Alternative Medicine Alert articles from February 2004

Alternative Medicine Alert archives from February 2004

Andrographis and upper respiratory tract infection.
February 1, 2004... BOTANICAL MEDICINES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR among the public for the treatment of uncomplicated infection, including upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) such as the common cold. Andrographis paniculata is a shrub indigenous...

Age-related macular degeneration and nutrition.
February 1, 2004... MACULAR DEGENERATION (MD), ALSO TERMED AGE-related macular degeneration (ARMD), is the leading cause of deteriorating vision and blindness in people older than age 60 in the United States. It affects 25-30 million people worldwide. As Americans...

Fasting for health.
February 1, 2004... FASTING HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS religious traditions. With recent interest in spirituality and medicine, and the importance of diet being stressed for good health, the role of fasting in promoting health has been receiving...

Electric blanket use and breast cancer.(Clinical Briefs)
February 1, 2004... Source: Kabat GC, et al. Electric blanket use and breast cancer on Long Island. Epidemiology, 2003;14:514-520. Goal: To evaluate the relationship between exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) and breast cancer risk. ...

CME questions.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... CME Instructions: Physicians participate in this continuing medical education program by reading the articles, using the provided references for further research, and studying the CME questions. Participants should select what they believe to...

Chicken soup and vitamin C: the science behind folk remedies.
February 1, 2004... DOES GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP REALLY HELP RELIEVE COLD SYMPTOMS? WAS LINUS Pauling on to something with his proposal that mega doses of vitamin C could prevent colds and reduce symptoms? A look at the medical literature may offer some interesting...