Higher dietary intake of folate was associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in Japanese men but not women, according to researchers at the International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo. (more…)

Pharmacy students view education about CAM as a core and integral part of their professional degree. (more…)

There’s an online newsletter, CAM at the NIH, posted by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) that you might want to check out.

This issue lists priorities for future acupuncture research. (more…)

Despite negative results, researchers from Denmark think another, larger study is needed. (more…)

 NIHSeniorHealth is a website that features health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health.

Now, it’s added a CAM link. (more…)

 Researchers from Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan report that long-term administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus T cell-1  decreased the incidence of bacterial infection in children.

Well, maybe it did… but maybe it didn’t. (more…)

 Yes, it’s effective short term, according to researchers at Southern California University of Health Sciences at Whittier.

It’s the latest in a series of reviews (here, here, and here) on this topic in the past few years. (more…)

This study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared the response to each activity in high-risk women who were sedentary and had experienced pre-eclampsia previously. (more…)

 There were significant gains in strength, according to researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville. (more…)

Back in 2004, Dr. John Chang from the David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles reported, “Interventions to prevent falls significantly reduce the proportion of older people who fall at least once.”

Reviewers since then have disagreed. (more…)

The American Heart Association (AHA) advisory on the benefits of omega-6 fatty acids is summarized here. Considering all the press about omega-6 and the negative effects of the typical US diet on the omega-3:-6 ratio it was surprising to see.

Ms. Evelyn Tribole (photo), a registered dietitian from Newport Beach, California, emailed her thoughts about the AHA advisory. They’re reprinted below. (more…)

When a second antidepressant drug is added to an existing antidepressant, it’s called “combination pharmacotherapy.”

When a non-antidepressant agent is added, it’s “augmentation treatment.”

Examples of augmentation therapy… (more…)

 “What’s really compelling is that we see the association between exercise and lower colon cancer risk regardless of how physical activity was measured in the studies,” say researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (more…)

 Yoga of Awareness is an 8-week program that includes gentle yoga poses, meditation, and breathing exercises.

Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland studied its effects on menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors. (more…)

 ApoC-III is a risk factor for heart disease. The increased levels observed in marijuana users might explain, in part, the heart and cerebral abnormalities seen in tokers. (more…)

 Protection from prostate cancer may be associated with the type of soy foods consumed, according to this review by researchers at the Washington University in St Louis, Missouri. (more…)

 For non-specific low back pain, what is the appropriate number of acupoints and how many acupuncture sessions are needed?

Researchers from the University of Ulster in the UK have documented wide variability. (more…)

  Researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have reviewed the literature.

There’s good news and a challenge to future researchers. (more…)

 Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia reviewed the evidence. (more…)

 There are those who recommend substantial reductions in omega-6 fatty acid intake. Now, the American Heart Association (AHA) says, “enough already.” (more…)