Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
For decades routine medical advice has endorsed aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Recent research has consistently chipped away at the justification for that advice. And now new research damages aspirin’s reputation even further.
This ancient herb from the Ayurvedic tradition of India is easy to get, safe and cheap. And it is emerging as a promising new approach to insomnia.
The number of children suffering from autism is rising dramatically: the number of cases has risen up to 5 times since the early 1990s. One in 68 children now suffer from an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Conventional medicine has offered little hope. The natural approach to autism seems to fare better. Treatment effectiveness ratings collected…
17.6% of all Canadians and 54.3% of all Americans between 65 and 74 struggle with high blood pressure. For many of those, drugs are not the answer, but garlic may be.
Diabetics have an increased risk of heart disease. But a simple seed may help with both.
It may not be possible to live forever, but it looks like it’s possible to live longer!
Update: Antimalarial drugs like hydroxychloroquine have a surprising history in times of pandemic: they keep showing up. But the evidence for hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 is still cloudy.
Echinacea is the best known immune herb. Is it also the least known anti-anxiety herb?
“I was wrong,” Louis Pasteur is said to have cried out as he died, “The terrain is everything.” Whether or not this death bed confession really happened, the battle between germ theory and terrain theory did. And germ theory won. In battling infection, conventional medicine has focussed exclusively on the germ, while natural medicine has…
Using massive doses of IV vitamin C has been suggested in China for patients with COVID-19. Vitamin C is not a proven treatment but deserves future research.
Could it be possible to lower your risk of Alzheimer’s by eating more of the right foods? Sound too good to be true? Maybe not!
Saffron does a lot of things! And now we know that if you are one of the many people who fight with insomnia all night, saffron may be your herbal lullabye.