 The American College of Physicians (ACP) has published recommendations for the pharmacologic treatment of low bone density and prevention of fractures in people with osteoporosis.
Here’s their summary on calcium and vitamin D. Continue reading ACP recommendations to prevent fractures
HemOnc Today interviews experts… and me.
They should have asked Dr. Stanton…read on. Continue reading Does mainstream medicine suppress “natural” cures?
Dr. Perry Fine — an anesthesiologist from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City — has published an excellent review of this topic. It is essential reading for healthcare professionals as well as family and patient caregivers.
Among other issues, it provides good perspective on the role of CAM approaches to pain management in palliative care, which I have summarized here.
Continue reading Integrating CAM into pain management at the end of life
Researchers from King’s College in London report (page 163) “Lavender could … be used as effective ‘on-the-spot’ anxiety reduction in dentists’ waiting rooms.” Continue reading Lavender scent lowers dental anxiety
 Mental imagery and hypnotherapy helped alleviate pain in this study (page 55) by researchers at Bangor University in the UK presented during The British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. Continue reading Hypnotherapy to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Phantom limb pain is mild to extreme pain in the area where a limb has been amputated. It usually disappears or decreases, but in some people it leads to a lifelong struggle with chronic pain.
Dr. Jack Tsao from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences had excellent success using mirror and imagery therapy in patients who had a foot or leg amputated. Continue reading Using mirrors to treat phantom limb pain
 It “could be an easy and inexpensive way to decrease aggression and abnormal behavior among preschool children,” according to researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. Continue reading Treating aggression in preschool children
Have them take a class, of course.
Here’s a report card from 5 colleges of pharmacy in Canada. Continue reading How can we improve students’ knowledge of herbals?
British and American guidelines recommend early referral to spinal manipulation to reduce the proportion of patients developing chronic complaints. Dutch guidelines discourage it.
Now, Swiss researchers report it didn’t improve outcomes. Continue reading Spinal manipulation in acute low back pain
Researchers from Florence, Italy tell us if it changes the risk of death and the occurrence of Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s diseases. Continue reading Mediterranean diet and the risk of death and disease
I was shocked by a recent Cochrane Review that concluded, “There was no evidence that the Chinese medicinal herbal treatment caused harm” in women with breast cancer.
Anyone who has followed the pet food recalls or reviewed the safety literature on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and traditional Indian medicine (TIM) would come to a different conclusion. Continue reading A critical review of traditional Chinese and Indian medicine
Does it matter if you use antibacterial soap? Continue reading Hand washing and the risk of infection
Researchers at the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls compared Graston instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (GISTM) vs soft tissue mobilization (STM) by hand. Continue reading Comparing chiropractic options for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Helicobacter pylori are bacteria that cause chronic low-level inflammation of the stomach lining and are linked to the development of duodenal and gastric ulcers and stomach cancer.
Researchers from the College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea added a probiotic-containing yogurt to usual therapy. Continue reading Adding yogurt to H pylori treatment
Dr. David Bailey from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada reported the “grapefruit effect” more than 15 years ago — grapefruit juice increases levels of the high-blood-pressure drug felodipine (Plendil), causing potentially dangerous effects.
Now, during the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, he reports more juice-drug interactions. Continue reading Take your medicine with water
 Eating nuts lowers cardiovascular disease risk.
But what about pistachios? Continue reading Pistachios and risk factors for heart disease
 Why have chiropractors been unable to establish themselves as a well-respected, highly used group of professionals who are recognized by the public as offering essential services to society?
Chiropractic practitioners from around the country weigh in.
Continue reading Making chiropractic mainstream
This review finds limited evidence of benefit from cognitive-behavioral therapy and exercise training programs. Continue reading Behavioral and exercise therapies for fibromyalgia
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet lowers blood pressure, But what is the effect on stroke and coronary heart disease?
Here’s an estimate from research reported during the American Heart Association 2007 Scientific Sessions and published on Medscape. Continue reading The real value of the DASH diet
Actually, very important.
“Around 40% of the fall in the number of deaths from cancer among U.S. men from 1991 to 2003 can be attributed to the decline in smoking,” say researchers from the American Cancer Society.