Alternative Medicine Review articles

Recent articles from Alternative Medicine Review

The benefits of pre- and post-challenge urine heavy metal testing: Part 1.(Environmental Medicine)(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction The adverse effects of heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury; are of great concern to the general public and the medical community. Recent studies have shown that lead exposure can lead to higher rates of parkinsonism (1) and cognitive decline (2) in...

Diet and nondiet predictors of urinary 3-phenoxybenzoic acid in NHANES 1999-2002.(U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)(Environmental Medicine Abstracts)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
March 1, 2009... Commentary Pyrethroid and organophosphate testicides are the two most commonly used classes of insecticides currently in use. As with all forms of pesticides, pyrethroids are potent neurotoxins, the avenue via which they kill the pests. Pyrethroids are synthetic forms of pyrethrin, the...

The role of exposure to phthalates from polyvinyl chloride products in the development of asthma and allergies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.(Environmental Medicine Abstracts)(Clinical report)
March 1, 2009... Commentary The CDC reporting on toxin exposures, as reviewed above, has continued to reveal that we are carrying toxins that none of us previously considered. Among those found in all of us are a number of phthalates, or plasticizers. Other researchers have shown that these phthalates...

Ambient ozone concentrations cause increased hospitalizations for asthma in children: an 18-year study in Southern California.(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Commentary As mentioned previously, the rates of asthma have been increasing dramatically around the globe for the last couple of decades. These increases have been associated with both outdoor and indoor air pollution. Multiple articles have been published that show increased rates of...

Effects of exposure to 0.06 ppm ozone on FEV1 in humans: a secondary analysis of existing data.(Environmental Medicine Abstracts)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Commentary This article continues the topic of ozone-induced respiratory damage. In this article very low levels of ozone, previously thought not to damage the lungs, were shown to lead to reduced expiration in otherwise healthy persons. This appears to show that there is no level of...