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Bio-Identical Hormones : A new biologically compatible alternative to pharmaceutical hormone replacement therapy.
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 20, 2007 -- There has been quite a lot of talk in recent months in regard to a new alternative in hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women called bio-identical hormones. (Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:07:13 GMT)
Schwarzenegger Lets MTV 'Pimp' His Ride
(AP Photo/ Laura Embry, Pool) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ,left, tours the emergency room at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, with Dr. Valerie Norton, center, chief of emergency medicine, and Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, right, Tuesday afternoon, April 17, 2007, in San Diego, as Schwarzenegger promotes his plan to extend health insurance coverage to the ... (Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:42:55 GMT)
Cathy M. Rosenthal: 'Equal time' for alternative therapies
After reading "Dog unable to walk after holistic treatment" (March 18), a holistic veterinarian wrote to say, "I can go into my files and find numerous pets that are in great shape after holistic treatment. People are seeking a more natural way of caring for their pets, and a story like this hurts those of us who are well-trained professionals. How about equal time for these people?" (Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:33:06 GMT)
Not All Beta-adrenergic Receptors Cause Heart Disease Along The Same Pathway
Individuals with some forms of heart failure are treated with drugs that are known as beta-blockers because they target proteins known as beta-adrenergic receptors (beta-ARs). Now, a potential alternative strategy to treating heart failure by targeting molecules downstream of beta-ARs is suggested by mouse studies conducted by researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New ... (Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:07:48 GMT)
Blytheville Doctor Loses License
The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK -- A Blytheville doctor prescribed excessive amounts of drugs to five people, including one who died, and will no longer be allowed to practice medicine in Arkansas, the Arkansas Medical Board decided. (Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:55:59 GMT)
Harnessing Tai Chi's Quiet Strength for Health
SUNDAY, April 22(HealthDay News) -- Is your chi not flowing right? (Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:01:39 GMT)
EARTH DAY
“Like scars on the face of Mother Earth.” Those are the words of a Native American medicine man who performed a healing ceremony at Baton Rouge Earth Day several years ago. (Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:37:51 GMT)
Close the lid on old medicine
Step away from that toilet handle. In a column on spring cleaning (Your Health, April 9), I advised readers to get rid of old medications by flushing them down the toilet. (Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:19:05 GMT)
Author Plans Launch of Book Two
Rayna Gangi, author of, “Forget the Cures, Find the Cause, Book 1” plans to launch the release of Book 2 in the series to coincide with the FDA’s challenge to alternative and complementary healthcare slated to be introduced April 30, 2007. “The FDA and the governments of many countries are trying to enact legislation that would prohibit consumers from purchasing vitamins, receiving alternative ... (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:48:59 GMT)
Talk to your body for health
The concept that the body is created out of different energy fields is not a new idea. In fact, energy work can be traced back to ancient medical techniques. The BodyTalk System is a newer alternative medicine that focuses on finding the energy circuits in the body that are not working properly and repairing them using biofeedback-a subtle muscle testing technique. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:05:47 GMT)
Blytheville Doctor Loses License
The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK -- A Blytheville doctor prescribed excessive amounts of drugs to five people, including one who died, and will no longer be allowed to practice medicine in Arkansas, the Arkansas Medical Board decided. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:12:58 GMT)
'Lifestyle medicine' gets push
Everybody knows that diet, exercise and other aspects of lifestyle play a significant role in health. But the specifics are less well understood. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:45:46 GMT)
Democratic congresswoman dies of cancer
Beth D'Anna admits that she, too, was skeptical about energy medicine at first. But in the eight years she has been a practitioner in this growing field of alternative health care, she said it is one of the most effective treatment options she has ever seen. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:13:12 GMT)
5 Questions: Beth D'Anna
Chiropractor Beth D'Anna admits that she, too, was skeptical about energy medicine at first. But in the eight years she has been a practitioner in this growing field of alternative health care, she said it is one of the most effective treatment options she has ever seen. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:17:50 GMT)
SMiLE Study To Examine Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction And Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Summa Health System and Kent State University have received a $545,000 grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and progressive muscle relaxation on people with prehypertension. [click link for full article] (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:16 GMT)
Cheaper, Easier Virtual Colonoscopy Could Boost Detection
MONDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- A cutting-edge technology called "virtual colonoscopy" promises fewer complications and better cost-effectiveness than traditional colonoscopy, researchers report. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:02:17 GMT)
Drugs for Lethal Injection Aren?t Reliable, Study Finds
Some prisoners executed by lethal injection may die of suffocation while they are still conscious and in pain, University of Miami researchers said Monday. (Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:55:54 GMT)
Study: Lethal injection method flawed
