This Homemade Hot Sauce Became Belize's National Condiment
Seen on First We Feast’s Hot Ones and in stores around the world, Marie Sharp’s hot sauce will have you thinking, Frank who? But that’s not what Marie Sharp set out to do when she first began making hot sauce in her kitchen using vegetables and herbs from her garden. In fact, her first habanero…#mariesharp #sharp #hotsauce #marie #hot #sauce #peppersauce #habanero #pepper #belize (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ghana: Ghana Makes Strides in Implementing WHO Integration Policy - Deputy Health Minister
[GhanaToday] Ghana has made great strides in implementing the WHO integration policy which seeks to integrate Herbal Medicine practice into the main Orthodox Healthcare practice at the various government hospitals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

'Be careful': Three popular herbal supplements sold in UK that may 'pose heart risks'
The supplements may exaggerate the effects of other medicines that you're taking to dangerous levels. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ghana: 'Sensible' Use of Herbal Medicines Doesn't Cause Kidney, Liver, Heart Problems - Dr Busia
[Ghanaian Times] Dr Kofi Busia, the Im-mediate past Director of Healthcare Services at the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), has debunked notions that the use of herbal medicines caused kidney, liver or heart problems. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

New TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Post-Hoc Analysis Reveals Early Efficacy Predicted Longer-Term Efficacy And Sustained Achievement Among A Diverse Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patient Population
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 11, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced a new post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 DISCOVER program (DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2) evaluating TREMFYA® (guselkumab) in adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which showed that early skin and enthesitis responsesa,b predicted longer-term clinical response,c including disease remission, at week 52.1 TREMFYA is the first fully human selective interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor therapy approved in the U.S. for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO) and adults with active PsA...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 11, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Woman, 62, told tea intake was cause of her liver injury - made her eyes turn yellow
The concerning incident suggests caution should be exercised when using herbal remedies. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fertility clinics warn against TikTok pregnancy advice as people turn to herbal teas and horoscopes
Doctors and scientists are urging people not to take TikTok fertility advice as fact as people sell teas, horoscope readings and fertility boosting recipes to people who are struggling to get pregnant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Post-Hoc Analysis Reveals Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patients With Early Efficacy Had Meaningful Long-Term Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 10, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced a new post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 DISCOVER-2 study that show early (week 8) clinical improvementsa of most measures (joint and skin disease, enthesitis and dactylitis) in adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with TREMFYA® (guselkumab) were associated with meaningful improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (measured by EQ-5D)b from year one (week 52) through year two (week 100).1 TREMFYA is the first fully human selective interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor th...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Chinese Herbal Medicine May Offer Benefits in STEMI: CTS-AMI Chinese Herbal Medicine May Offer Benefits in STEMI: CTS-AMI
Treatment with tongxinluo was associated with better outcomes out to 1 year, but observers say further data are needed to see how it may fit into STEMI care in China and beyond.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - November 6, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Green tea and blueberries may protect you from DEMENTIA, study suggests
Chemicals found in the herbal drink and fruit reduced plaques strongly linked to Alzheimer's, the most common cause of dementia, in a lab study. The research was done by Tufts University in Boston. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Popular Dry Shampoos Found to Have Cancer-Causing Chemical
Top-selling dry shampoos including Not Your Mother’s and Church & Dwight Co.’s Batiste contain high levels of benzene, the cancer-causing chemical that led Unilever to yank its product from shelves in October, according to a new independent study. Valisure, a New Haven, Connecticut-based analytical laboratory, tested 148 batches from 34 brands of spray-on dry shampoo and found that 70% contained benzene. The chemical can cause certain blood cancers, such as leukemia. The company filed a petition Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking to have the products that contain the substance recalle...
Source: TIME: Health - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Edney/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news

Bombay HC grants interim relief to Glenmark in trademark ‘Alex’ dispute
The Bombay High Court has restrained herbal product maker Alex World Class Products Pvt Ltd from using the trademark ‘Alex’ for its product and directed the Jaipur-based company to hand over the domain name to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, until further orders. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 2, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

More than two dozen herbal supplements found to interact with medicines, including statins
The review will not come as a surprise to those intimately aware of the literature but it does point to a worrying trend. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A review of herb-induced liver injury in mainland China - Yang Y, Ge FL, Tang JF, Qin SL, Zeng R, Yao ML, Xiao XH, Bai ZF, Tang CL.
Traditional medicines have greatly contributed to people's health worldwide. However, in recent years, the frequent occurrence of herb-induced liver injury (HILI) has raised public concerns regarding the safety of herbs. HILI not only severely impacts publ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Associations between recreational cannabis legalization and cannabis-related emergency department visits by age, gender, and geographic status in Ontario, Canada: an interrupted time series study - Kim C, Chum A, Nielsen A, Allin S, Penney TL, Rittenbach K, MacMaster FP, O'Campo P.
Legalization of recreational cannabis in Ontario included the legalization of flower and herbs (Phase 1, October 2018), and was followed by the deregulation of cannabis retailers and sales of edibles (Phase 2, February 2020). Research on the impact of cann... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news