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Mixing drugs and herbal remedies may pose a major health ris...

Canadians wary of antidepressants may rely on St. John’s wort, an age-old herbal remedy, to keep mood disorders at bay. But while the yellow-flowering plant is potent enough to relieve mild to moderate depression, it is also the her [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture Helps Shoulder Pain After Stroke - New Research

A new study finds that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of shoulder pain following a stroke. Shoulder pain commonly occurs after a stroke and interferes with the normal functioning of the arms. Approximately 70 percent of stroke [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Homeopathy & Medicine: Does It Dilute Science, Research, Hig...

Have you ever visited a homeopath before? Do you have any homeopathic pills or suspensions in your medicine cabinet? You may think homeopathic is just another word for holistic, organic, or natural. You may think that, but you'd be wr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Survey shows lapses in herbal medicine research

A 35 year survey of medicinal plants and traditional medicines practices in Nigeria has shown that research was still lacking in vital areas such as hormones, anti-viral agents, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), hemorrhoids and neurological diso [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Anti-Cancer Herb New Research

New research on the anti-cancer properties of the Chinese medicine herb Ban Zhi Lian emerges from laboratories and university research facilities. Acupuncturists have used this herb for generations as an anti-toxin herb and now mode [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Invest in herbal medicine research

LAST week the health ministry banned the operations of reflexology clinics in the country following a research that showed that most were unprofessionally run. Practitioners were extorting huge sums of money from unsuspecting clients wit [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

New research centre tests herbal effect against Parkinson's

The newly-inaugurated National Centre for Neurotoxicity Research to Assist Drug Development is studying the potential of herbal medicines in treating Parkinson's disease. "Traditional medicines offer solutions for treatment of P [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Latest health research: Dandelion juice may soothe eczema, a...

Could dandelion juice, used in herbal medicine for more than 1,000 years, help to ease eczema? Researchers point to anecdotal reports over the years that the juice has benefits in the treatment of dyshidrotic eczema — a form of the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Herbal remedies researched

FRENCH biopharmaceutical group Pharnext is studying the potential for the construction of a herbal medicine factory in Cambodia, as part of a joint venture with local firm Mede Khmer. Herbal remedies to counter high blood pressure, diabe [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Indonesian Researcher Says Potential For Herbal Meds Untappe...

Yogyakarta. A lack of cooperation among government officials, business owners and researchers has stifled the country’s potential to become a world supplier of herbal medicines, a Gadjah Mada University researcher said on Tuesday. Z [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Neal Barnard Advocates for Ethical Medicine, Research

My grandfather was a cattle rancher, and my uncles and my cousins are still in that business today," he says. Barnard's father was a doctor who treated diabetes, and Barnard says practicing medicine was the last thing he wanted to do. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Herbal Medicine Research and Global Health: an Ethical Analy...

Traditional herbal medicines are naturally occurring, plant- derived substances with minimal or no industrial processing that have been used to treat illness within local or regional healing practices. Traditional herbal medicines are getti [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Diabetes researchers convert pancreas cells to produce insul...

Injecting a cocktail of proteins directly into the bodies of diabetic mice, researchers have converted normal pancreas cells into insulin-producing cells -- a genetic transformation that could pave the way for treating intractable diseases [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Uganda: Sh1b Boost for Herbal Research

A JAPANESE businessman is to invest over sh1b in a herbal medicine laboratory after sealing a partnership with Kamengo Herbal Research Centre in Rakai district.Koichi Nakane, of Japan-based K'S Trade Company Limited, said the development wo [...]