Music to manage chronic pain
Treating chronic pain is challenging. Often, the reason for the pain isn’t clear and may require combinations of treatments before...
Bath salts becoming illegal
This has nothing to do with taking a bath. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville,...
Consumer Alert: “Bath Salts”
Unlike traditional cosmetic bath salts, which are packaged and sold for adding to bath water for soaking and cleaning, drugs...
Lavender essential oil to treat migraine
It’s used for depression, headache, hypertension, insomnia, migraine, nervous tension, and other stress-related conditions. Researchers in Germany and Iran conducted...
The role of expectation on the response to lavender aromatherapy
Different theories attempt to explain the relaxation response to lavender aromatherapy. This study suggests there’s another reason.
Antianxiety effects of silexan, an oral lavender preparation
Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, in Austria, studied the anxiolytic effect of Silexan, an oral lavender oil capsule...