HEALTH NOTES: Amanda Holden's 'tough love' cure
Amanda Holden has weighed in on the antibiotics debate, saying she relies on natural ingredients to sort her sniffles. She said: '‘We’re a family who would always go for echinacea.' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Variations in the Types and Amounts of Bacteria in Echinacea Plants May Influence the Herb ’s Effects on Infectious Disease
Results of a 2016 study add to the growing body of literature suggesting that differences in the bacteria inside echinacea plants may determine whether and how much the herb enhances the immune system and fights infectious diseases like the common cold. Both the types of bacteria and the quantity of bacteria within the plants may contribute to differences in their effects. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 17, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Naturopath who provided echinacea cleared of wrongdoing in Alberta boy's meningitis death
The governing body for naturopaths in Alberta has dismissed a complaint against one of its members related to the death of Ezekiel Stephan, whose parents were convicted after treating his meningitis with natural remedies instead of seeking medical treatment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Echinacea: Is it effective for the common cold?
(Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - March 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Great cough syrup con: Medicines we buy from the chemist have virtually no effect
Pharmacy cough medicines work little better than a placebo, while other remedies such as echinacea, vitamin C and zinc are not likely to help either, scientists claim. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New book explores Echinacea, a medicinal plant with roots in Kansas
(University of Kansas) A recently published book co-authored and edited by Kelly Kindscher, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey and professor of environmental studies at the University of Kansas, explores 'everything known' about the purple coneflower. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 14, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
How To Ward Off A Cold, According To 7 Health Editors
By Rosie McCall
You’ve been loading up on immune-boosting foods, exercising regularly and washing your hands often and well. Yet there’s no question you’re coming down with something — your body feels rundown, and there’s a twinge in your throat. But it’s not too late! Below are the sickness-prevention strategies that Health editors use at the first hint of seasonal sniffles. These reality-tested remedies have worked for us, and nipped colds in the bud.
Gargle salt water
“I swear by the salt-water gargle, a trick I learned working at Health. The how-to: Add half a teaspoo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Common Cold and Complementary Health Approaches
Colds are a leading reason for visiting a doctor and for missing school or work. To prevent or treat colds some people turn to complementary health approaches such as herbs, vitamins, and minerals. This issue provides information on “what the science says” about some of these practices for the flu and for the common cold, including zinc, vitamin C, echinacea, probiotics, nasal saline irrigation, buckwheat honey, and geranium extract. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Canna-butter, astro eggs and other costly superfood trends
You're down with acai, take echinacea on the reg, and consider coconut oil a mainstay in your home. But a new class of high-powered superfoods is pushing the envelope even further, making even the healthiest among us stop and do a double take. For starters, there's Gwyneth's pricy morning smoothie ritual (whose ingredient shopping list totals $200 thanks to so-called "moon dust"). And then there's something called Blue Majik and ... astrologically farmed eggs? (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why bingeing on health foods won ’t boost your immune system
There are only two ways the human body can deal with the invading pathogens and infections that can cause colds and other illnesses – and neither involves vitamins or ‘superfoods’ that claim to offer protectionWalk through the aisles of any health food shop and you ’ll see pots of echinacea or zinc that promise to “support your immune system” or “maintain its healthy function”. Read new age health blogging sites and you’ll find posts on how drinking hot lemon water or knocking back a shot of wheatgrass juice or the current green goo du jour will “ boost your immune system” and make you less likely to ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Dara Mohammadi Tags: Nutrition Vaccines and immunisation Microbiology Food & drink Health wellbeing Diets and dieting Science Society Life and style Source Type: news
Why bingeing on health foods won’t boost your immune system
There are only two ways the human body can deal with the invading pathogens and infections that can cause colds and other illnesses – and neither involves vitamins or ‘superfoods’ that claim to offer protectionWalk through the aisles of any health food shop and you’ll see pots of echinacea or zinc that promise to “support your immune system” or “maintain its healthy function”. Read new age health blogging sites and you’ll find posts on how drinking hot lemon water or knocking back a shot of wheatgrass juice or the current green goo du jour will “boost your immune system” and make you less likely to ge...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Dara Mohammadi Tags: Nutrition Vaccines and immunisation Microbiology Food & drink Health wellbeing Diets and dieting Science Society Life and style Source Type: news
Can Echinacea Melt Winter's Colds and Flu?
The herbal remedy Echinacea is supposed to prevent or lessen respiratory infections. What the research says (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 12, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
How to Pass a Urine Drug Test Using Science
This article originally appeared on Inverse. By Yasmin Tayag Drug testing, like heroin, got popular in the late '80s and early '90s. As Reagan's Drug War rushed towards its logical conclusion, employers hustled to create drug-free work environments despite a lack of evidence that there was any advantage in it or that tests actually worked. Now, as the legalization movement gains momentum, tests to screen for marijuana use seem outrageous, but they remain relatively common. Plenty of businesses still require a piss test and plenty of would-be employees still struggle to pass. There are cleanses and adulterants that pro...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 7, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
