New treatments for diabetes
In recent years, the research into new treatments and cures for diabetes has shown promise. Research also offers hope that diabetes will become easier to monitor and treat, or even that a cure may be found in the near future. However, all of these treatments are experimental.
Treatment areas currently being explored include:
Ghana: Doctor Bemoans Students' Abuse of Herbal Concoctions
Dr. Martin Dung of the Tema General hospital addressing students of the Labone Secondary School last Friday on drug abuse, enumerated a host of the most abused drugs by students with the worse being herbal concoctions.
He explained that the multiplicity of the chemical components of certain herbal concoctions had resulted in the most reported cases of chronic liver and kidney complications.
He advised the students to eschew bad company and stay away from drugs, which he said might reward instantly, but have long-term grave consequences.
Ayurvedic Herbal Home Remedies for Headache
Headache (cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. Headache, like chest pain or dizziness, has many causes. All headaches are considered primary headaches or secondary headaches. Primary headaches are not associated with other diseases. The most common type of headache is a tension headache. As many as 90% of adults have tension headaches. Tension headaches are more common among women than men. They are often related to stress, depression, or anxiety.
Acid Reflux Herbal Treatment
There are many different kinds of acid reflux herbal treatments you can use in order to treat acid reflux naturally. One of the best things about using an acid reflux herbal treatment in comparison to other medications prescribed by your doctor or which you can purchase over the counter of your local drug store is they do not cause unwanted side effects.
However, it is essential that if you are someone who regularly suffers from acid reflux and taking acid reflux medication, you should discuss matters with their doctor first before taking any kind of herbal remedy.
Student looks for herbal remedies
A passion for medicinal herbs has driven Tran Thi Hien, a student at the Hanoi University of Pharmacy, to travel to mountainous and forested areas to find rare plants to treat diseases.
Hien studied biodiversity at university and immediately was enthralled with the topic. Primeval forests and medicinal plants have always piqued her interest.
Not satisfied with reading about herbal medicine, Hien carried with her the determination to discover medicinal plants during weekend journeys and summer holidays.
What is Hoodia Gordonii (hoodia, xhooba, !khoba, Ghaap, hoodia cactus, South African desert cactus)?
What is Hoodia Gordonii?
Herbofinax is a special combination of fine herbs, vitamins and nutrients.
Herbofinax works to stop hair loss and improve hair re-growth on male-pattern baldness.
Herbofinax works by blocking the formation of DHT, which is a male hormone responsible for hair shrinkage, eventually leading to hair fall. Thus, Herbofinax helps reverse hair follicle shrinkage, promote hair re-growth and provide nutrition to the overall scalp.
Take 1 pill twice daily, preferably after a meal, with plenty of water.
Vitamin D ?substantially? reduce cancer risk, major study says
InspireHealth release ? Vancouver-based InspireHealth ? Canada?s leader in integrated cancer care and prevention - today announced that a newly-released U.S. study, which provides evidence that Vitamin D substantially reduces the risk of cancer development, is the most important cancer prevention study ever published.
The study released today by researchers from Creighton University in Nebraska is a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial ? the highest standard in medical research, and is being published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Aristolochic acid: Cause for concern?
In spring 2000, the FDA issued an alert to U.S. supplement manufacturers and distributors, stressing the importance of quality checks of herbal ingredients and finished products. The action was prompted by a series of overseas incidents involving Chinese herbal medicines containing aristolochic acids. These constituents, found in plants of the Aristolochiaceae family, were introduced inadvertently to Chinese herbal weight-loss preparations, reportedly causing kidney failure and urinary tract cancer in consumers in France, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Taiwan, and Britain.
Herbal remedies show promise as cancer therapies
The first scientific tests of some popular alternative medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors.
But a big study proved shark cartilage worthless against lung cancer, and doctors said people should not take it.
The research was reported Saturday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference.
The ginseng and flaxseed studies are small and preliminary, and specialists warned against making too much of them because the substances tested are not the same as on store shelves.
2. ARISTOLOCHIC ACID CAUSE FOR CONCERN
3. AYURVEDIC HERBAL HOME REMEDIES FOR HEADACHE
4. GHANA DOCTOR BEMOANS STUDENTS ABUSE OF HERBAL CONCOCTIONS
5. HERBAL REMEDIES SHOW PROMISE AS CANCER THERAPIES
6. HERBOFINAX IS A SPECIAL COMBINATION OF FINE HERBS VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS
7. NEW TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES
8. STUDENT LOOKS FOR HERBAL REMEDIES
9. VITAMIN D SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE CANCER RISK MAJOR STUDY SAYS
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