Polyherbacy prompts need for physician's advice
... The physicians said that oftentimes patients take herbal supplements in conjunction with their regular medi.... However, combining conventional medications with herbal supplements without first talking to your physician can lead to possible adverse interactions with m...The nature of the healing process using alternative means to conventional medical care
...nion What's hype and what is fact when combining herbal and drug therapies? Are there synergistic interactions between drugs and botanicals? Does the dose make the poison? Can a botanical alter a patient's metabolism of a drug? The mechanism and clinical efficacy surrounding select botanicals will be pres...New recommendations to prevent high blood pressure issued
...als with hypertension. In addition, the ability of herbal and botanical supplements to safely lower blood pressure is unproven, and these unregulated products can interact adversely with medications. Developed by a distinguished panel of experts convened by the NHBPEP Coordinating Committee, the advisory r...UC Berkeley study indicates promise of Chinese herbal medicine in treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Berkeley - Chinese herbal medicine combined with standard therapy may be mor...n which chronic hepatitis B patients using Chinese herbal medicine alone, or with interferon alfa, were compared with a control group of patients that were ta...More than 70 percent of adults with cancer use alternative therapies
...emotherapy, while herbs such as yew needle and the herbal tea essiac have been associated with heart and kidney impairment, particularly when taken in conjunction with certain cancer drugs."Anyone who is in active cancer treatment should talk to their medical team about the use of vitamins and supplements, ...Study finds additional evidence for contamination of herbal supplement for prostate cancer
... chemical analysis of PC-SPES, a recently recalled herbal dietary supplement commonly used to treat advanced...eclinical and clinical trial research of promising herbal interventions should continue. However, he urges investigators to consider regular quality control e...$2.2 Million herbal cold remedy study underway at U.Va.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., August 27 The popular herbal supplement echinacea may have earned its manufactu... they can be compared with the group receiving the herbal supplement. "One of the things we want to find out is whether echinacea has an effect on viral repli...Herbal dietary supplement alters metabolism of chemotherapy drug
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that the herbal dietary supplement St. John's wort interferes with... that, in addition to St. John's wort, a number of herbal remedies have been identified that affect synthetic drug metabolism and, potentially, drug efficacy....Hairy treatments for winter ills
...o mass-produce the active ingredients found in the herbal medicines Echinacea, Ginseng and Gynostemma. Ext...ergy levels. "During winter many people will take herbal medicines to fight off colds and flu. There is an increasing demand for traditional sources of some...Herbal assisted weight loss causes neurological ailment in woman
...an who had dropped from 160 to 120 pounds using an herbal supplement and dieting developed ataxia( failure o...ming -- although apparently balanced -- diet. The herbal supplement is a potential candidate for causing the metabolic imbalance observed in the study. "Ther...Venlafaxine significantly effective for children and teens with generalized anxiety disorder
...ere not allowed to take any psychopharmacologic or herbal drugs during the study. However, they could take non-psychopharmacologic drugs with psychotropic effects if taken for one or more months before study start. The participants also could continue undergoing psychotherapy if it was well established be...Ginkgo biloba slows cognitive decline in patients with multiple sclerosis
Ginkgo biloba, an over-the-counter herbal remedy used by many to boost mental awareness, has been shown in a medically supervised study to slow cognitive decline in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. Although...St. John's wort ineffective for depression
...st clinical trial performed to date on the popular herbal supplement St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) ...of inadequate studies of St. John's wort and other herbal remedies. "As long as these types of products remain available to the public without the protection...Research confirms safety and efficacy of RemiFemin for menopausal symptoms
...n," said Steven Weisman, PhD, a pharmacologist and herbal expert. Study Design and Methods This controll...nsitive cancers of the breast and uterus, natural, herbal treatments are gaining popularity for the relief of short-term symptoms of menopause. While many he...Food the center of celebration and subject for concern
...alth. How much do we know about the possibility of herbal overdose, drug interactions, or malnutrition? Recent events have intensified concerns about bioterrorism. Could our own food supply be targeted? What can we do to protect it and ourselves? "The Food Frights forum will explore these questions from...Initial clinical study shows safety and bioactivity of cancer vaccine
...ion treatments for preexisting tumors or they took herbal supplements that could impact PSA levels. In the remaining seven, six had a significant decrease in PSA levels and three patients exhibited a decrease in free-circulating tumor cells detected in the blood. According to Vieweg, the next step is t...Herbal extract is an effective treatment for hay fever
...l allergic rhinitis BMJ Volume 324, pp 144-6 The herbal extract, butterbur, is as effective as antihistamines for treating hay fever, and does not have the sedative effects often associated with these drugs, finds a study in this weeks BMJ. Researchers in Switzerland identified 125 patients with a history...Garlic supplements can impede HIV medication
... set out to investigate the effects of a number of herbal therapies. As Dr. Falloon explains, We set out to...nd a potentially dangerous interaction between the herbal remedy St. Johns wort and the protease inhibitor indinavir. Garlic became the next focus because of...New antimalaria drug succeeds in first animal tests
... artemisia, historically used by the Chinese as an herbal remedy for malaria. With support from the National...red the details of how the active component of the herbal remedy fights malaria. Their research and that of other laboratories showed that the malaria parasit...Antioxidant herbal extract may help prevent and treat reflux oesophagitis
A herbal extract, which contains a powerful antioxidant, may help prevent and treat the extremely common and distressing condition reflux oesophagitis, shows research in Gut. Free radical damage to the lining of the oesophagus or gullet is probably more impo...