Here’s a summary of what has been covered on this site about CAM and colorectal cancer. (more…)

 Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas studied whether an Internet-based program could help young girls at risk for obesity eat more fruit, juice, veggies, and water. (more…)

It was reportedly effective when used in addition to pain treatment in patients with medically refractory pain due to HIV.

But as Paul Harvey said, “Now, the rest of the story.” (more…)

Patients with breast cancer on adjuvant chemotherapy can experience weight gain and concurrent loss of muscle mass.

Researchers at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston studied the feasibility and impact of home-based diet/exercise options. (more…)

“Homeopathic pathogenetic trials (provings) are the pillar of homeopathy,” according to researchers at the University Hospital Freiburg, in Germany. “Symptoms experienced by healthy volunteers are used to find the correct medicine for therapy.”

In this study, researchers Berlin, Germany compared the symptoms produced by Galphimia glauca (a botanical component in the nasal spray, Zicam, which is used to treat upper respiratory symptoms) to placebo. (more…)

It turns out that this widely advertised product is not as “natural” as its manufacturer claims. (more…)

 The FDA has posted a list with the specific contaminants in each mislabeled product, plus FAQs. (more…)

Depression occurs in more than half of patients who experience a stroke.

Researchers from the University of Iowa in Iowa City compared the number of cases of depression in stoke patients while taking escitalopram (Lexapro) or participating in problem-solving therapy (PST) during the first year following their stroke. (more…)

This study was performed at a National Health Service (NHS) hospital outpatient pain clinic in the United Kingdom. (more…)

 Vitamin C is an antioxidant found in the fluid that surrounds the lung. Low vitamin C intake is associated with lung dysfunction.

This Cochrane review looks at the evidence for vitamin C (ascorbic acid) as treatment for asthma. (more…)

 Exercise has a positive effect on depression and improves self-esteem, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia. (more…)

In adults, vitamin D deficiency is associated with osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, fractures, cancer, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. And adequate doses might reduce the risk of certain cancers and type 1 diabetes.

The current recommendation of 5 mcg (200 IU) may be too little, according to researchers in Maine and South Carolina. (more…)

I exercise at night — when I exercise that is. (more…)

 In older adults, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (aka vitamin D3) blood levels of 75 nmol/L reduce the risk of fracture.

Eating a fortified bun once daily is all it takes to meet this goal, according to researchers Canada and Romania. (more…)

 Researchers from Ohio and Philadelphia come to a surprising finding. (more…)

Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill reviewed the evidence. (more…)

 Researchers from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK set about to determine whether auricular acupuncture leads to less severe opiate withdrawal symptoms and craving when used as an adjunct to methadone detoxification. (more…)

Dr. James Levine from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota has reviewed the evidence. Here are the benefits. (more…)

Diet combined with exercise can delay the onset of type 2 diabetes up to 14 years, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia and the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. (more…)

 Here are the results of a Cochrane review of non-drug options in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases. (more…)