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December
- Calcium Supplement Recalled: Possibly Contaminated with Antibiotic
- Treatment of the common cold with unrefined echinacea. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Effects of soy and fish oil on mortality
- Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) extract in prostate cancer
- Osteopathic treatment of fibromyalgia
- St. John's wort in depression: a new meta-analysis
- Vitamin E/Antioxidants and Parkinson's disease risk
November
- Long-Term Oxygen Therapy and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients Hospitalised Due to Severe Exacerbation of COPD. A 1 Year Follow-Up Study
- Alexander Technique and Parkinson's Disease
- "Cost-effectiveness" Estimates Result in Flawed Decision-Making in Listing Drugs for Reimbursement
- The stimulatory effects of nasal discharge from patients with perennial allergic rhinitis on normal human neutrophils are normalized after treatment with a new mixed formula of Chinese herbs
- Capsaicin and cancer
- Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects
- Tai chi may improve muscle strength in older individuals
- PC-SPES: Off the market due to prescription drug adulterants
- Variations in content of the feverfew constituent parthenolide: the challenge of standardization
October
- Mullein as a Medicinal Plant
- Elements in Environmental and Occupational Medicine
- Soy isoflavones: no effects on bone mineral content and bone mineral density in healthy, menstruating young adult women after one year
- Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) for cancer: evidence remains indeterminate
- Spiritual healing for chronic pain: effectiveness and the ideal research approach remain unclear
- Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) for alcoholic cirrhosis
September
- Leech Therapy for Symptomatic Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: Results and Implications of a Pilot Study
- Parkinson's Disease Patients may Benefit from Trager Therapy
- Well-Being may be Influenced by Music Therapy
- Cysteine supplementation improves the erythrocyte glutathione synthesis rate in children with severe edematous malnutrition
- Cytochrome P450 phenotypic ratios for predicting herb-drug interactions in humans
- The efficacy and safety of Tanacetum parthenium (feverfew) in migraine prophylaxis--a double-blind, multicentre, randomized placebo-controlled dose-response study
- Cardiovascular events associated with ephedra (Ma huang) use
- St. John's wort during breastfeeding: safety has not been proven
- Flaxseed for cholesterol reduction: evidence remains indeterminate
- Yoga for moderate-to-severe asthma as an adjunct treatment: promising preliminary evidence
- Tai chi for postural stability and reduced risk of falls in older patients
August
- FDA Warning: Chinese Diet Pills Contain Fenfluramine
- Recall of 7 Herbal Products in US and Abroad
- Estrogenic effects of black cohosh: evidence remains unclear
- Barley may lower cholesterol, but has unclear effects on cardiovascular disease
- Regular Exercise Improves Fatigue in Men with Prostate Cancer Receiving Hormonal or Radiation Therapy
- Ginkgo for memory enhancement in healthy individuals: controversial new evidence
- Qi Gong for addiction and other conditions: evidence is still preliminary
- Topical tea tree oil for athlete's foot: Unclear efficacy and risk of dermatitis
- Chelation for ischemic heart disease: possibly ineffective, potentially harmful
July
- Urotherapy Recommendations for Bedwetting
- Recall: Nature's Way Nettle Product Contaminated with Lead
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-->T genotype modulates homocysteine responses to a folate-rich diet or a low-dose folic acid supplement: a randomized controlled trial
- Pharmaceutical quality of herbs and supplements: variability of constituents and adulterants
- Niacin for diabetic dyslipidemia
- New study: nurse practitioner knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine
- New study: vitamin C and vitamin E from foods may lower Alzheimer's disease risk
- New study of mistletoe (Viscum album L.) for secondary prevention of bladder cancer: inconclusive results
- Nature's Way nettle supplement recalled due to lead contamination
June
- Kava--The Unfolding Story: Report on a Work-in-Progress
- The Effect of (-)-Hydroxycitrate on Energy Intake and Satiety in Overweight Humans
- Recall: Dalyvite Liquid Multivitamin
- Canada Warns Against Use of Bejai Bowyantan in Infants
- Home-made oral supplement as nutritional support of old nursing home residents, who are undernourished or at risk of undernutrition based on the MNA. A pilot trial. Mini Nutritional Assessment.