The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful deaths that probably violate constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment, a new medical review of dozens of executions concludes. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:17:16 GMT)
Blytheville Doctor Loses License
The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK -- A Blytheville doctor prescribed excessive amounts of drugs to five people, including one who died, and will no longer be allowed to practice medicine in Arkansas, the Arkansas Medical Board decided. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:03:00 GMT)
Boost for traditional Thai medicine
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will allocate Bt28.2 million to promote provincial-level Thai traditional medicine as part of its universal health security system. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:28:38 GMT)
Executed in U.S. may be awake as they suffocate
Some prisoners executed by lethal injection in the United States may die of suffocation while they are still conscious and in pain, University of Miami researchers said on Monday in a study that concluded the drugs do not work as intended. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:35:28 GMT)
Pfizer says new HIV drug is safe
Pfizer Inc.'s maraviroc, the first in a new class of drugs to treat HIV, would provide a safe alternative to thousands of people whose virus resists current medicines, the company said. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:17:11 GMT)
How to Know When You Have the Flu
Learn about flu symptoms and a variety of flu treatments including over-the-counter medicine, alternative medicine, herbs, dietary supplements and acupuncture. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:51:16 GMT)
Back pain linked to short-term memory deficits
Patients with chronic back pain have significant impairments in short-term prospective memory compared with people without pain, according to the findings reported in the February/March issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:33:59 GMT)
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Offers Alternative to Zelnorm(R)
Kristalose®, a prescription laxative product that treats acute and chronic constipation, may be an effective alternative for some patients previously treated with Zelnorm®. Marketing of Zelnorm was suspended in March after new data showed that a statistically significant number of cardiovascular problems occurred in patients taking Zelnorm. (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:05:00 GMT)
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Offers Alternative to Zelnorm(R)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Kristalose(R), a prescription laxative product that treats acute and chronic constipation, may be an effective alternative for some patients previously treated with Zelnorm(R). (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:00:48 GMT)
Decline In Breast Cancer Incidence Sustained In 2004, Study Says; Drop Linked To Reduction In HRT Use
The decline in breast cancer incidence observed from 2002 to 2003 continued in 2004, supporting the hypothesis that the decline is tied to a decrease in use of hormone replacement therapy among postmenopausal women, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, USA Today reports (Rubin, USA Today, 4/19). [click link for full article] (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:04:21 GMT)
Telemedicine Used As Alternative To Bedside Exam
A Bay Area doctor finds a high-tech alternative to conducting bedside exams and it's helping the eyesight of premature babies. (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:37:33 GMT)
Welcome
Your doctor says that you have an enlarged prostate gland — known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or benign prostatic hypertrophy. What should you do about it? Will a medicine or nonsurgical treatment ease the urinary symptoms that interfere with your sleep and daily life? (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:23:28 GMT)
Panel urges approval of Pfizer HIV drug
Pfizer Inc.'s maraviroc, the first in a new class of drugs to treat the virus that causes AIDS, should be allowed on the market, a U.S. panel said Tuesday. Maraviroc provides an alternative for people unable to treat their disease with current drugs, and the benefits outweigh the risks of liver damage and infections, said a panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers. The recommendation was ... (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:21:16 GMT)
Blytheville Doctor Loses License
The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK -- A Blytheville doctor prescribed excessive amounts of drugs to five people, including one who died, and will no longer be allowed to practice medicine in Arkansas, the Arkansas Medical Board decided. (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:18:37 GMT)
MedSurge Advances Introduces Physicians to New Medical Technologies for Body Shaping and Weight Loss
DALLAS----MedSurge Advances, the nation's largest independent provider of aesthetic medicine products and services to physicians, will offer a series of educational workshops in 2007 to introduce doctors across the United States to a wholly new concept in health and fitness - the futureperfect Total Body Management Center. (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:02:00 GMT)
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- Finding magnets attractive
Magnetic kneepads. Magnetic insoles. Magnetic hairbrushes. Magnetic bed sheets. (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:58:14 GMT)
Supplement maker, dealer told to stop
The owner of Biomed Comm, a Seattle-based dealer in natural supplements sold online and in stores worldwide, has been accused of illegally manufacturing and selling drugs and engaging in the unlicensed practice of medicine. (Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:10:14 GMT)
N.J. mulls charging poor for medicine, ER visits
New Jersey is among five states that doesn't require low-income people to pay money toward their prescription drugs, hospital visits and other services. (Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:20 GMT)
Pinning Your Hope On ... Acupuncture
By Bowling, Allen C; Stewart, Tom CAM stands for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a group of diverse therapies and products that are neither part of conventional medicine as taught in U.S. medical schools, nor generally available at U.S. hospitals. (Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:16:00 GMT)
