Archive for the 'CAM Politics' Category
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
First lady, Michelle Obama tells us that drinking more water will improve the health of kids and all Americans.
Really? Here’s what we know. (more…)
CAM Education, CAM Politics, E. DIETARY, Kidney Disease | Comments Off on Does water really improve health?
Sunday, July 28th, 2013
If campaigns to promote more healthful eating are ineffective, how else might society address the obesity epidemic?
MailOnline reports that deportation is an option. (more…)
CAM Politics, Cancer, Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, Liver Disease, Obesity | Comments Off on Too fat to live in New Zealand
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Two recent studies report marked differences in the use of homeopathy.
First, homeopathy in the US. (more…)
CAM Politics, CAM Use, Homeopathy | Comments Off on What’s trending now in visits to homeopaths
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Ms. Elaine Hirsh is a reader of this blog and has authored this comment on several issues that should concern people who opt to use CAM options. She is interested in a wide range of topics ranging from education to technology to public policy. She is currently working as a writer for a masters degree website. (more…)
CAM Politics | Comments Off on Ethics of alternative vs traditional medicine
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
That’s the editorial position of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Here’s their reasoning. (more…)
CAM Politics, Herbals | Comments Off on No regulatory double standard for natural health products
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago determined the effect of state policies that regulate beverages among adolescents. (more…)
CAM Politics, Children, E. DIETARY | Comments Off on Failed policy: Banning sugar-sweetened drinks in schools
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Medical New Today reports that the youngest legal age for using tanning beds has gone up from 14 to 18 years in California now that Governor Jerry Brown signed a new bill into law. (more…)
CAM Politics, Tanning | Comments Off on Increasing the legal age for tanning
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in Woodhouse, evaluated written information provided with commonly used herbal products in the UK in advance of a European Union Directive that tightens regulations for some herbal products, including requirements to provide safety information. (more…)
CAM Politics, Echinacea, Garlic, Ginkgo, Ginseng, St. John's Wort | Comments Off on Herbal supplements: Caveat Emptor
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
“14 states and the District of Columbia have launched a medical experiment that doesn’t follow any of the rules of science. By approving the use of marijuana as a medicine, they are bypassing the federal government’s elaborate processes for approving medicines.”
It has happened only once before. (more…)
CAM Politics, Marijuana (Cannabinoids) | Comments Off on Kaiser points out the 800-pound gorilla
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The New York Times reports, “Nearly all herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and 16 of the 40 supplements tested contained pesticide residue that exceeded legal limits.
Here are the details of what the Government Accounting Office found. (more…)
CAM Politics, ConsumerLab, Herbals | Comments Off on High percentage of supplements are contaminated
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
In the British Medical Journal, Prof. Patrick Woo from the University of Hong Kong describes what might be “the tip of the iceberg.”
He calls for more rigorous infection control guidelines. The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine responds. And success in treating these infections is summarized as part of an update to this original post. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, CAM Politics, Infection | Comments Off on Rising risk of infection from acupuncture
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Glycyrrhizin is a major ingredient of licorice, which is sometimes used in the treatment of various diseases such as chronic hepatitis.
In animals, licorice or glycyrrhizin alters the activity of the CYP3A drug-metabolizing enzyme. Researchers at Central South University, in Hunan, People’s Republic of China looked for an effect in people. (more…)
CAM Politics, Licorice | Comments Off on Potential for licorice-drug interactions
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Here’s the Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. It tells us, “Americans consume excessive amounts of sodium and insufficient amounts of potassium.”
Their latest recommendations follow. (more…)
CAM Education, CAM Politics, E. DIETARY | Comments Off on New recommendations for salt intake for Americans
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Deaths and hospitalizations have been reported in young people, according to New York Senator Charles Schumer. (more…)
A. ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, CAM Politics, Consumer Alert, E. DIETARY | Comments Off on Alcoholic energy drinks being banned by FDA
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented to congress the results of a “secret shopper” investigation, which found that in some stores, salespeople made inappropriate or illegal claims about dietary supplements.
What to do? (more…)
CAM Education, CAM Interactions, CAM Politics, Consumer Alert | Comments Off on Do you trust advice from your local supplements sales clerk?
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
That’s the conclusion by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian of Harvard Medical School, in Boston. (more…)
CAM Politics, Diet-Nutrition, Trans Fats | Comments Off on Food is healthier since banning trans fatty acids
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Surprisingly, only about 15% of Americans use sugar substitutes.
What might be the public health issues associated with recommending a switch from sugar to artificial sweeteners? (more…)
CAM Politics, Diet-Nutrition, Obesity | Comments Off on Benefits and potential risks of artificial sweeteners
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Obese people spend an additional $1429 a year — or 42% more — on healthcare than their normal-weight counterparts, according to research by RTI international and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (more…)
CAM Politics, Obesity | Comments Off on The cost of obesity
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The English commonly combine CAM with prescription drugs.
Let’s compare these findings by Prof. Ernst and colleagues to CAM use in other countries. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Aromatherapy, CAM Politics, CAM Use, Massage, Prof. Ernst | Comments Off on Prevalence of CAM use in England
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Wikipedia states, “Claims of homeopathy’s efficacy beyond the placebo effect are unsupported by the collective weight of scientific and clinical evidence.”
But this study from Germany concludes that the evidence doesn’t support this belief. (more…)
CAM Politics, Homeopathy | Comments Off on Placebo effect with homeopathic vs conventional drugs