Alternative Medicine Alert articles from February 2002

Alternative Medicine Alert archives from February 2002

Acupuncture for fibromyalgia.
February 1, 2002... IN ONE PEER-REVIEWED STUDY, AT LEAST 22% OF PATIENTS WITH fibromyalgia (FM) had tried acupuncture in the past year. (1) The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Statement on Acupuncture states:... musculoskeletal conditions such...

Inositol as a cholesterol-lowering agent.
February 1, 2002... CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) IS THE LEADING cause of death in Western countries, yet its prevalence is low in Japan and developing countries. Primary and secondary prevention clinical trials in persons with elevated cholesterol levels have...

Boron supplementation for low bone density and osteoarthritis.
February 1, 2002... ALTHOUGH THE BENEFITS OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION are well known and accepted by physicians and the public alike, a variety of additives to calcium supplements have appeared in the marketplace that have less clear indications for general use. In...

CME questions.
February 1, 2002... 8. Which of the following is not true regarding fibromyalgia? a. Diagnosis requires at least three months of widespread pain. b. More men are afflicted than women. c. Diagnosis requires the presence of 11 of 18 tender points. ...

Reader comment.
February 1, 2002... Comment: With regard to your July 2001 glucosamine article, I would like to bring three points to your attention. First, the claim that glucosamine can increase proteoglycan synthesis comes from old abstracts of in vitro work that were never...

Age-related macular degeneration and antioxidants. (Clinical Briefs).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL data suggest that antioxidant and/or zinc supplements may delay progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and vision loss. To evaluate the effect of high-dose vitamins C and E, beta carotene, and...

Cataract and antioxidants. (Clinical Briefs).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... EXPERIMENTAL AND OBSERVATIONAL data suggest that micronutrients with antioxidant capabilities may retard the development of age-related cataract. To evaluate the effect of a high-dose antioxidant formulation on the development and...

Acupuncture patient handout.
February 1, 2002... IN THE PAST TWO DECADES, ACUPUNCTURE HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY IN THE UNITED STATES. In 1993, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration estimated that Americans made 9-12 million visits per year to acupuncture practitioners and spent as much as $500...