Reiki's Healing Touch
This noninvasive alternative medicine can alleviate a wide range of ailments. (Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:10:18 GMT)
Phenomenal pressure
Reflexology is an established practice falling under the umbrella of alternative medicine. (Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:03:14 GMT)
Warning to clubbers over dangers of 'safe' alternative to ecstasy
A teenage clubber who collapsed after taking a new dance-scene drug, which has been marketed as a "safe" alternative to ecstasy, is lucky to have survived, doctors report today. (Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:17:52 GMT)
Latest drug craze in Britain's clubs alarms doctors
A teenage clubber who collapsed in Britain after taking a dance drug marketed as a "safe" alternative to Ecstasy was lucky to survive, doctors say. But manufacturers of the drugs claim 20 million pills have been consumed in New Zealand with no deaths or significant harm. (Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:16:38 GMT)
Tai Chi may help reduce tension headaches
A California study says Tai Chi may provide significant benefits to adults suffering tension headaches. (Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:36:08 GMT)
Well-Known Secret: ?Grey?s Anatomy? Spinoff for ABC
ABC has been pretending to hope that no one notices what could be its biggest winner in next fall?s television season, a spinoff of its hit nighttime soap opera ?Grey?s Anatomy.? (Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:00:13 GMT)
U.S. FDA refuses approval for Merck's painkiller drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected approval for Merck & Co.'s arthritis drug Arcoxia, touted as the company's alternative to Vioxx, the pain drug withdrawn from the market for its adverse health effects. (Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:57:29 GMT)
Hepatoprotective Herbal Drug, Silymarin From Experimental Pharmacology to Clinical Medicine
By Pradhan, S C; Girish, C Silymarin, a flavonolignan from 'milk thistle' (Silybum marianum) plant is used almost exclusively for hepatoprotection and amounts to 180 million US dollars business in Germany alone. (Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:01:07 GMT)
Alternative News - The Best Of Robin Good's Counter-Information Videos
Looking for an alternative to mainstream media news? Let\'s face it, these days you can\'t be sure if what you\'re being fed up isn\'t simply serving the interests of corporate sponsors and government officials, unless you turn to the web. The problem is, in trying to find reliable counter-information, it\'s often hard to see the wood for the trees. There are thousands of videos out there, and ... (Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:17:04 GMT)
Herbal Medicine Used For Chinese Stroke Patients Lacks Strong Evidence
The herbal medicine Dan Shen, a standard treatment for ischemic stroke in China, lacks strong scientific evidence to support such use, according a new review of studies. Nevertheless, based on the available data, Dan Shen treatment showed a tendency to improve short-term neurological deficits in stroke patients, say researchers at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. [click link for full article] (Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:04:35 GMT)
Medicines not yet affordable
Government seems no closer to fulfilling the promise of cutting medicine prices to make health care affordable. (Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:10:09 GMT)
LETTERS TO BUSINESS
S.F. General anecdote is unfair to hospital Editor -- Many of us at San Francisco General Hospital read with dismay David Lazarus' column about uninsured health care ("Uninsured patient billed more than $12,000 for broken rib," Lazarus at Large,... (Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:53:53 GMT)
FDA targets alternative meds
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is looking to impose new federal rules on alternative, herbal and supplemental medicines and therapies. (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:28:01 GMT)
Close the lid on old medicine
In a column on spring cleaning (Your Health, April 9), I advised readers to get rid of old medications by flushing them down the toilet. As numerous readers let me know, that advice, long offered by consumer safety groups - and intended to keep dangerous drugs away from children, pets, abusers and anyone else who might be harmed - is outdated. Recently, several government agencies and private ... (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:55:18 GMT)
News briefs
Cancer center gets $5 million gift Dr. John Wallis "Jack" Rowe, an alumnus of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, has donated $5 million to the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center's campaign to expand cancer care and research. It is the largest single gift from a living alumnus of the School of Medicine and Dentistry and one of the largest private donations to a Medical Center ... (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:03:20 GMT)
Tommy Girl Goes Private for Jabs ; McCONNELL AND BLAIR TURN HEAT UP ON RIVALS AS DECISION DAY LOOMS
SOLIDARITY leader Tommy Sheridan opted out of the NHS for his daughter's jabs - despite his stance against private medicine. Sheridan chose to go private for Gabrielle's single dose measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations. (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:04:40 GMT)
What Women Really Need to Know About Vitamins
The FDA Has Not Updated Its Daily Intake Recommendations Since 1968 (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:09:32 GMT)
Diet Choices Can Keep Pets Healthy, Happy
Long before the recent pet food recall, pet owners have sought alternative ways to feed their animals and avoid commercially produced pet food altogether. (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:29:24 GMT)
News summary
A multi-million dollar gift from the president of the United Arab Emirates to Johns Hopkins Medicine will partially fund construction of the hospital’s new 12-story, 355-bed heart and critical care building. (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:22:38 GMT)
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