Vitamin D, of course.

A PubMed search revealed 146 studies in humans during 2008 for a dizzying list of conditions. (more…)

 Airborne™.

Unfortunately, the biggest losers are the people who were coned into taking a “health product” with insufficient supporting scientific evidence. (more…)

 Patients with exercise-induced delayed-onset muscle soreness felt better after acupuncture, according to researchers at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany. (more…)

 Researchers from Peking University in China reviewed the use of acupuncture combined with opioid receptor agonists for treating opiate-withdrawal symptoms. (more…)

 Laura Christman and Deb Peterson have written interesting articles on these resins, which became forever famous more than 2 centuries ago.

Highlights follow. (more…)

Mistletoe preparations are sometimes used as CAM to treat solid cancers such as breast cancer.

Here are statistics on the use of mistletoe to treat cancer, the results of a recently published clinical study in women with breast cancer, and a review of the medical literature.

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Not to be a scrooge, but at this time of the year it’s worthwhile to review the safety of mistletoe. (more…)

A group of Canadian researchers reviewed the medical literature on this topic.

Not all patents benefit from omega-3 fatty acids. (more…)

 Some of the weight loss products listed below claim to be “natural” or to contain only “herbal” ingredients.

The FDA found they actually contain potentially harmful ingredients not listed on the product labels or in promotional advertisements. (more…)

Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston have published a detailed review.

Their interest relates to the needs of vitamin D in the breastfeeding mother and her infant and child, but they also present a detailed and well-referenced review. (more…)