Public Health
Acupuncture is advocated by some for pain control but there are doubts about its effectiveness and its safety. Investigators from the Universities of Exeter&Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (Daejeon, South Korea) evaluated systematic reviews of acupuncture in order to explore the issue.
Their analysis in PAIN concluded there is little convincing evidence that acupuncture is effective in reducing pain and serious adverse effects continue to be reported.
They identified and examined systematic reviews of acupuncture studies for pain relief and…
Melilotus officinalis Linn.Vernacular Names :- Bengal : Baupiring ; English : King’s Clover ; Hindi : Aspurk .
Family :- Papilionaceae.
Distribution :- It is found throughout India.
Morphology :- It is a perennial herb found in dry fields with the smooth, erect and branched stems. Leaves placed on alternate sides of the stems are smooth and trifoliate, the leaflets oval. The plant bear long racemes of small, sweet-scented, white or yellow papilionaceous flowers. Pods one seeded, broad, black and transversely wrinkled (Trease and Evans, 1973).
Chemical composition :- It contains melilotic…
Tinospora sinensis (Lour. ) Merr syn. T. malabaricaMiers ex Hook. f.; T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook. f.
Menispermaceae family, and the stem is used as medicine.
The plant grows wild in most parts of India, both in forests and plains.
The plant is used almost in the same way as T. cordifolia. It is reported to be used for fumigation in piles and ulcerated wounds, and for the preparation of medicated baths for liver-complaints. Boiled roots are given in fever. Fresh leaves and stems are used in chronic rheumatism.
Some other plants with similar properties are (1)…
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One of my dear readers out there wrote to me “I don't own a scale and I understand I have to measure this s**t out in mg.” Thus we introduce to the world today: Alpha Meme’s Divide and Join Portioning (DJP©).
I do not promote anything, but the fact of the matter is, there are ever more designer chemicals that work in the 10 to 200 milligram (mg) range and people explore them no matter what you tell them they should or should not do. As they are at it anyway, and after all, these are often perfectly legal substances mostly without any addiction potential whatsoever, we better help making it…
Generally, coffee can be good for you just like in moderation fast food can be less bad for you. Together, they are worse, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Researcher Marie-Soleil Beaudoin says a healthy person's blood sugar levels spike after eating a high-fat meal, but also that the spike doubles after having both a fatty meal and caffeinated coffee – jumping to levels similar to those of people at risk for diabetes. The study in the Journal of Nutrition examined the effects of saturated fat and caffeinated coffee on blood sugar levels using a fat cocktail…
While the current radiation concerns in Japan are not on a par with atomic bombs, the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki can provide some insight into what effects, if any, radiation might have on residents of Japan today.
A review article in the latest issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (free to read - http://www.dmphp.org) looks at risk estimates and summarizes what has been learned from following the survivors for 63 years.
40 percent of the A-bomb survivors are still alive today and 80 percent of those exposed before age 20 are in that group.
To…
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Sprouts are regarded as a healthy food source, rich with vitamins, minerals and non-meat proteins, but they've also been recalled five times in the last two years for salmonella and hundreds of people have become sick due to them. Activists can complain about GMOs but, after decades in use, not so much as a stomach ache has been caused by them.
The problem, according to an analysis by a University of British Columbia expert, is the high levels of bacteria found in sprouts, including mung beans and alfalfa sprouts, which have become popular as the 'organic' marketing machine…
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ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott announced today it enrolled the first patient in the CALM Study, a clinical trial with HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab), to determine if tailoring therapy to more stringent measures of disease activity in patients with early moderate to severe Crohn's disease will improve mucosal healing. The study will assess patients monitored with those stringent criteria over 56 weeks compared to patients monitored with less stringent and more commonly used clinical disease management criteria. This international study is enrolling now in Austria, Belgium…
Rosa alba Linn.
Rosaceae
Stem,flowers
It is cultivated to some extent in Bulgaria and Turkey for extraction of oil (otto) from the flowers.
Common Uses . The flower is bitter, acrid, pungent, with a flavor , cooling, Astringent to the bowels, aphrodisiac, sures "tirdosha" stomatitis, leprosy, biliousness, burning sensation, purifies the blood, improves the complexion, the taste the appetite (Ayruveda) . The flower smells sweet, enriches the blood, carminative, laxative, lessens inflammation, useful in cold and catarrah of the nose, headache, toothache, bronchitis, hiccough, diseases of…
How did we ever last this long? As the occurrence of allergies. asthma and immune diseases rises, but just in wealthy countries, the idea that we are trying to keep kids too clean - the hygiene hypothesis - has gotten public attention.
Now a study claims if your child plays in instrument in music classes and does not have the instrument sterilized, they could be at risk. This will not do a lot for music class funding since schools would rather cut those programs that incur lawsuits if a child gets sick and a study shows the instrument may have done it.
Woodwind and brass…