consumer Alert: Miracle Mineral Supplement aka MMS
This product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm. Swallowing doses of this bleach,...
The reality of herbal supplement contamination
Adulteration of herbal products is common and a threat to consumer safety. Researchers from Canada and India are the latest...
Does water really improve health?
First lady, Michelle Obama tells us that drinking more water will improve the health of kids and all Americans. Really?...
Use of tanning beds by Caucasian women
The tanning industry is a thriving, largely unregulated $2 billion industry. Researchers on The New England Journal of Medicine Journal...
Too fat to live in New Zealand
If campaigns to promote more healthful eating are ineffective, how else might society address the obesity epidemic? MailOnline reports that...
Tanning beds to treat psoriasis?
In a recent post on the National Psoriasis Foundation discussion board, a patient stated that the dermatologist recommended “that I...
Consumers’ thoughts on pharmacists regarding complementary meds
Researchers at the University of South Australia, in Adelaide, explored consumer expectations, perceptions, and satisfaction of their pharmacist.
Expanding the list of drugs that interact with grapefruit juice
Dr. David Bailey from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, reported the “grapefruit effect” more than 15 years...
Update: Prevalence of CAM use
Researchers at the University of Sheffield, in the UK, updated previous systematic reviews.
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Reducing the rate and risk of falling
Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall each year. This Cochrane review updates...
Contaminated and adulterated herbals
Prof. Ernst and colleagues reviewed the evidence and they aren’t sanguine.
The end of tanning parlors
In the ‘70s, commercial tanning beds were introduced. In less than 3 decades, over half of adults in northern Europe...
What’s trending now in visits to homeopaths
Two recent studies report marked differences in the use of homeopathy. First, homeopathy in the US.
Smart acupuncture
Fast Company reports that a new system links to a readout and shows how much electrical activity the needles are...
Consumer alert: Reumofan Plus
FDA is warning consumers that Reumofan Plus, marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief and other serious conditions,...
Adverse response to exercise
Dr. Claude Bouchard and colleagues from around the US and Finland tell us that people differ in their response to...
Bath salts becoming illegal
This has nothing to do with taking a bath. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville,...
Consumer Alert: “Bath Salts”
Unlike traditional cosmetic bath salts, which are packaged and sold for adding to bath water for soaking and cleaning, drugs...
Consumer Alert: “Koff & Kold” and “Kold Sore”
The FDA tells us that Wholistic Herbs Inc. is recalling all of its “Koff & Kold” spray with herbal extract...
Consumer Alert: RegenArouse
According to the FDA, RegenArouse (Lot 130100) contains tadalafil (Cialis), an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male erectile dysfunction,...