An article published in Alternative Medicine Review (2005;10(2):94-111) reviewed the requirements and benefits of vitamin D throughout life, in terms of promotion of optimal health.Read More
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A pilot study published in Alternative Medicine Review (2005;10(2):123-127) showed that a topical cream containing lysine, zinc and botanicals can be effective in treating oral herpes outbreaks.Read More
Canadian physicians in urban Toronto noticed the prevalence of symptoms of B12 deficiency in patients of South Asian descent (from India or Pakistan) and lactovegetarians.Read More
A study published in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine documented the results of the FDA mandated on incidence of poisoning and deaths.Read More
Recent research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology investigated the possible role that plant sterols may play in the development of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries.Read More
An article published in Canadian Family Physician (2005;51:844-845) discussed cases where vitamin B12 was a safe and effective choice in the treatment of aphthous stomatitis in patients who were deficient in this vitamin.Read More
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2004, vol. 79, no. 5), investigated the association between diabetic retinopathy and intakes of vitamins C and E.Read More
Unintentional injury deaths in the U.S. rose from 1999 to 2005. New research reports that the death rate from poisonings and falls had the highest increases. The study authors suggest that many unintentional poisoning deaths involve prescription drug overdose. Prescriptions for antidepressants and opioid analgesic prescriptions increased dramatically during the study period. The cause for increase in fall mortality is not yet known. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, investigated trends...Read More
A study published in June examined the effect of the various stains of Lactobacillus against decreased gut integrity and infection in cases of hemorrhagic shock.Read More
A recent study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition investigated the relationship of plasma homocysteine to betaine. It also looked at the effects of folic acid supplementation on betaine concentrations in the blood.Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that pharmaceutical company Pfizer must pay a record $2.3 billion fine to resolve criminal and civil liability. Pfizer has been charged with illegally promoting uses of four of its drugs in the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice. The drugs include the painkiller Bextra, the antipsychotic Geodon, the antibiotic Zyvox and the anti-epileptic Lyrica. Pfizer subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn pleaded guilty to...Read More
Researchers at Columbia University set out to investigate the levels of homocysteine in men and women from Bangladesh and to determine if in fact the vegetarian diet of this region has an impact on levels of homocysteine in the blood.Read More
A study from the University of Milan investigated the antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation levels in human milk and formula.Read More
An open label study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology looked at the efficacy of metformin compared to diet and antioxidant treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Read More
A recent trial tested the efficacy of the statin drug atorvastatin with alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E) in patients on dialysis. The study was aimed at investigating the effects on the lipid profile as well as lipid oxidation in this population because of the high incidence of cardiovascular disease.Read More
A study published in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Pathology was aimed at determining the antioxidant status of patients with Barrett's esophagus compared to healthy controls.Read More
Traditional Chinese acupuncture employs needles to move the vital life force (called chi) to treat chronic pain. However, some studies suggest that sham acupuncture is as effective as acupuncture in relieving pain. Sham or fake acupuncture is when a control group receives needles placed in spots that are not used in real acupuncture. Now research reports that Chinese acupuncture regulated the brain's opioid pain receptors in fibromyalgia patients. Fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized by persistent fatigue...Read More
The study, published in Nutrition Research (2004, vol. 24, no. 5), investigated smoking's effect on plasma vitamin C and vitamin E concentrations on LDL oxidation susceptibility.Read More
Research has shown that yoga can help relieve stress and reduce symptoms in a range of chronic diseases. Now an article published in the New York Times finds that condition-specific yoga classes are helping patients cope with chronic illnesses such as osteoporosis, AIDS, cancer, and Crohn's disease.Read More
Case reports of diet drugs causing thyrotoxicosis were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in April. At least 12 cases of thyrotoxicosis (increased thyroid hormone) in Japan were most likely due to the ingestion of two popular diet drugs. The diet drugs were advertised as being safe herbal medicines with the ability to decrease weight in a rather speedy fashion. Individual analysis of the 'herbal' drugs found levels of T3 (the active thyroid hormone)...Read More
