October 28, 2015 NYC hotel, spa offer personalized sleep services People having trouble getting enough shut-eye may try adjusting their diet or exercise routine, or even go so far as to pop a sleeping pill on the regular.
October 28, 2015 Dried toad and snakeskin: Old-school remedies cool China's vitamin fever China's much-hyped market for vitamins and supplements is facing a steep challenge from traditional remedies from ginseng to deer antler, even as the sector's rise fuels billion-dollar deals and share price surges.
October 28, 2015 Cinnamon's Medicinal Properties Eating cinnamon can help stabilize blood sugar, alleviate colds and congestion and treat diarrhea. Sprinkle some on your oatmeal, drink it in your tea or take some cinnamon capsules and you are good to go
October 28, 2015 Traditional Chinese medicine may reduce risk of diabetes New research shows Chinese herbal medicine may hold promising solutions for people with prediabetes, reports a study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
October 28, 2015 Europe approves high-price gene therapy European officials have approved the Western world's first gene therapy drug from a small Dutch biotech company, in a milestone for the novel medical technology that fixes faulty genes
October 27, 2015 Combined supplements no better for cholesterol The cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice, an alternative treatment method for patients that can't tolerate statin drugs, doesn't work any better when a plant-derived compound called sterol is added to it, according to a new study.
October 27, 2015 X-ray reveals hundreds of gold acupuncture needles left in woman's knees When doctors examined an X-ray image of the knees of a woman experiencing severe joint pain, they found a gold mine: hundreds of tiny gold acupuncture needles left in her tissue.
October 27, 2015 New 'snail facial' used to prevent aging in Japan Japanese women in search of a more youthful look are turning towards a curious new treatment: snail facials.
October 27, 2015 Popular supplement is culprit in itchy rash A 55-year-old man in California who went to a dermatologist with an itchy rash over his face, torso, abdomen and scalp turned out to be suffering from a side effect of taking a popular supplement called kava kava, according to a recent report of his case.
October 27, 2015 Rhodiola rosea: Nature’s antidepressant Rhodiola rosea, also known as Golden Root or Arctic Root, gives a terrific lift to body and mind. Over 300 human studies on Rhodiola rosea show that the plant has anti-stress, anti-anxiety, and anti-depressant properties, and that taking the extract of the root produces no significant negative effects
