Cancer warning: The herbal tea 'consistently' found to increase the risk of cancer
CANCER is universally feared and for good reason: there is currently no cure for the disease and it kills millions every year. However, you can modify your risk of the deadly disease. Evidence strongly suggests avoiding a particular herbal tea. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Type 2 diabetes: The lesser-known herb that could be ‘beneficial’ to treating condition
TYPE 2 diabetes accounts for the majority of diabetes cases, requiring careful management to reduce the risk of serious health complications. While lifestyle changes like more exercise are recommended to control and prevent the condition, scientists have now found a herb to be "beneficial". (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to live longer: The popular herb shown to prevent heart disease and lower cholesterol
DIET plays an important part in our health and wellbeing. Too much of a certain food can lead to potentially dangerous conditions, while too little of another could cause vitamin deficiencies. Sometimes just a small change in your eating habits could have a lasting effect on the body. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Women Who Revolutionized Nursing During the American Civil War
The 1850s and 1860s in America saw the rise of the “sentimental domestic idea.” Women were held up as examples of purity, piety, and submissiveness. In the American antebellum period, precise and strict rules were recommended for women’s socially acceptable and appropriate behavior.
But the Civil War would change the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing. Women demonstrated remarkable adaptability in the savagely altered wartime world, responding to the great need of the nation while acquiring and ut...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carole Adrienne Tags: Uncategorized Excerpt health Health Care Source Type: news
Cancer: Popular herbal tea linked to an increased risk - contains 'known cause' of cancer
CANCER continues to kill people in their droves but there are proven ways to modify your risk, some of which are surprising. According to the Mayo Clinic, a popular herbal tea may increase your risk of cancer - it contains a "known cause" of cancer. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Arthritis: The 70p anticancer herb that may reverse painful inflammation in the joints
ARTHRITIS afflicts millions of people as they enter old age. Severe cases can threaten the mobility of sufferers, but thankfully lifestyle choices can appease painful symptoms. One herb that is widely used throughout the UK flaunts wide-ranging qualities that may reduce inflammation in the joints. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Analytical methods for herbal products containing synthetic cannabinoids: a review - Kumar S, Baggi TR.
Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCs) have received considerable attention in the recent years. Most of these SCs are potent cannabinoid receptor agonists that were initially developed to carry out scientific research but were lately hijacked by the illegal clandes... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Datura poisoning in a family: case series and literature review - Khoshnam-Rad N, Heydari M, Mohammadi K, Mashayekhi M, Sahraei Z, Gholami K.
We reported cases of family poisoning caused by the herbal tea with refreshing effe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
STELARA ® (ustekinumab) Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Treat Pediatric Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, August 1, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved STELARA® (ustekinumab) for the treatment of pediatric patients six years of age and older with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This rare disease that resembles adult PsA affects five to eight percent of children and adolescents with chronic inflammatory arthritis.*1-7 Two of the four indications for STELARA now include pediatric patients, further expanding its treatment profile since the first approval in 2009 for adults living with moderate...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - August 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority Recalls Dozens of Herbal Medicines
[New Times] Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Monday, July 25, removed over 20 herbal medicines from the market over safety concerns. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
North Korea pushes traditional medicine to fight COVID-19
North Korea has recently reported fewer than 200 daily fever cases amid its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak and says its traditional “Koryo” herbal medicines are playing a key role in curing patients (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
North Korea pushes traditional medicine to fight COVID-19 - The Associated Press
PAJU, South Korea — As a medical student in North Korea, Lee Gwang-jin said he treated his fevers and other minor ailments with traditional herbal medicine. But bad illness could mean trouble... #northkorea #theassociatedpress #leegwangjin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke warning: Popular herbal supplement associated with 'haemorrhagic stroke' in study
A STROKE is a serious life-threatening medical condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. A popular herbal supplement was associated with one of the main types of stroke in a first-of-its-kind case study. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Africa Is a Treasure Trove of Medicinal Plants - Here Are Seven That Are Popular
[The Conversation Africa] Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants. Africa is endowed with up to 45,000 plant species - about 25% of the world's plant genetic resources. More than 5,000 plant species from this enormous African resource are used in traditional medicines. Medicinal plant specialists Associate Professor Adeyemi Aremu and Professor Nox Makung (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 12, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dr Ellie warns of the health risks linked to natural treatments - ‘Be careful'
ALTHOUGH alternative medicine, such as using plants and herbs to target certain health problems, isn't major in the UK, some people might be reaching for natural cures. However, Dr Ellie has warned that there are risks to be aware of when it comes to going natural. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
