Seen that? - Another alternative medicine treatment shot down

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Another alternative medicine treatment shot down Straightfromthedoc

A study from the NEJM concludes that Echinacea is useless: The federally funded study was what fans and foes of such substances say they have long needed rigorous, scientific testing. It found that patients who took an echinacea plant extract fared no better than those who took a dummy treatment. "Our study . . . adds to the accumulating evidence that suggests that the burden of proof should lie with those who [...] Read More


Alternative Treatment For Hearing on Both Ears Straightfromthedoc

A team from Loyola University Medical Center has pioneered a device and a surgical procedure that will bring hearing to ears that can't hear - which could be an alternative for people whose deafness cannot be helped by traditional hearing aids or cochlear implants. According to Dr. Sam Marzo who surgically implanted a bone-anchored cochlear stimulator that delivers sound to the inner ear by bone conduction to Tom Lynch (age 2, [...] Read More


Sponsored Post: rVita, An Online Resource on Alternative Medicine Straightfromthedoc

There is a myriad of information out there on the web about alternative medicine. However, as consumers, we must be wary and critical of the information we read. Are the health and therapeutic claims substantiated and validated by scientific studies? Are the scientific studies conducted statistically and methodologically valid? One resource which offers such information is rVita. rVita is a free web-based service to help consumers, both old and new to [...] Read More


Experts Warn Against Alternative Treatment Methods for Allergies Allergies

From the comments some of you leave here at Allergizer, I know that a number of you undergo alternative treatments for your allergies-- acupuncture, dietary supplements, herbal remedies and such. However, medical experts warn patients regarding totally abandoning their regular or traditional medications in favor of such alternative treatment methods. "Anyone with moderate to severe allergies and asthma should absolutely remain on standard, conventional forms of medication. Asthma in particular is [...] Read More


What Is Chemotherapy? A Basic Overview of “Chemo” We Can Fight Cancer Weblog

with Mr. WonderfulChemotherapyHow does one write in an entertaining fashion about a subject as serious as Cancer and Chemotherapy? In this case, perhaps there is no real "entertainment", but only the opportunity to capture your attention with a frank relation of the facts associated with this main-stream medical cancer treatment. Chemotherapy or "chemo" is a general term for treatment involving the use of chemicals to stop the growth [...] Read More