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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
As someone who has researched and published on the nocebo and placebo effect in homeopathy, I wonder why Ben Goldacre is so sure homeopaths cannot also be nocebo researchers ( Bad science , 28 November). He may well be right that homeopathy does not work through the physical power of its pills. But if therapies were banned from the NHS not because they didn't work, but because they did not work through...
Friendly Humanist (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In a move reminiscent of the very successful Australian Skeptics open letter to pharmacists , the Merseyside Skeptics Society has issued an open letter to Boots pharmacies . This is in the wake of a parliamentary subcommittee meeting on the status and labelling of homeopathic remedies sold in pharmacies ("chemists" in this country). If you have time, check out the transcript here - a long...
lathophobic aphasia (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The subject of alternative medicine arose with my Algerian group today. Most had not heard of acupuncture or aromatherapy, but they all extolled the benefits of cupping. In my ignorance, I thought this practice had been ditched somewhere around the time when the phlogiston theory of combustion went out of favour, but the students put me right. It draws out bad blood, they said, and is especially beneficial...
Pinoy Healthcare (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
cancer is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth, called a tumor, of abnormal cells. Prostate cancer is any type of malignant growth in the prostate. The prostate is one of the male *** glands, located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate is about the size of a walnut [...] Related Posts Homeopathy Treatment for Prostate Cancer by Dr Harshad Raval Md Homeopathy...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Ben Goldacre writes: This week the parliamentary science and technology committee looked into the the funding of homeopathy on the NHS and the evidence behind the decision of the MHRA, which regulates medicines, to allow homeopathy sugar pill labels to make medical claims without evidence of efficacy. There were comedy highlights, as you might expect from any serious inquiry into an industry where...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Dr Peter Fisher from the Royal London Homeopathic hospital (funded by the NHS) says homeopathic pills have physical side-effects. Can a sugar pill have a side-effect? This week the parliamentary science and technology committee looked into the the funding of homeopathy on the NHS and the evidence behind the decision of the MHRA, which regulates medicines, to allow homeopathy sugar pill labels to make...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
• News: Heroin users cost their families £10,000 a year, says report • Features: Speaking Out acclaim for survivors of childhood abuse • Blog: What role should teachers have in preventing domestic violence? Welcome to the daily news round-up from SocietyGuardian.co.uk **************** Today's top story - Blood filter to protect young transfusion patients from vCJD Health advisory...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The National Prescribing Service (NPS) welcomes calls for improved complementary and alternate medicine training in universities and says all health professionals have a responsibility to ensure these products are used safely.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The football star was photographed using an inhaler this weekend. Who knew we had anything in common? Me and David Beckham: who'd have thought it? It turns out we have a lifelong affinity. That small plastic object in the pocket, wherever you go. You could reach for it instantly, though you might not for weeks. You tell a few close friends where you keep it, in case of a sudden attack. But hardly...
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A few days ago Emily Browne at NHDP probed the dark underbelly of the GOPer idea of health care "reform," and made a pretty powerful and salient point (in part, from an email release): Ayotte is pushing a GOP establishment health care plan that would do away with essential state-level consumer protections that hold insurance companies accountable to New Hampshire residents. Under 'KellyCare'...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received treatment with folic acid and vitamin B12, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA.
Getting Better (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
For those of you following the surprising healthcare reform bill mandate of Christian Science prayer as a medical treatment to be payed for by your taxes... I have good news. That was stricken from the merged legislation. The bad news is that there is currently even more worrisome language in the S.3950 bill. Senator Tom Harkin has introduced language that would essentially require ineffective medical...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009.
Pinoy Healthcare (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
During anti cancer treatment (Conventional cancer treatment), it is difficult to protect the healthy cells of side effects caused by the drugs administered. Although the effects of treatment vary according to each patient and the medications used, all cancer patients suffer adverse effects of treatment that affect their skin, look and internal organs. An important [...] Related Posts Conventional and...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Heart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center on the benefits of combining extended-release niacin, a B vitamin, with cholesterol-lowering statin medications to prevent blood vessel narrowing. Cardiovascular atherosclerosis, as it is also known, is believed responsible for one in three...
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julieadam | 11/02/2009
Facility Overview Croatia has become a new medical frontier for many central eastern and western Europeans. For state of the art, quality and world-class medical facilities and treatments and sports medicine treatment, physical therapy, orthopedic procedures, drug rehabilitation and kinesiotherapy procedures, thousands of domestic and international travelers flock to facilities such as Terme Selce...
revis | 09/11/2009
More than half of men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 50, and baldness treatments are estimated to be a US $1 billion per year industry. Since the 1980s, drug therapy has increasingly become a realistic management option for baldness for men and women. Increased understanding of the role of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in male and female pattern baldness has led to targeted intervention to...
eprnetwork | 08/25/2009
Cliffside Malibu, a renowned rehabilitation facility on the Malibu coast, has long been a leading light in the California treatment community. Now, the center is pleased to announce its renewed commitment to helping its clients achieve sustainable holistic healing.
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