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Acupuncture Helps Ease Side Effects And Symptoms Of Some Cancers
Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects -- such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting -- associated with a variety of cancers and their treatments. Experts from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Service, who have either conducted or reviewed many of those studies, recommend that cancer patients ...
Read more..."Achoo!": Fighting the cold war
An American will spend five years suffering from it and a full year in bed recovering from it — while the United States will shoulder a collective $60 billion economic burden coping with it. It’s something so small that 50,000 of them would fit into a millimeter and something...
Read more...Why Fish Oils Work Swimmingly Against Diabetes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. The discovery could lead to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions. Writing in the advance ...
Read more...Bionovo Receives NIH Grant to Develop Drugs for the Treatment of Female-Specific Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI, BNVID) announced today that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Small Business Technology Transfer Program, has approved and funded a grant to be shared by Bionovo and Dr. Dale Leitman from the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). The grant ...
Read more...Study finds acupuncture can control side effects of cancer treatment
Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting associated with a variety of cancers and their treatments.
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