Alternative Medicine Alert articles from March 2006

Alternative Medicine Alert archives from March 2006

Drug Pharmacokinetic Interactions Following Consumption of Plant Products.
March 1, 2006... Drug Pharmacokinetic Interactions Following Consumption of Plant Products Part 1 of a series on herb-drug interactions By Francis Brinker, ND is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, at the...

Selenium and Cancer.
March 1, 2006... Selenium and Cancer By Alexandra C. Frost, PhD Dr. Frost is a member of the Research Faculty, Dickson Institute for Health Studies, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; she reports no consultant, stockholder, speaker's bureau,...

Clinical Briefs: Could Meditation Give You a Big Head?
March 1, 2006... Clinical Briefs With Comments from Russell H. Greenfield, MD Dr. Greenfield is Medical Director, Carolinas Integrative Health, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC, and Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of...

Prostate Cancer: Patient Handout.
March 1, 2006... Prostate Cancer: Patient Handout Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among men in the United States, other than skin cancer. In 2004, approximately 230,110 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and 29,900 men will die...

CME Questions.
March 1, 2006... CME Questions 8. All herb-drug interactions are undesirable. a. True b. False 9. The fruit juice most widely recognized for its ability to inhibit the isozyme CYP 3A4 in the gut, thereby increasing bioavailability of the...