The Voice of Natural Medicine
Last month, over 600 health professionals convened in Washington, D.C. for 3 days for the “Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public.” Never before has there been a gathering of this sort. It was called a “watershed meeting” and a “historic” moment. The purpose of the Summit was to “advance the science, [...]
The short and cynical answer to the above question is: nobody. The longer and less-pessimistic answer is: take every posting with a grain of salt.
On-line discussion forums and chat rooms are great resources for patients. There are on-line forums for everything from cancer, to Lyme disease, to fibromyalgia, to knee surgery. They are a [...]
On September 17, 2008, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published the results of the first major epidemiologic study examining the health effects associated with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). The study involved 1,455 adults aged 18 through 74. The authors of the study reported a significant relationship between urine concentrations of BPA [...]
Second only to AIDS, Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States. According to the CDC, approximately 20,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported each year. But some estimates suggest the number of Lyme disease cases is up to 10-15 times higher than what is reported. This would mean that [...]
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