November 2009

New study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups in [...]

Katherine Seligman, Special to The ChronicleIt was almost 10 years ago that Barbara Ehrenreich, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, discovered a subject that really made her mad: positive thinking.[amazonify]0805087494:right[/amazonify]“When I reached out, all I could find were these exhortations to be positive or cheerful because it will make you better,” she said. “It was either [...]

[amazonify]0316069906:right[/amazonify]Can Carnivores Pass the Moral One? By Patt Morrison Maybe all the carnivores were at their favorite burger spots, but we heard from loads of vegetarians and even some vegans calling about a new study by the American Dietetic Association, finding that not only can a vegetarian diet give you the same nutritional values as [...]

Image via Wikipedia Kenneth Sancier Ph. D. In the early 1980′s, scientists in China began to study the medical benefits claimed for qigong. Since then, research on hundreds of medical applications of qigong have been reported in the Chinese literature. Of special interest for the present article are clinical reports of the medical benefits of [...]