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Apr 19th, 2009
There is a recently published report on the risks of herbal supplements for patients undergoing surgery in the March/April issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. The study points out that between 40-70% of patients tend to underreport the use of complementary medicines to their doctors. The authors mention that the reasons for this range from patients feeling that their physician won’t understand or won’t approve or may not have any knowledge about the supplements.
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Mar 7th, 2009
Turmeric has been used in India for its powerful medicinal properties for centuries. A new study shows that turmeric has powerful healing powers. The cancer and infection fighting ability of turmeric was found by University of Michigan researchers by using a special technique that allowed scientists to watch how turmeric has earned the name “holy powder” in India.
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Jan 10th, 2009
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects as many as one in five people. Are the new medications the answer? Not necessarily, according to the results of a study conducted for the American College of Gastroenterology was published online November 13, 2008 in the British Medical Journal.
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Nov 10th, 2008
UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that a chemical from the Astragalus root, frequently used in Chinese herbal therapy, can prevent or slow this progressive telomere shortening, which could make it a key weapon in the fight against HIV.
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Aug 27th, 2008
Toxic metals can be found in Ayurvedic medicines sold online, according to a JAMA article, "Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic in US- and Indian-Manufactured Ayurvedic Medicines Sold via the Internet.
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Mar 4th, 2008
Curing cancer with herbal remedies - a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances.
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Sep 24th, 2007
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use Top Gun for Men Herbal because it contains a substance similar to tadalafil.
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Sep 3rd, 2007
Common and cassia cinnamon are well known for their medicinal properties in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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Jul 21st, 2007
Trial Turns Over New Leaf for Traditional Herb. Ingredient from Chinese Club Moss to Be Tested Against Epilepsy.
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Jul 10th, 2007
Milk thistle extract, an herbal remedy since the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans, is today one of the most popular herbal supplements, with U.S. retail sales of nearly nine million dollars.
