Synergy 21 provides natural health options
INGLESIDE - Aidan Mullet believes it's no wonder people still turn to natural herbs as an alternative to western medicine. Nature has been doing it's job in the healing process for thousands of years.

Baylor College of Medicine President Ousted
Trustees at Baylor College of Medicine have dismissed Peter Traber as president, ending a turbulent 5 1/2-year tenure, officials said.

Nigeria: Delta Prepares Traditional Medicine Practitioners to Meet Global Standards
Delta State government is organising a training workshop for traditional medicine practitioners, even as the ongoing free rural health scheme which kicked off last week has witnessed over 20 surgical operations undertaken by a team of doctors.

Natural Medicine: Kombucha: The elixir of life?
Natural Medicine: Kombucha: The elixir of life?

Nuclear Medicine Fit For Eagle Farm
Doomben summer series contender Nuclear Medicine is a confirmed starter in the Keith Noud Handicap at Eagle Farm after wily trainer Gordon Yorke galloped him left-handed on a sodden Coffs Harbour track on Thursday.

Histogen Announces Start of Hair Regrowth Clinical Evaluation
Histogen, Inc., a regenerative medicine company developing solutions based on the products of newborn fibroblasts, today announced the start of the Company's first human clinical evaluation of ReGenica for hair regrowth. ReGenica is the first naturally stabilized and bioactive formulation of wnt proteins and natural cofactors, which are thought to act in the formation of new hair follicles. ...

"Tan Jab" Is An Unlicensed Medicine And May Not Be Safe - Warns Medicines Regulator
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is warning people not to use an unlicensed medicine called Melanotan which is being advertised and sold illegally as an injectable tan on the Internet and in some tanning salons and body building gyms. Melanotan has not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness.

Retailer of wellness products promote ?cheap, healthy? life
HEALTH and wellness is an ?inexpensive? investment, according to a natural medicine expert based in the US. Dr. James Rouse said many people are discouraged from actively participating in wellness activities since they have preconceived notions that these involve spending a lot of money.

Chinese medicine and wisdom
The report entitled Challenges for China?s Public Spending: Toward Greater Effectiveness and Equity , published earlier this year, identified education and healthcare as priority areas for public spending. Why does China need to spend more on education and health?

Baylor med school ousts president
Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 10:47 a.m. HOUSTON (AP) -- Trustees at Baylor College of Medicine have dismissed Peter Traber as president, ending a turbulent 5½-year tenure, officials said.

News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, Nov. 18, 2008, Issue
1. New ACP Guideline Looks at Effectiveness of Drugs Used to Treat Depressive Disorders Second generation treatments for depression are all equally effective according to a new clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The guideline is published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the ACP's flagship journal.

Natural Causes Not the Cause of Death for Man Tasered by Deputies
Autopsy results are in for a man deputies tasered several times just before his death.

AIDS Cure: Never Mind
A flurry of press reports, notably by veteran AIDS journalist Mark Schoofs of the Wall Street Journal, heralded a possible cure for AIDS by transplanting stem cells from someone with natural immunity to the virus.

Birth Center reprieve doesn't solve overall malpractice issues
The decision by Northeast Health System trustees to keep the North Shore Birth Center open for the time being is welcome news. The affinity parents from throughout the region have for the facility, which offers natural birthing on the campus of Beverly Hospital, came through loud and clear in the cries of protest that followed a Nov. 5 announcement that it might close.

Baylor medical school spreads blame as it axes chief
Baylor College of Medicine trustees dismissed Peter Traber as president Wednesday after a tumultuous 5½-year tenure that began with the school splitting with longtime partner Methodist Hospital and ended with it struggling to build its own hospital.

Pfizer Plans New Stem Cell Lab
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is planning to create a regenerative medicine unit specializing in stem cell research in Cambridge, according to a company press release.

Super Citris Offers Health Benefits
Mandarin oranges grown in Northern California contain a natural ingredient that is good for your health.

Local expo shows off holistic healing
Holistic healing is taking an approach to balancing your lifestyle when things are out of balance physically or otherwise. Holistic medicine works not just with the physical ailments but also with mental health and wellness, spiritual beliefs and values and emotional well-being.

World's Top Cancer Research Body Sponsors Landmark COLD-FX® Trial
CV Technologies Inc. recently announced that COLD-FX® will be the focus of a landmark U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored trial involving chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients - the first time the natural medicine will be part of a clinical study associated with cancer.

Hospice inquiry comes as shock to patients' kin
Esther Lee Evans was suffering from diabetes and breathing problems before she died in a North Mississippi hospice in 2006, and her family had no reason to think her death was anything but natural. So her daughters were stunned when authorities told them they were investigating Evans' death and numerous others at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo.