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Category: Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine, Drugs, Supplements

The dietary supplement you’re taking could be tainted with prescription medications and dangerous hidden ingredients, according to a new study

April 26, 2022

Many over-the-counter dietary supplement products – particularly those used for sexual enhancement and weight loss – are tainted with undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients.

Alternative Medicine, Coronavirus, Vaccines

No, you cannot ‘devaccinate’ yourself with snake venom kits, bleach or cupping

March 3, 2022

If you encounter claims like this online, you need to ask yourself four questions, to figure out whether these claims really are too good to be true.

Alternative Medicine, Child Health, Drugs, Supplements

CBD and parents’ attitudes about giving it to children

February 24, 2022

“Anecdotal stories of children benefiting from CBD may sound alluring but just because it’s a plant product doesn’t necessarily make it safe or effective in children.”

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Alternative Medicine, Infectious Disease

Six popular beliefs about colds: experts explain the facts

November 5, 2021

A TikTok video has gone viral involving putting garlic up your nose as a cold cure, just one in a long line of claimed treatments or cures. We asked two experts to examine some commonly held beliefs around colds.

Alternative Medicine, Coronavirus, Drugs, Poisoning

Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure

August 20, 2020

All parts of the plant are poisonous. If eaten, it causes cardiac arrhythmias, or irregular heart rates, and can be lethal to both humans and animals.

Alternative Medicine, Coronavirus, Vaccines

Anti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement

April 24, 2020

Anti-vaccine groups are seizing on the anti-government sentiment stoked by conservative-leaning protesters to advance their cause, critics say.

Alternative Medicine, Supplements, Vitamins

The problem with supplements

February 19, 2020

Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients. What should consumers do?

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Alternative Medicine, Consumer Safety

Don’t Drink Miracle Mineral Solution or Similar Products – FDA warns

February 19, 2020

The products, sold as treatments, are making people sick.

Alternative Medicine, Nutrition, Sleep, Supplements, Vitamins

Why you should stop buying vitamins and get more sleep instead

January 11, 2019

Research suggests that some high-dose supplements do little to prevent chronic disease among healthy individuals — and may do more harm than good.

Alternative Medicine, Antibiotics

Probiotics not helpful for young children with diarrhea, study

December 4, 2018

A probiotic treatment did not show any benefit for young children brought to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis.

Alternative Medicine, Heart and Circulatory System

Do fish oil supplements help your heart?

November 20, 2018

“I would never recommend a dietary supplement to a patient, and I would never take one myself,” says one prominent cardiologist.

Alternative Medicine, Drugs

Six surprising drug interactions you should know about

November 16, 2018

Not only can drugs interact with each other, they can also interact with food and drink, as well as popular herbal remedies.

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