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18 Aug

Posted at 07:47h in Herbal Medicine

Many people turn to herbal supplements to improve their health. In China, belief in traditional medicine is so strong that pharmacies peddle unprocessed herbs alongside modern pharmaceuticals. But an ingredient found in certain supplements may be as cancerous as smoking, two new studies have found. The...

18 Aug

Posted at 07:47h in Diet

A study published in the journal Nature Communications puts forthshocking new claims about the detrimental effects of sugar intake at levels currently considered safe. Researchers at the University of Utah fed mice a daily diet of 25 percent extra sugar — the equivalent of a healthy human...

18 Aug

Posted at 07:45h in Naturopathic Medicine

In last week’s issue of Critical Review of Toxicology, Edward Calabrese, Ph.D., lays out his understanding of the mechanisms at play in hormesis.* Hormesis is a dose-response phenomenon characterized by low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition. Historically, dose-responses have been thought to occur in a linear fashion...

18 Aug

Posted at 07:44h in Uncategorized

A battle inside Congress and the Executive branch over the right of patients to choose care from the types of practitioners they prefer is erupting inside the Beltway. At stake is the meaning and potential revocation of ”non-discrimination in health care,”Section 2706 of the Affordable Care Act....

18 Aug

Posted at 07:44h in Cancer, Diet

In a study of more than 500,000 Americans, those who ate a healthy diet reduced their risk for pancreatic cancer by 15 percent. The diet used in the study followed federal dietary guidelines from 2005 and recommended eating a variety of nutritional foods and limiting saturated...