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Study results show herbal remedies trump pain drugs for oste...

As the number of aging baby boomers with degenerative ailments begins to rise, public and clinical interest in integrative therapy and the effectiveness of dietary supplements is bound to follow suit. And while adult use of joint health s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Top drug cos move into herbal medicines

Leading drug makers of the country are making foray into herbal medicines as demand of such medicines is rising significantly both in local and international markets, industry insiders said. Industry people observed that scopes to exploit [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Failure Much More Likely in Transmitted Drug-Resistant HIV

A substantial portion of antiretroviral-naive patients are infected with transmitted drug-resistant HIV with one or more drug-resistant mutations, and they are much more likely to experience treatment failure, according to research publi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Information Ministry steps up efforts to ban herbal drug ads

The Information Ministry urged all media outlets Wednesday to halt their advertising of herbal and nutritional products which have been portrayed as cures for various diseases. Following months of public accusations about the safety and [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Fat Burner No. 1 herbal drug risky: Health Canada

An unauthorized Chinese herbal weight-loss medicine sold at select stores in Victoria and Calgary may pose serious health risks, Health Canada warns. Ying Tai TCM Supplying Ltd. is voluntarily recalling the product Fat Burner No. 1 label [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Prescription Drugs Versus Herbal Medicine

People in all cultures have used herbs as natural remedies for centuries. Herbs have passed the test of time and have proved to be safe and effective. Millions of people have recovered from various ailments. Unlike prescription drugs, wi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Herbal Supplements May Pose Risk for People on Clotting Drug...

Patients on anti-clotting drugs who take herbal and dietary supplements may be putting themselves at risk without their doctors’ knowledge, researchers said. More than two-thirds of 100 patients surveyed said they used over-the-cou [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

'Unsafe' drug found in herbal tea

Herbal medicines marketed as weight loss aids have been found to include a drug withdrawn in Europe and US on safety grounds. Analysis of Payouji tea and Pai You Guo Slim capsules by the UK medicines watchdog revealed they contained diet [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

New drug may give hope to those at risk for hepatitis C

A new drug, which has been shown to prevent hepatitis C virus from replicating in a recent study of primates, may be of use to patients who have tested positive for the virus. SPC3649, the new drug, targets an RNA molecule in the liver t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 1

Herbal drug crackdown - Millions face having to buy remedies...

Patients could lose access to safe herbal medicines under EU rules, it was claimed yesterday. Instead they could end up buying potentially dangerous supplies from the black market, say herbalists. Sales of all herbal remedies, except for a [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Strategies For Reducing Painful Breast Cancer Drug Side Effe...

In a study published recently in the journal Cancer, researchers at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center found that estrogen withdrawal may play a role in the onset of joint pain, also known as arthralgia, during treatment: Women who stopped getti [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Keep medicine receipts vs defiant drugstores

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III asked consumers on Monday to keep receipts of their medicine purchases to help identify drugstores that are not complying with the Cheaper Medicines Act. "Don’t forget to keep your receipts. I [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

How To Keep Your Kids Drug Free

Narconon Trois-Rivieres delivers drug prevention lectures to thousands of children every year. The message is strong and truly depicts the truth about drugs, what they are, and how they affect the mind and the body. Unfortunately, we cannot [...]

Posted On : Apr, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Drug Shows Early Promise Against Alzheimer`s

A new drug against Alzheimer's disease, developed by British researchers, has shown promise in tests on a handful of patients. A team at the University College London found the small molecule drug caused the disappearance of a protein calle [...]