Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
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. . . .
This placebo-controlled, blinded study demonstrated that the topical application of chamomile oil has advantages over topical pharmaceutical analgesics for people with osteoarthritis. . . .
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 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…
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. . . .
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. ….
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 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. . . .
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. . . .
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…
People used to say that you can’t pick where you lose weight when dieting or exercising. Well, that may be true. But it turns out that it may not be true for all kinds of weight loss programs. Green tea just might have the ability to target the most dangerous kind of extra weight: central…
This controlled study looked at eighty-eight overweight women who were on calorie reduced diets. Half of them were randomized into a control group, and the other half took 3g of cumin twice a day. The cumin had a remarkable effect on cholesterol and weight. . . .