New randomized study finds effects include improved mood and reduced fatigue
Women undertaking a ten week program of 75 minute Restorative Yoga (RY) classes gained positive differences in aspects of mental health such as depression, positive emotions, and spirituality (feeling calm/peaceful) compared to the control group. The study, published in a special issue of Psycho-Oncology focusing [...]

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use continues to be an important part of health care in the United States.
A new Federal survey provides the latest pictuyre of the use of CAM, including, for the first time, CAM use by children, and trends and changes in overall CAM use since 2002.
According to the survey, about [...]

Medical acupuncture, is being used increasingly for pain control. Richard Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief of Medical Acupuncture, a peer-reviewed journal. Dr. Niemtzowi is at the forefront of these efforts in the military.
According to Dr. Niemtzow, a technique he developed has been so successful that the Air Force will begin teaching “Battlefield [...]

Zen meditation – a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance – may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in Psychosomatic Medicine reports that Zen meditators have lower pain sensitivity both in and out of a meditative state compared to non-meditators.
Joshua A. Grant, a doctoral student in [...]

A mouse study published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics finds that a drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet,
Researchers from the Suzuka University of Medical Science in Japan gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found [...]

Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of vitamin D could be one of our body’s main protections against damage from low levels of radiation. Writing in the International Journal of Low Radiation, Hayes explains that calcitriol, the active form of [...]

University of Michigan research on rats shows cherries lowered body fat, total weight and inflammation. Not bad for a natural remedy.
New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today’s hottest “Super Fruits,” to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering cholesterol and reducing inflammation, the study being presented by [...]

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Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs,
The new compound is derived from the sweet wormwood plant (Artemisia annua L). Sweet wormwood has been used in herbal Chinese [...]

“The value of music therapy is slowly being realized by nurses in various clinical areas, including obstetrics. Previous studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of psychological stress during pregnancy.” write researchers in a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
The study found that participants listening to 30 minutes of music a day over [...]