Topic: Herbal Medicine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday. Some herbal remedies may increase the potency of prescription drugs for heart disease or make them less effective, a team of experts concluded. Mixing herbs ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Roughly 1 in 10 pregnant women in the U.S. expose their unborn baby to herbal products, according to a new study. This finding is potentially concerning, researchers say, given that data on the safety of herbal use during pregnancy is lacking. Furthermore, the prevalence of exposure was highest in the first 3 months of pregnancy ...
There are Chinese herbal medicine clinics that offer herbal medicinal treatments popping up everywhere. Chinese herbal medicines are said to be used for treatment of many ailments and perhaps if you are having no luck with traditional medicine options you should be taking a look at what Chinese herbal medicine may be able to do to help you.
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The herbal supplement ginkgo biloba does not slow cognitive decline, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh analyzed data in an eight-year randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial called the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study, for which half of the 3,069 participants were given daily doses of ...
