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More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


When East meets West: Why consumers turn to alternative medicine

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Alternative health remedies are increasingly important in the health care marketplace. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores how consumers choose among the many available remedies.


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remedies (AP)

Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remedies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It's another example of how alternative medicine has become ...


Brain-damaged children often have cold feet

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many wheelchair-using children with neurological disorders have much colder hands and feet than other children, and most receive no special help even though they have had these problems for a long time, is revealed in at ...


Alternative medicine use increasing for patients suffering with chronic rhinosinusitis

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that a growing segment of patients are turning to complementary and alternative medical therapies to help treat the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).


New studies point to strategies for reducing painful breast cancer drug side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. ...


Exercise better than shockwave treatment for chronic shoulder pain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Supervised exercises are more effective than shockwave treatment to relieve chronic shoulder pain, finds a study published in British Medical Journal today.


Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant, preventing ...


Acupuncture may bring relief for a common condition in women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Polycystic ovary syndrome, a common condition among women, can be relieved by the use of acupuncture and exercise. This has been shown by a recent study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large ...


In vitro fertilization less successful with alternative fertility treatments

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine.


Chinese acupuncture affects brain's ability to regulate pain, study shows

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Acupuncture has been used in East-Asian medicine for thousands of years to treat pain, possibly by activating the body's natural painkillers. But how it works at the cellular level is largely unknown.


Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the previous 12 months, according to a 2007 government survey1. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, p ...


Calming Parents Might Help Kids Cope With Anesthesia

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The start of anesthesia can be distressing for children. Although antianxiety drugs can help keep kids calm, side effects exist. Non-drug methods offer alternatives, but a new review of studies finds that no single method ...