Integrative centers boast a good deal of promise. Benefits based on published outcomes are harder to find. Maine's True North integrative center offers a rare examination and sharing of outcomes with this retrospective examination of 80 of the...
These two symptoms, that tend to go hand in hand, may occur as mild and bothersome moodiness or devastating dysfunction that brings life to a standstill. Wherever you or a loved one fit on this spectrum there is help for these problems with holistic...
Anxiety is a mental disorder that often dovetails with depression and alternates from mild discomfort to almost uncontrollable panic with physical symptoms. Some medications have been known to ease anxiety, they may also suffer from undesirable side...
Are you one of the millions of women who have sought medical help in the past year, only to feel you have been ignored, stereotyped or even ridiculed? Most of us are looking for a diagnosis when we seek medical attention for symptoms that range from...
After 20 years of these so-called miracle antidepressants, psychiatrists are shocked to discover that drug companies withheld information about the risks of this class of drugs - and with the tacit approval of the drug regulators. It all started so...
If doctors have their way, the dire health warnings on the side of cigarette packs might have to be changed. ...
In order to understand why depression happens, it's necessary to understand a little about how the brain works. Neurotransmitters are natural substances that transmit messages between nerve cells ...
Long term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the Pill greatly increases the risk of breast cancer in older women, researchers have found. ...
Accutane (generic name: isotretinoin; also sold as Rocaccutane) is medicine’s biggest gun in the war on acne. A prescription acne medication derived from vitamin A, it’s been distributed by Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals since its approval in...
BAD SCIENCE So many studies, so many flaws A full one-third of American scientists have been found guilty of serious misconduct while undertaking medical research over the last three years. Their misdeeds have included the falsification of data...