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Archive for May, 2009

Glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

No better than placebo after 24 months of treatment. (more…)

Another chelation study canceled

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

 It was designed to study the effects of chelation in patients who had survived a heart attack. (more…)

Making “fast food” healthy

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

 Burger King is promoting 3 new meal combinations as part of its BK Kids Meal options. (more…)

Healthcare activities on “Second Life” reported

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

 Researchers in Canada found a wide array of health-related activity in the 3 dimensional virtual world of Second Life. (more…)

New regulations for sunscreen products

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

 The FDA is completing sunscreen label changes designed to give consumers a better idea of the sun protection they’re getting. (more…)

Dana Ullman speaks on homeopathy

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

 Dana Ullman (photo) is a practitioner and outspoken advocate for homeopathic medicine in the US.

Natural Food Merchandiser interviewed him, asking basic questions about homepathy and how it works. (more…)

Combining drugs + CBT to treat insomnia

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

 Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and hypnotic medications are effective for short-term treatment of insomnia, but few patients achieve 100% relief with either alone.

Researchers from Canada studied the effects of combined therapy. (more…)

Creatine’s effect on resistance training in patients with HIV

Monday, May 18th, 2009

 Researchers from the University of California San Francisco studied whether creatine supplementation augments the effects of progressive resistance exercise training on muscle strength, energetics, and body composition. (more…)

Bad effects from mesotherapy

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Dermatologists from Morristown, New Jersey report a case of a woman who developed “scalp abscess with subcutaneous fat necrosis and scarring alopecia as a complication of scalp mesotherapy.” (more…)

Safety of chiropractic

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

 “There is no robust data concerning the incidence or prevalence of adverse reactions after chiropractic,” according to reviewers from Portugal. (more…)

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