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Hepatitis C detector promises hope and nothing more | Síle Lane
Wherever people are confronted with serious threats and a lack of solutions there is a potential market in false hopeA new device that supposedly detects diseases remotely is being promoted. According to an excited report earlier this week in the Guardian, about a demonstration of the device in an Egyptian hospital, its developers hope it will first be used to detect swine flu and hepatitis C, and later other diseases.What is being plugged here is hope and nothing more. The device looks like a car radio aerial attached to a handle. It is said to work by detecting a specific frequency emitted by infected liver cells. It is ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 28, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Blogposts Controversies Infectious diseases Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Society Science and scepticism Source Type: news
Keep The Flu Away In A Time Of “ Twindemics ”
Flu season is here, and the CDC has shifted into overdrive…pushing you to get your flu vaccine as soon as possible.
Once again, they’re insisting it’s more important than ever because of Covid.
Flu shots have an unquestioned reputation. The message from the medical establishment is that you need to ignore any vaccines’ potential adverse effects.
But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist…
In a moment, I’ll show you ways to bolster your native immunity so you can enjoy optimal health year-round. But first, for my new readers, let me tell you why I’ll never get a flu shot.
Unlike some of my colleagues i...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 23, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Health Source Type: news
Ingestion of Exopolymers from Aureobasidium pullulans Reduces the Duration of Cold and Flu Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Intervention Study.
Conclusion: The results showed that EAP is a useful pharmaceutical and functional food material for preventing and treating colds and flu.
PMID: 30002717 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - July 15, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research
Complementary medicine use and flu vaccination - A nationally representative survey of US adults
CONCLUSIONS: Complementary medicine users were equally likely to receive an influenza vaccination compared with non-users. Different complementary therapies showed varied associations with vaccination behavior. Further analyses may be needed to distinguish influencing factors among patients' vaccination behavior.PMID:34419302 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.017
Source: Vaccine - August 22, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Wiebke Kathrin Kohl-Heckl Marleen Schr öter Gustav Dobos Holger Cramer Source Type: research
Deep Neural Networks for Optimal Selection of Features Related to Flu
This study enables the utilization of these datasets to forecast the spread of flu and can provide the necessary steps to eradicate the flu. The simulation is conducted to test the efficiency of the model in predicting the spread against various input datasets. The results of the simulation show that the proposed method offers a better prediction ability of 2.98% more than other existing methods in finding the spread of flu.PMID:35873626 | PMC:PMC9303164 | DOI:10.1155/2022/7639875
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - July 25, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: B Tarakeswara Rao V N Lakshmana Kumar D Padmapriya Kumud Pant Tejaswini B Wadi B Alonazi Khalid M A Almutairi None D Raj None Ramesh Shahabadkar Source Type: research
Kids Who Get Alternative Medicine May Be Less Likely To Get Flu Shot
(Reuters Health) - Children that visit alternative medical practitioners like acupuncturists and chiropractors may be less likely to receive flu shots than their peers, a U.S. study suggests.
Roughly 33 percent of kids who saw providers of so-called non-Western medicine for services like acupuncture or homeopathic care got vaccinations for influenza, the analysis of national survey data on about 9,000 kids found. About 35 percent of kids who went to practitioners of what’s known as manipulative and body-based therapies such as chiropractic care or massage got flu vaccinations.
In comparison, 43 percent of children wh...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Management of IFN-beta-induced flu-like symptoms with Chinese herbal medicine in a patient with multiple sclerosis: A case report.
CONCLUSIONS: IFNβ-1a injections will damage qi and cause blood stasis in MS patients, thereby causing various side effects and weakening the body's immune system. Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang, associated with Salvia miltiorrhiza, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb., is an effective prescription to ameliorate such symptoms and signs in patients with MS.
PMID: 29458918 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - February 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lee LW, Lin HJ, Huang ST Tags: Complement Ther Med Source Type: research
Children Who ' ve Received Certain Alternative Therapies Appear Less Likely to Get Flu Shot (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Andr é Sofair, MD, MPH
Children who receive certain complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies might be less likely to get vaccinated against the flu, finds a Pediatrics …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - October 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Certain Parents More Likely to Skip Kids ' Flu Shot
Those who favor alternative therapies often bypass the annual vaccine, study saysSource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Flu Shot
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - October 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What essential oils are good for the flu?
Essential oils have been used for a variety of ailments for hundreds of years. Research is beginning to confirm that many essential oils can help fight off the flu virus, including eucalyptus oil, bergamot oil, and lemon balm. In this article, learn about how to use six essential oils safely and if there are any risks.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
The use of maoto (Ma-Huang-Tang), a traditional Japanese Kampo medicine, to alleviate flu symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Influenza is a common viral infection worldwide. Maoto (ma-huang-tang) was developed in ancient China and is used to alleviate flu symptoms. Currently, no meta-analyses have evaluated the efficacy and safety of m...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - March 18, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tetsuhiro Yoshino, Ryutaro Arita, Yuko Horiba and Kenji Watanabe Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The Herb-Drug Pharmacokinetic Interaction of Fluoxetine and Its Metabolite Norfluoxetine with a Traditional Chinese Medicine in Rats by LC-MS/MS.
Conclusion: There were some differences in pharmacokinetic parameters between the FLU group and multiple dose groups, and CSGS can affect the pharmacokinetics of fluoxetine.
PMID: 31871472 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - December 25, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research
Xingnao Jieyu Decoction Ameliorates Poststroke Depression through the BDNF/ERK/CREB Pathway in Rats.
Conclusion. These results indicated that the XNJY decoction exerts an obvious antidepressant effect, which may be due to the regulation of the BDNF/ERK/CREB signaling pathway.
PMID: 30410555 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - November 11, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research
New Nanotechnological Formulation Based on Amiodarone-loaded Lipid Core Nanocapsules Displays Anticryptococcal Effect
Eur J Pharm Sci. 2021 Mar 20:105816. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105816. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCryptococcus neoformans is the etiological agent of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. The recommended available treatment has low efficiency, with high toxicity and resistance as recurrent problems. In the search of new treatment protocols, the proposal of new pharmacological approaches is considered an innovative strategy, mainly nanotechnological systems considering fungal diseases. The antiarrhythmic drug amiodarone has demonstrated antifungal activity against a range of fungi, including C. neoformans. Here, considering t...
Source: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - March 24, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Nat ália Kronbauer Oliveira Luiza Abrah ão Frank Eamim Daidr ê Squizani Julia Catarina Vieira Reuwsaat B árbara Machado Marques Heryk Motta Ane Wichine Acosta Garcia Uriel Perin Kinskovski Vanessa Abreu Barcellos Augusto Schrank Adriana Raffin Pohlman Source Type: research
