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Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4




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Ancient Chinese herbal recipe eases side effects of chemotherapy

A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale University researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way...

Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice.

Technology / Business

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen

(AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A synthetic derivative of the kudzu vine can reduce drinking and prevent relapse

Kudzu extracts have been used in Chinese folk medicine to treat alcoholism for about 1,000 years. Daidzin is an anti-drinking substance in kudzu. A synthetic form of daidzin, called CVT-10216, can successfully reduce drinking ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Whose 5 stars? Online 'user' reviews get scrutiny

(AP) -- The Web site said an herbal remedy could cure cancer and offered miraculous firsthand accounts. One woman offered to "share my experience": The formula had routed her lymphoma, sparing her radiation treatment, she ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Herbal Science-brand supplements recalled

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 12 Herbal Science-brand dietary supplements because they might present a health hazard.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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