Tag: Dietary Supplements

A new study of 644 subjects has "discovered" that ginger eases nausea--specifically, the nausea associated with chemotherapy.

A new study offers yet another reason to take probiotics - if you're pregnant. The study of 256 expectant women...

Since 1996, adult prescriptions for mental illness have risen by 73 percent, and prescriptions for children went up by 50...

The biggest damage from the swine flu outbreak may yet turn out to be that it is being used as...

A new study out of the Boston University School of Medicine has confirmed that cockroaches are the leading cause of...

The American Psychiatric Association has been exploring the idea of including a category for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) in the...

A study out of the University of Minnesota Medical School administered the drug Naltrexone to 25 kleptomaniacs between the ages...

One of the problems with swine flu is that virtually no one alive today has any resistance -- thus one...

A huge, international study has determined that babies who take acetaminophen have a greatly increased risk of developing childhood asthma,...

A number of studies over the years have examined the relationship of weather to mood, usually finding that sunshine imparts...

Researchers found that animals already infected with the diseases recovered as effectively and quickly on probiotics as they would have...

Getting a promotion leads to an average 10 percent decline in mental-health functioning as measured by standardized GHQ (Generalized Health...

Caffeine in almost any amount puts pregnant mothers at risk for giving birth to low-weight babies, however, for athletes it...

A new study shows that crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, shrimp and prawns - do indeed feel pain. Even more, their...

A research team out of the University of Manitoba fed small amounts of yellow pea protein to rats, and the...

Recent studies show that bullies, in addition to lack of control, experience a pleasure response in reaction to witnessing pain....

A new study just published in the journal Pediatrics found that women who have a vitamin B-12 deficiency stand a...

The psoriasis drug Raptiva appears linked to a condition known as progressive multi-focal leukoencephalopathy (PML), learn more about natural health...

A new study out of Taiwan has found that the nattokinase enzyme, which is derived from fermented soy, may help...

What are microbes and why are they so important for optimal health?  Jon discusses theories about beneficial bacteria and the...

In this issue, we discuss the physiology, or functioning, of the respiratory system, what can go wrong with those functions,...

A new study has confirmed that a lack of vitamin D triggers a gene response that can lead to multiple...

A new study analyzing breast cancer rates has confirmed that postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement pills for more than...

A bill before the New York State Assembly intends to force supplement manufacturers to add a warning label to their...

While alternative health certainly needs to be regulated, it doesn’t need to be regulated by people who don’t know anything...