- Safety of 5-HTP: ongoing concerns and unclear evidence
- Huanglian (Coptis chenesis): a possible new anti-cancer therapy
- Evening primrose oil for atopic dermatitis and eczema: preliminary evidence of efficacy from human trials (children and adults)
- Eucalyptus oil or eucalyptol in expectorant-decongestants: unclear evidence of efficacy
- Echinacea for upper respiratory tract infection prevention: equivocal evidence from methodologically weak trials
- Echinacea for upper respiratory tract infection treatment: preliminary trials support efficacy
- Soy isoflavones and ipriflavone: phytoestrogens with possible benefits for multiple indications
- Antioxidants, Vitamin E, Heart Disease, Statins and Niacin: Unresolved Questions
May
- Recall Update: Portagen Iron Fortified Nutrition Powder
- Update on Recall of Certain Ultra Slim-Fast with Soy Protein Drinks
- MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering therapy and of antioxidant vitamin supplementation in a wide range of patients at increased risk of coronary heart disease death: early safety and efficacy experience
- Eyebright for conjunctivitis: a traditional use with limited safety or efficacy data
- Echinacea allergy: recent reports of anaphylaxis with both oral and parenteral administration
- Cranberry for treatment of chronic urinary tract infection: no reliable evidence of efficacy
- Calendula for Wound Healing: A Traditional Use Without Extensive Scientific Evidence
- Burdock for diabetes: equivocal evidence from preliminary studies
April
- Vitamin A Supplementation and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Shedding in Women: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
- Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by United States Adults: Results from the 1999 National Health Interview Survey
- Fenugreek seeds for type 2 diabetes: evidence remains inconclusive
- Green tea polyphenols, caffeine, and Parkinson's disease
March
- Amino Acid Therapy may Improve Kinetic Function
- Managing Healthcare Costs Within an Integrated Framework
- Recall: Multivitamin Lacks Child-Proof Packaging
- Polysaccharides isolated from Echinacea purpurea herba cell cultures to counteract undesired effects of chemotherapy--a pilot study
- New survey reports physicians want education about complementary and alternative medicine
- Breast enhancement products: unproven efficacy, and multiple safety concerns
- Cesium Chloride Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Hypnosis may not be an effective therapeutic adjunct for conversion disorder or somatisation disorder
February
- Alternative Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes
- Promising Hypotensive Effect of Hawthorn Extract: A Randomized Double-Blind Pilot Study of Mild, Essential Hypertension
- Citrus Aurantium as a Thermogenic, Weight-Reduction Replacement for Ephedra: an Overview
- Recall of Additional Pepsin-Containing Digestive Aids
- Beneficial effects of chromium in people with type 2 diabetes, and urinary chromium response to glucose load as a possible indicator of status
- Effect of recovery interval on multiple-bout sprint cycling performance after acute creatine supplementation
- Boswellia: initial evidence of efficacy for asthma as a chronic therapy merits further investigation
- Black cohosh: initial evidence of efficacy for menopausal symptoms merits further investigation
- New study of soy isoflavones for cholesterol-lowering and prevention of bone loss: equivocal results from a poorly-designed trial
- Alfalfa sprout bacterial contamination
- St. John's wort may reduce the efficacy of oral contraceptive pills
- FDA issues warning about SPES and PC SPES
January
- The use of Maggots in Head and Neck Necrotizing Fasciitis
- New Study: Postpartum Women May Benefit From Therapeutic Touch
- Seijo-Bofu-to, Jumi-Haidoku-to and Toki-Shakuyaku-San Suppress Rashes and Incidental Symptoms in Acne Patients
- Chemistry and Biochemistry of (-)-Hydroxycitric Acid from Garcinia
- Effect of Exogenous Histidine and Garcinia Cambogia on Histamine Formation in Skipjack (Katsuwonus Pelamis) Homogenates
- Recall: "Prostatin" Supplement
- Recall Update for Certain Metabolife Bars
- Recall of Certain Iron Supplements
- Liver Toxicity Possibly Linked to Kava
- St Johns wort increases expression of P-glycoprotein: implications for drug interactions
- Acute, dose-dependent cognitive effects of Ginkgo biloba, Panax ginseng and their combination in healthy young volunteers: differential interactions with cognitive demand
- A new published review of "natural" products used for diabetes
- Influences on consumer adoption of herbal therapies
- Choline supplementation may preserve cognitive function and memory in status epilepticus
- Cranial electrostimulation (CES) for vascular dementia or Alzheimer's disease
- Cysteine supplements may increase risk of cardiovascular disease
- Chelation therapy: is it efficacious or safe?
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