Archive for the ‘Complementary Medicine’ Category
Monday, October 29th, 2007
The Natural Products Association submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surrounding the use of, and forthcoming guidance regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) as it relates to the cGMPs.
"Submitting a petition to request an exemption from 100 percent identity testing of a dietary ingredient is not ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person's attention and response to stress.
The study, done in China, randomly assigned college undergraduate students to 40-person experimental or control groups. The experimental group ...
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy or eat three red yeast rice products promoted and sold on Web sites. The products may contain an unauthorized drug that could be harmful to health. The products are promoted as dietary supplements for treating high cholesterol.
The potentially ...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
The Natural Standard Research Collaboration has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to author Assessment of the Risk of Hepatotoxicity with Kava Products, a publication that explores the controversial threat of liver damage as a result of kava containing products.
The report includes a description of kava and its various ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
The adverse effects of using prescription drugs side by side with natural health products (NHP) are being under-reported, so the potential risks may be underestimated by health-care professionals and the public, a study from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada shows.
A literature review and survey of 132 pharmacists revealed ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is committed to patient safety and supports any research that works towards minimising the risk of harm to patients. It is essential that incidents of adverse reaction to spinal manipulation are monitored and investigated and this latest systematic review contributes to that body of knowledge.
However, ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
People with diabetes are risking their health by not discussing their use of complementary and alternative therapies with the health professionals managing their conventional treatment.
A review of the international health literature has shown nutritional supplements and herbal medicines are the most commonly used complementary and alternative therapies in diabetes.
Annie Chang, ...
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
The herbal medicine Dan Shen, a standard treatment for ischemic stroke in China, lacks strong scientific evidence to support such use, according a new review of studies.
Nevertheless, based on the available data, Dan Shen treatment showed a tendency to improve short-term neurological deficits in stroke patients, say researchers at Sichuan ...
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
If you have psoriasis, you need to be aware that some people do go on to develop a form of arthritis associated with this skin disease. One out of three patients with the skin disease will develop the joint disease. This arthritis is called psoriatic arthritis.
It usually develops between ...
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