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Ginger, Celery, Oats and Other Foods That Fight Pain—Some Work Better Than Drugs

Ginger, Celery, Oats and Other Foods That Fight Pain—Some Work Better Than Drugs

David Grotto, MS, RDN | June 19, 2014

Many of us turn to medications to relieve pain. But research has shown that you can help reduce specific types…

Clove Oil Kills Scabies
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Clove Oil Kills Scabies

Cielo Pasay, PhD | June 17, 2014

Scabies is an intensely itchy and highly contagious inflammatory skin condition that is common worldwide—including in the US. It develops…

Chinese Herbal Remedies You Can Make Yourself

Chinese Herbal Remedies You Can Make Yourself

Daisy Dong, LAc, OMD | June 3, 2014

Modern Western medicine can achieve some true miracles—like transplanting a heart or removing a brain tumor. But when it comes…

Kampo—Japan’s Modern Take on Chinese Medicine

Kampo—Japan’s Modern Take on Chinese Medicine

Dan Wen, MD | June 3, 2014

Contemporary Standards Plus Ancient Wisdom Makes Kampo Effective and Safe for Medical Treatment Though practically everyone is familiar with traditional…

Worried That Fish Oil Causes Prostate Cancer? We Separate the Facts from the Hysteria
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Worried That Fish Oil Causes Prostate Cancer? We Separate the Facts from the Hysteria

Theodore Brasky, PhD | May 27, 2014

Cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, fatigue, psoriasis and bedsores. What do all these conditions have in common? All can…

Why You Need More Magnesium to Prevent Headaches, Heart Disease, More
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Why You Need More Magnesium to Prevent Headaches, Heart Disease, More

Dennis Goodman, MD | May 27, 2014

But 80% of Us Don't Get Enough At least 80% of Americans are deficient in magnesium. It's a serious problem…

Fish Oil’s Omega-3s Lower Blood Pressure
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Fish Oil’s Omega-3s Lower Blood Pressure

May 22, 2014

Eat less salt, get more exercise, drink less alcohol. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’ve heard this advice a hundred times, but…

Relieve Arthritis Pain with Ayurvedic Herbs

Relieve Arthritis Pain with Ayurvedic Herbs

Nancy Lonsdorf, MD | May 22, 2014

Your poor joints are stiff, inflamed and achy from osteoarthritis—but the medications that reduce your pain also can have serious…

Vitamin D Pills May Have Too Much Vitamin D

Vitamin D Pills May Have Too Much Vitamin D

Tod Cooperman, MD | May 20, 2014

In a recent analysis by Consumer-Lab.com, some had up to 80% more than the labeled amount. High blood levels of…

Is Too Much Vitamin D Dangerous?
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Is Too Much Vitamin D Dangerous?

Alan R. Gaby, MD | May 20, 2014

New Research Warns Against Overzealous Use of Vitamin D Slam on the brakes—after several years of exuberance about vitamin D…

Energize Your Body with L-Carnitine
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Energize Your Body with L-Carnitine

Mark A. Stengler, NMD | May 13, 2014

Muscle fatigue. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Fatigue from chemotherapy and radiation. You name the type of fatigue that’s plaguing you and…

How Garlic Guards Against Heart Disease, Cancer and Infections

How Garlic Guards Against Heart Disease, Cancer and Infections

Ellen Tattelman, MD | May 7, 2014

Here are the claims that you can trust… Garlic is one of the most exhaustively researched herbs—the National Library of…

Ginkgo Biloba: The Herb for Clear Arteries

Ginkgo Biloba: The Herb for Clear Arteries

Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH | May 1, 2014

When we think about clogged arteries, we generally think about arteries near the heart (coronary arteries). But leg arteries (peripheral…

Herbs and Vitamins That Sabotage Lab Tests

Herbs and Vitamins That Sabotage Lab Tests

Joseph Lamb, MD | May 1, 2014

Nutrients and herbs can skew results, leading your doctor astray. If you take vitamin and/or herbal supplements, you probably already…

Fish or Krill: Which Oil Is Better?
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Fish or Krill: Which Oil Is Better?

Bethany Thayer, MS, RD | April 9, 2014

Health-wise, fish oil may no longer be the biggest fish in the sea (pun intended). It’s well-known that fish oil,…