Ginkgo Helps Schizophrenics
A new meta-analysis has concluded that, if you have schizophrenia and are on antipsychotic medication, you may do better adding the herb Ginkgo biloba to your med than taking your med alone. . . .
Chamomile Oil Better Than Drugs for Osteoarthritis
This placebo-controlled, blinded study demonstrated that the topical application of chamomile oil has advantages over topical pharmaceutical analgesics for people with osteoarthritis. . . .
Coconut Oil Benefits Weight & Cholesterol
A new study has shown that coconut oil is good for reducing the most important kind of fat and improving the most important kind of cholesterol. . . .
Maca Helps Sexual Dysfunction in Women on Antidepressants
Maca is a Peruvian herb commonly used for menopause. Double-blind research has shown that, in addition to the physical and other psychological symptoms of menopause, maca also helps the sexual dysfunction that comes with it (Menopause 2008;15:1157-62). Menopause is a common cause of sexual dysfunction, but so are antidepressant drugs. This new study shows that
More Misleading Reporting from CBC: the Safety of Vitamins
CBC continued its attack on natural health of Friday with the posting of another story on its website. Titled “Megadoses of popular vitamins may do more harm than good,” the article claimed that large doses of vitamins C and E are dangerous. . . .
CBC Makes Misleading Claim Re Danger of Supplements
The CBC posted a number of stories today that are critical of natural health. As part of the assault, CBC seems to have thrown every negative link it coud find onto its website. Amongst the links is one with the misleading and alarmist heading, Supplements send 23,000 to hospital each year in U.S: study. .
CBC’s Misleading Claim Re Effectiveness of Herbs & Vitamins
In a piece posted on CBC’s website today on a fifth estate investigation into Health Canada approval of natural supplements, the reporter makes some misleading and unsubstantiated claims. The most glaringly unsubstantiated claim is that many supplements simply don’t work. . . .
CBC’s Marketplace is Wrong About Vitamin C
CBC’s Marketplace put a scathing article up on the CBC website today criticizing vitamin C. But it includes many unreferenced claims that are contrary to the scientific evidence, including the claim that vitamin C does not help fight colds. . . .
Acupuncture Helps Neck Pain
With more and more time being spent hunched over computers, more and more people are suffering from neck pain. Well, there may just be an ancient solution to this very modern problem. Acupuncture helps neck pain. . . .
Beet Juice Beats Difficulties at Altitude
When we were in Peru at the incredible altitude of the town of Puno on Lake Titicaca, the highest navicable lake in the world, way above the elevation of Machu Pichu, people were dropping from altitude sickness. The local remedy was coca leaves. Now research has found that beet juice can help the body deal
Your Guide to Good Health & Vitality
Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
