Failure of saw palmetto to reduce BPH symptoms
Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) fruit extracts are used for treat lower urinary tract symptoms attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)....
Risk of drug interactions with dietary supplements
Researchers in the US reviewed the incidence and severity of potential interactions between prescription medicine and dietary supplements.
Risk of death and the use of supplements
Researchers at the University of Washington, in Seattle, evaluated whether 13 vitamin and mineral supplements and glucosamine, chondroitin, saw palmetto,...
Do we overhype drug-supplement interactions?
Real and hypothetical concerns exist. Dr. Mark Moyad (photo), who is Director of Preventive and Alternative Medicine at the University...
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Risk of taking herbals in people with heart disease
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Arizona collaborated to review the risks of herbal:drug interactions. The abstract is...
Drug-herbal interaction review
Prof. Ernst reviewed popular herbal medicines. It’s a long list.
Does published research affect supplement sales?
It depends on what’s being reported. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Mayo Clinic reviewed sales of 5...
Supplements and prostate health
Is there benefit in prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostatitis?
Safety review of popular herbal products
Dr. Darrell Hulisz from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio reviews popular herbals. Let’s focus on...
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Key points about commonly used herbals
Dr. Darrell Hulisz from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio has written a continuing education article...
The STEP report on saw palmetto safety
STEP stands for “Saw palmetto for Treatment of Enlarged Prostates.â€
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Most commonly used natural products
Here’s a follow-up to an earlier post on the use of CAM in the US in 2007 as surveyed by...
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Review of herbal medicines in gynecology
Dr. Cathi Dennehy from the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco has reviewed the evidence....
Saw palmetto-induced pancreatitis?
A case of pancreatitis in a 55-year-old man with alcoholism who had been sober for more than 15 years was...
The next big issue facing dietary supplements — You be the CEO
Dr. Mark Moyad (photo) is Director of Preventive and Alternative Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann...
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A critical review of herbals to treat anxiety and depression
In 2003, Professor Edzard Ernst writing on the Cochrane Collaboration website concluded, “Compared with placebo, kava extract is an effective...
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The most commonly used vitamins and herbals
These data are from a telephone survey of more than 2500 randomly sampled noninstitutionalized Americans, which was published in 2002....
Saw palmetto withdrawn from the market in Denmark
In February, the Danish Ministry for Family and Consumer Affairs withdrew food supplements containing saw palmetto because of concerns about...
More criticism of NCCAM
Earlier this year a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reported, “saw palmetto did not improve symptoms...