MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'complementary alternative medicine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:02:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415713&cid=t_200671_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F16%2Fginger-quells-cancer-patients-chemotherapy-related-nausea%2F “People with cancer can reduce post-chemotherapy nausea by 40 percent by using ginger supplements, along with standard anti-vomiting drugs, before undergoing treatment, according to scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. …” People with cancer can reduce post-chemotherapy nausea by 40 percent by using ginger supplements, along with standard anti-vomiting drugs, before undergoing treatment, according [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415713 Sat, 16 May 2009 23:21:44 +0100 2415713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2073949&cid=t_200671_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fprofessor-and-anti-aging-tonic.html Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on another variation on the theme of medical school faculty members with ties to industry:A prominent anti-aging researcher quit the scientific advisory board of a dietary-supplement maker after spending six months helping to promote a syrup that hints at extending life.Since August, David Sinclair, a professor at Harvard Medical School, lent his support to a Shaklee Corp. drink called the Vivix Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic, touted as 'the world's best anti-aging supplement.'Following questions by The Wall Street Journal about his seeming endorsement of the product, Dr. Sinclair resigned from the board last week and now says his name has been misused in connection with Vivix, which contains the antioxidant resveratrol. Shaklee, based in Pleasanton, ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2073949 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:18:00 +0100 2073949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005696&cid=t_200671_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fgonzalez-trial-for-pancreatic-cancer.html The regimen advocated by Nicholas Gonzalez is a variation of a “detoxification” treatment for cancer that has been around, in one form or another, for more than 50 years ("Gerson Therapy” is another example). Here is the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) description:Patients receive pancreatic enzymes orally every 4 hours and at meals daily on days 1-16, followed by 5 days of rest. Patients receive magnesium citrate and Papaya Plus with the pancreatic enzymes. Additionally, patients receive nutritional supplementation with vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and animal glandular products 4 times per day on days 1-16, followed by 5 days of rest. Courses repeat every 21 days until death despite relapse. Patients consume a moderate vegetarian metabolizer diet during the course of ther... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005696 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0100 2005696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901416&cid=t_200671_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fanother-misuse-of-ebm.html We agree with Roy Poses' comment on the recent JAMA article about EBM, particularly regarding some of its unfortunate "misuses." In the article that stands as the defining credo of Health Care Renewal, Roy wrote:Most physicians believe that medicine should be based on science. Evidence based medicine, (EBM) ‘‘the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients’’ [74], is a refinement of this view. Meanwhile, the scientific basis of medicine is under increasingly severe attack.We'd like to take this opportunity to identify a misuse of EBM that, ironically, contributes to the attack on the scientific basis of medicine, and that authors Montori and Guyatt didn't consider--probably because they are unaware of... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901416 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:37:00 +0100 1901416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754776&cid=t_200671_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FshnLFASdqu8%2F A couple of weeks ago a friend sent me an ad on Craigslist for an HBOT chamber. The price for this presumably used piece of equipment was steep and I wondered how the family felt about having bought it, and why they were selling it. Had the child “recovered”? Or had the promised effects not occurred? An article in today’s OC Register notes that n the past four years, hyperbaric oxygen therapy [HBOT]– in which patients breathe almost pure oxygen in a pressurized environment – has become a source of hope for thousands of parents looking for a way to treat their children’s autism. That new market has provided a jolt to an industry that had served mostly scuba divers, stroke victims and people recovering from wounds. HBOT was not a treatment suggested for autistic c... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754776 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:53:17 +0100 1754776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445990&cid=t_200671_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fnih-trial-to-assess-chelation-therapy.html Conclusion are reasonably succinct and make the important points. Readers who want to learn more details, who want to see more evidence for our assertions, or who are compelled by an odd fascination with crackpotism (my own weakness) will want to read more. I've posted a similar announcement on Science-Based Medicine. (Source: Health Care Renewal) Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445990 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 1445990