YouTube is profiting from bogus STI cure videos
EXCLUSIVE: One video - advocated chewing garlic cloves three times a day to treat the infections, claiming the veg 'will clean you from the tip of your mouth to the anus'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aged Black Garlic Supplement May Help Lower BP Aged Black Garlic Supplement May Help Lower BP
A small randomized study found promising effects of the once-daily supplement in reducing diastolic blood pressure, especially in men.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Former Port Angeles, Washington, Naturopath sentenced for scheme to profit on ‘COVID-19 cure’
FDA OCI, Richard Marschall, Port Angeles WA, naturopath, sentence, misbranded drug, prevent, treat, COVID-19, MRSA, third conviction, complaints, Facebook, Dynamic Duo, crush viruses, coronavirus, garlic extract, larch tree starch, kills, virus, lied, patients, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - March 30, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears
Everyone experiences digestive problems now and then, and they’re nobody’s idea of a good time. In a survey of nearly 72,000 adults in the U.S., 61% reported having had at least one gastrointestinal (GI) symptom over the previous week, and within that group, 58% said they’d had two or more GI symptoms over the past week, according to a study in a 2018 issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Because symptoms like constipation, heartburn, and abdominal pain are generally vague and often don’t have an obvious cause, those suffering tend to fear the worst.
“People get very concerned abo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Diabetes: The herbal supplement shown to 'significantly' lower blood sugar in '1-2 weeks'
DIABETES diagnoses have doubled in the past 15 years. In the UK, 4.1 million people suffer from the condition, with around 90 percent of them being diagnosed with type 2. Diabetes type 2 is an impairment in the way the body uses blood sugar. Garlic is one of the food supplements that could be used to help regulate glucose levels in the blood. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Community Organization and Solidarity in Peru Tackle Hunger in Pandemic
Fortunata Palomino is an experienced community organizer from Carabayllo and general coordinator of the Network of Soup Kitchens of Metropolitan Lima, which includes 2,247 soup kitchens. She is critical of the neglect by the authorities and hopes that women will be trained, certified and incorporated into the labor market with respect for their rights. CREDIT: Mariela Jara/IPSBy Mariela JaraLIMA, Jan 24 2022 (IPS) It’s nine o’clock in the morning and Mauricia Rodríguez is already peeling garlic to season the day’s lunch at the Network of Organized Women of Villa Torreblanca, one of more than 2,400 solida...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariela Jara Tags: COVID-19 Editors' Choice Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Women & Economy NGOs Source Type: news
High cholesterol: The supplement shown to reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol
RESEARCHERS have speculated that garlic could help cholesterol and 30 years of study have suggested it is maybe slightly better than a literal placebo. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Some Save on Foods combo meals recalled due to salmonella risk
Some Save on Foods combo meals are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination, and include lemon chicken, sweet and sour pork, ginger beef and honey garlic chicken. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
TikTok Trends: Do or Diet, Plan'C', Garlic Where? TikTok Trends: Do or Diet, Plan'C', Garlic Where?
The end of 2021 brings the end of controversial healthcare TikTok videos -- just kidding.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - December 9, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Time Honoured Food Traditions, Pleasing for Palate and Planet
Alia Chughtai (standing at the back), a journalist with filmmaker Akhlaque Mahesar (right, behind the table), and others in their team at Aur Chaawal (And Rice). Chughtai believes in using local fresh ingredients that are healthy and planet-friendly. Her method of cooking fits in with the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition’s Double Pyramid. Credit: Zofeen T. Ebrahim/IPSBy Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Nov 19 2021 (IPS) Balance is the absolute key, says Alia Chughtai, a journalist who started a catering service with filmmaker Akhlaque Mahesar, by the name of Aur Chaawal (And Rice), two years ago.
She knows what she is talkin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Climate Action Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Green Economy Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations #Nutrition #FoodCulture #Barilla #BCFNforum # Source Type: news
Kenya: Gilad Millo's New Song On Garlic Farming
[Nation] Gilad Millo is a man who keeps on adding different feathers in his cap. Once a deputy ambassador of Israel, the singer is now juggling music with garlic farming. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Former Naturopath Convicted of Trafficking in Misbranded Drugs He Claimed Could Treat and Prevent COVID
FDA OCI, Richard Marschall, Port Angeles WA, convict, misbranded, treat, prevent, COVID-19, MRSA, "Dynamic Duo", garlic extract, larch tree starch, Dr. Rick Marschall, revoked license, naturopath, coronavirus,
consumer protection, health care fraud, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 29, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Garlic burn: a home remedy gone wrong - Madke B, Das A.
Skin acts as a barrier against external injurious stimuli including heat, friction, chemicals, etc., However, in many circumstances, patients land up to our clinic with self-inflicted injuries on the skin. We hereby report a case of an elderly lady with ga... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Classification of the mechanisms by which cardiotoxic plant poisons exert their effects - Huntington G.
Episodes of poisoning due to plant-based toxins are an unusual presentation to the emergency department. Plant poisons may be ingested if the source plant is misidentified as benign (eg, Lily of the Valley being mistaken for wild garlic and water hemlock b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Do people believe Covid myths?
Misinformation could be causing real harm in the communityLike viruses, false information spreads through networks. In March 2020, more than a quarter of the top Covid-19 related videos on YouTube contained misleading claims and those had more than 60m views worldwide. The World Health Organization ’s Covid“myth-busters” pagecounters ideas such as the notion that eating garlic protects you against infection. But how many people believe such claims?University of Cambridge researchers found in an online survey that about 15% of UK respondents thought it was more reliable than not that “the coronavirus is part of a gl...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters Tags: Coronavirus Science UK news Source Type: news
