Alternative Medicine - Page 36

February 23, 2016

Coffee pot: What happens when you mix marijuana and caffeine?

You can now add coffee to the growing list of foods and drinks that are available as products infused with marijuana.

February 19, 2016

Hope for paraplegics: Spinal cord stimulation may restore motion, sensation

Kent Stephenson, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, was a competitive motocross racer until one day in June 2009, when the motor on his bike locked up while going off the face of an 80-foot tabletop jump.

February 18, 2016

Gut bacteria may influence alcoholics' liver damage

Differences among alcoholics in who gets severe liver damage and who doesn't might be partly due to differences in their gut microbes, suggests a new study using mice and people.

February 18, 2016

Tailored acupuncture might offer some fibromyalgia relief

Individualized acupuncture treatments were tied to greater pain relief for people with fibromyalgia, according to results from a small trial in Spain that compared the approach to sham acupuncture.

February 18, 2016

Tailored acupuncture might offer some fibromyalgia relief

Individualized acupuncture treatments were tied to greater pain relief for people with fibromyalgia, according to results from a small trial in Spain that compared the approach to sham acupuncture.

February 17, 2016

Study finds nutrient may offer women protection against breast cancer

For girls and young women, getting a lot of fiber could pay off decades later with lowered risk of developing breast cancer, according to a large U.S. study.

February 16, 2016

Senate committee mulling bill to treat PTSD with marijuana

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is mulling legislation that would allow post-traumatic stress disorder to be treated with medical marijuana.

February 15, 2016

4 natural solutions for erectile dysfunction

Experimental treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) date back centuries from the truly exotic— like dining on shark fins— to various forms of yoga and rare herbal supplements.

February 12, 2016

Marijuana for menstrual cramps? New product causes concern

A new product called Foria Relief offers marijuana compounds in the form of a vaginal suppository, and its makers claim it can relieve menstrual cramps.

February 10, 2016

Australia set to legalize cultivation of medical cannabis

Australia is expected to legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical or scientific purposes with a bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday -- the first step towards doctors eventually prescribing it to patients with chronic pain.