Timely Information Helps Women and Healthcare Professionals Assess Natural Treatment Options for Menopause Symptoms The American Botanical Council, an independent nonprofit organization, is making available to the public, a monograph or scientific...
Menopause is confusing and so is the data that surrounds it - especially when it comes to the issue of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). For women who are considering HRT, in "Menopause: insights for preventing osteoporosis and lowering cancer...
The root of the ginseng plant has been used in China, Japan, and Korea for many centuries in the therapy of psychiatric and neurological disorders. In the column "Ginseng Improves Mood in Postmenopausal Women" Ray Sahelian, M.D. presents data on a...
A look at the cancer statistics published by the American Cancer Society reveals good news and bad. First, the bad news: in the past 30 years, women have broken all previous records for deaths due tolung cancer, with a 440% increase since 1960!
Women's Health: About 1 out of 5 women will get a urinary tract infection (UTI) in her life. Some women get lots of UTIs. Men get UTIs too, but not as often. What is the urinary tract? Your urinary tract is made up of these
Vitamin D(Calciferol) refers to several related fat-soluble vitamin variants, all of which are sterol (cholesterol-like) substances
Women's Health: Varicose veins ;Varicose veins are veins that are swollen, twisted, look
Hair Loss ;Most men and women experience hair loss as they get olde
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While Western medicine typically offers hormone replacement therapy for the discomforts that can come with menopause, many women cannot or do not wish to take hormones. Honora Lee Wolfe shows how Traditional Chinese medicine offers individualized...
American Botanical Council
Barry Bittman MD
Ray Sahelian MD
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
Elson M. Haas MD
Christopher Hobbs LAc AHG