My OCD story: evidence-based medicine to the rescue!
Karen Morley blogs about her experience of seeking help for her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how finding and using Cochrane evidence was a turning point. This blog post was originally published onEvidently Cochrane.Without knowing what it was, I had experienced episodes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) since I was an adolescent, usually when I was particularly stressed. But it was when I was caring full time for my mother, who had multiple conditions including dementia, that I had an unusually distressing episode of contamination-related OCD. When I took to the internet I was amazed to discover that the ob...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - June 27, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
My OCD story: evidence-based medicine to the rescue!
Karen Morley blogs about her experience of seeking help for her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how finding and using Cochrane evidence was a turning point. This blog post was originally published onEvidently Cochrane.Without knowing what it was, I had experienced episodes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) since I was an adolescent, usually when I was particularly stressed. But it was when I was caring full time for my mother, who had multiple conditions including dementia, that I had an unusually distressing episode of contamination-related OCD. When I took to the internet I was amazed to discover that the ob...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - June 27, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Hay fever: This herbal remedy could reduce ‘hayfever hell’ symptoms - Dr Hilary explains
HAY FEVER symptoms include runny noses, sneezing and itchy eyes, and it ’s caused by a pollen allergy. After the Met Office warned of ‘very high’ pollen counts this week, ITV Lorraine’s Dr Hilary revealed you could relieve signs by adding a stinging nettle tea to your diet. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hay fever: How stinging nettles could reduce ‘hayfever hell’ symptoms - Dr Hilary explains
HAY FEVER symptoms include runny noses, sneezing and itchy eyes, and it ’s caused by a pollen allergy. After the Met Office warned of ‘very high’ pollen counts this week, ITV Lorraine’s Dr Hilary revealed you could relieve signs by adding a stinging nettle tea to your diet. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer targeted with reusable 'stinging nettle' treatment
(University of Warwick) Cancer cells can be destroyed more effectively and selectively with a unique new reusable treatment, activated with a substance found in stinging nettles and ants -- thanks to new research by the University of Warwick. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 9, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Plant defense following the iron-maiden principle
(University of Bonn) Calcium phosphate is a typical component of teeth. It has recently been shown that plants of the rock nettle family also use this very hard mineral in their teeth " to defend themselves against their animal enemies. Botanists of Bonn University have now demonstrated that calcium phosphate is a lot more widespread in plants. Even thal cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) uses trichomes hardened with an incrustation of this biomineral to defend itself against enemies such as aphids. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 20, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Important warning for allergy sufferers
I love springtime. But many of my patients dread this time of year…
They come to my clinic sneezing and sniffling. They have runny noses, and watery, itchy eyes. They can’t sleep or work.
You may have the same problems. You need relief fast to get back to your life. So you might be tempted to pop some OTC remedies or ask your doctor for a prescription.
But you may be getting more than you bargained for with those allergy drugs. They may make you lose your mind. Let me explain…
Many doctors treat allergies with a class of drugs called (ACs). You know them by names like Benadryl and Dimetapp.
In a new study, sci...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 3, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Texas bull nettle (cnidoscolus texanus) exposures reported to Texas poison centers - Forrester MB.
This study characterizes C texanus exp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Does hunger contribute to socioeconomic gradients in behavior? - Nettle D.
Recent research has uncovered many examples of socioeconomic gradients in behavior and psychological states. As yet there is no theoretical consensus on the nature of the causal processes that produce these gradients. Here, I present the hunger hypothesis,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 29, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds Source Type: news
Do you fancy nettle bubble and squeak?
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall on the benefits of eating weeds and nettles (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sticking plasters rank above fundamental reforms
The government must grasp the nettle on key domestic issues, writes Sebastian Payne (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - March 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
These marshes are awash with invisible chemistry
Claxton, Norfolk Ants allow us to reflect upon a chemical realm we can seldom know empirically. They are governed by itIf I set aside the rag-winged rooks and moulting lapwings, and forget the storms that this land has just endured, the morning seems utterly still. I stand to watch a long flotilla of cumulus over the marsh, as beautiful and unmoving as sail ships becalmed in doldrums. There is so little breeze that neither foreground nettle nor the red-tinged Yorkshire fog beyond so much as stirs.Even with my coarse senses, however, I know that this rain-washed stillness is volatile and densely scented. There is a deer nud...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 5, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mark Cocker Tags: Wildlife Birds Insects Biology Science Environment Weather Norfolk UK news Source Type: news
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Complementary and Integrative Approaches
Research results on complementary and integrative health approaches benign prostatic hyperplasia, including acupuncture, lycopene, Pygeum africanum, saw palmetto, and urtica dioica. For health care providers. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 16, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Plants are 'biting' back
(University of Bonn) Calcium phosphate is a widespread biomineral in the animal kingdom: Bones and teeth largely consist of this very tough mineral substance. Researchers from Bonn University could now for the first time demonstrate the presence of calcium phosphate as a structural biomineral in higher plants. The substance provides the necessary 'bite' to the stinging hairs of representatives of the rock nettle family (Loasaceae). It hardens the trichomes, which serve as a herbivore defense. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 19, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
