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Recalling the fear, heavy toll of the 1918 flu outbreak
May 10, 2009 |
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Given his age, H. Byran Poff figures he has seen just about everything that can happen to mankind.
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Egyptians, not Greeks were true fathers of medicine
May 09, 2007 |
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Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks.
Researchers examine use of native southern African plants in veterinary medicine
Mar 30, 2009 |
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When animals in southern Africa are sick, often the first place their caretakers look for help is from native plants.
Label for first homoeopathic product may be illegal, warns senior scientist
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2009 |
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The labelling for the first homoeopathic product to get a licence from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should be illegal, because they breach Unfair Trading regulations, argues a senior scientist ...
Little or no evidence that herbal remedies relieve menopausal symptoms
Jan 14, 2009 |
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There is no strong evidence either way for several herbal remedies commonly taken to relieve troublesome menopausal symptoms, concludes the January issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). And for some, there i ...
Chemist sheds light on health benefits of garlic
Jan 30, 2009 |
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A Queen's-led team has discovered the reason why garlic is so good for us.
Chinese ants show promise for fighting arthritis, other diseases
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Ants may be an unwelcome intruder at picnics, but they could soon be a welcome guest in your medicine cabinet. Chemists in China report identification of substances in a certain species of ants that show promise ...
Herbal wine, just the thing for ailing pharaohs
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When great-grandma took a nip of the elderberry wine "for medicinal purposes," she was following a tradition that goes back thousands of years.
When East meets West: Why consumers turn to alternative medicine
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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.
Fighting drug-resistant flu viruses
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Amid reports that swine flu viruses are developing the ability to shrug off existing antiviral drugs, scientists in Japan are reporting a first-of-its kind discovery that could foster a new genre of antivirals ...
Screening the herbal pharmacy
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Curing cancer with natural products – 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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