Archives: 2008 August

Healthy diets could save the planet

I don’t profess to be an environmental activist in any way, shape, or form. In fact, I’ve found all of the “green” hoopla in the media a bit annoying.

Go with the flow

L-arginine is useful for all sorts of vascular diseases since it dilates blood vessels and improves blood flow.

Drug interactions can lead to misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's and other serious diseases

If only more mainstream physicians had mentors like Dr. Gurwitz’s, maybe getting older wouldn’t be such a devastating, drug-laden process for so many people.

Through the night

Research shows chaste tree can actually increase the body's own natural production of melatonin, which helps you have more restful, uninterrupted sleep.

The American Herbal Products Association challenges the FDA policies for over-the-counter drug/natural supplement combination formulas.

The American Herbal Products Association challenges the FDA policies for over-the-counter drug/natural supplement combination formulas.

Special delivery

Liposomal delivery form appears to work better than any form of vitamin B12 except for the injectable.

Cases of drug-resistant medical conditions, including high blood pressure, continue to skyrocket

The implicit message certainly seemed to be that lower blood pressure numbers are a top priority, so people should make space in their medicine cabinets for even more drugs.

Too much of a good thing

There's an ongoing debate among physicians who prescribe bio-identical HRT about whether actual bleeding cycles are "necessary" every month for safe use of these hormones.

New form of magnet therapy halts migraines in their tracks

A hand-held unit about the size of a hairdryer called a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device was tested recently in a new study.

Everything in its place

The use of astragalus for organ prolapse comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

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