Alternative Medicines Blog http://blog.alternative23.com Alternative Solutions For All Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to Get Rid of Head Lice Naturally http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/how-to-get-rid-of-head-lice-naturally/ http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/how-to-get-rid-of-head-lice-naturally/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:02:03 +0000 http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/how-to-get-rid-of-head-lice-naturally/ (NaturalNews) Head lice are easily transmitted by head-to head contact or by sharing combs, brushes or caps. Infestations are common in school children but this is not an indication of poor hygiene or dirty hair. Lice lay their eggs along the base of the hair shaft, close to the scalp. Conventional cures include the application of strong smelling insecticides or shampoos which can be harmful to health, especially in the case of small children. Go the natural route in preventing and treating head lice infestations.Preventing Head LiceDo not think a problem with lice will not affect you or your family. Inspect your child’s head regularly for lice and nits, paying particular attention to the hairline, neck and areas above the ears. If there is an outbreak at your child’s school, be even more …

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]]> http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/how-to-get-rid-of-head-lice-naturally/feed/ 0 Influential US anaesthesia professor faked drug research over 12 years http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/influential-us-anaesthesia-professor-faked-drug-research-over-12-years/ http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/influential-us-anaesthesia-professor-faked-drug-research-over-12-years/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:02:03 +0000 http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/influential-us-anaesthesia-professor-faked-drug-research-over-12-years/ ANH looks again at the increasing evidence of scientific fraud in medicine (Source: Alliance for Natural Health)

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]]> http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/influential-us-anaesthesia-professor-faked-drug-research-over-12-years/feed/ 0 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health – A Breakthrough Guide to Women's Health by Dr. Hyla Cass M.D. (book promo) http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/8-weeks-to-vibrant-health-a-breakthrough-guide-to-womens-health-by-dr-hyla-cass-m-d-book-promo-2/ http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/8-weeks-to-vibrant-health-a-breakthrough-guide-to-womens-health-by-dr-hyla-cass-m-d-book-promo-2/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:04 +0000 http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/8-weeks-to-vibrant-health-a-breakthrough-guide-to-womens-health-by-dr-hyla-cass-m-d-book-promo-2/ (NaturalNews) I’ve met many doctors over the years who claim to be experts on women’s health. Most are well informed about conventional pharmaceutical medicine, but they remain hopelessly uninformed about natural medicine. Rarely do I meet any physician who has commanding knowledge over both realms, and even when I do, virtually none of them truly grasp the key challenges in women’s health.Today, I’d like to introduce you to one of the rare exceptions in our world of medicine… a remarkable and accomplished woman whom I have come to respect as the most well-informed doctor on women’s health I’ve ever met. Her name is Dr. Hyla Cass, M.D., and she’s the co-author of a newly-updated book called 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health.This book, which we’re publishing in-house in cooperation with Dr. Hyla …

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]]> http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/8-weeks-to-vibrant-health-a-breakthrough-guide-to-womens-health-by-dr-hyla-cass-m-d-book-promo-2/feed/ 0 Ethnomedicine and ethnobotany of fright, a Caribbean culture-bound psychiatric syndrome http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/ethnomedicine-and-ethnobotany-of-fright-a-caribbean-culture-bound-psychiatric-syndrome/ http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/ethnomedicine-and-ethnobotany-of-fright-a-caribbean-culture-bound-psychiatric-syndrome/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:03 +0000 http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/ethnomedicine-and-ethnobotany-of-fright-a-caribbean-culture-bound-psychiatric-syndrome/ Conclusions:
While sufferers are often uncomfortable recalling personal fright experiences, reporting use of medicinal plants is less problematic. Inquiry on fright medical ethnobotany (or phytotherapy) serves as a proxy measurement for fright occurrence. Cross-cultural and ethnopharmacology literature on the medicinal plants suggests probable efficacy in accord with Dominican ethnomedical notions of fright. Further, the cultural salience and beliefs about these medicines may give these medications extra psychoneuroimmune (i.e. mind-body) benefits, or placebo-like effects, for this stress-related folk illness. (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)

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]]> http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/ethnomedicine-and-ethnobotany-of-fright-a-caribbean-culture-bound-psychiatric-syndrome/feed/ 0 Consumers of natural health products: natural-born pharmacovigilantes? http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/consumers-of-natural-health-products-natural-born-pharmacovigilantes/ http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/consumers-of-natural-health-products-natural-born-pharmacovigilantes/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:03 +0000 http://blog.alternative23.com/2010/03/consumers-of-natural-health-products-natural-born-pharmacovigilantes/ Conclusion:
Consumers generally did not report their suspected NHP-related ADRs to healthcare providers or to Health Canada. Passive reporting systems for collecting information on NHP-related ADRs cannot be effective if consumers who experience NHP-related ADRs do not report their experiences. Healthcare providers, health food store personnel, manufacturers and other stakeholders also need to take responsibility for reporting ADRs in order to improve current pharmacovigilance of NHPs. (Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

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