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Alternative Medicine January 6, 2016

Health issue brewing? 'Kefir beer' may someday help

A craft beer made with ingredients from kefir — a fermented milk drink that resembles yogurt— may sound a little gross.

Alternative Medicine January 6, 2016

New York medical marijuana program to begin Thursday

New Yorkers with cancer, AIDS, Parkinson's disease or other qualifying conditions will be able to obtain medical marijuana as early as Thursday, 18 months after lawmakers passed what is considered one of the strictest medical cannabis programs in the nation.

Alternative Medicine January 6, 2016

School committee to vote on medical marijuana policy

A Maine school committee is scheduled to consider a policy that would allow students to have medical marijuana administered in school under certain conditions.

Alternative Medicine January 5, 2016

Egg-shaped pods: Coffins of the future?

Italian designers have developed an egg-shaped pod similar to a coffin that lets the deceased support new life after their own death.

Medications January 4, 2016

First-of-a-kind drug approvals continued to rise in 2015

Approvals for first-of-a-kind drugs climbed last year, pushing the annual tally of new U.S. drugs to its highest level in 19 years.

MEDICAL RESEARCH December 31, 2015

More US women using unapproved menopause hormones

A growing number of U.S. women are filling prescriptions for unregulated hormones to ease menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, a recent study suggests.

Alternative Medicine December 29, 2015

Green juice, vodka and sex: Doctors reveal their hangover cures

Instead of nursing a vicious hangover in the new year, let the experts nurse you back to health.

Alternative Medicine December 24, 2015

Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please

Bagged or boxed, brown or powdered, Americans are buying markedly less sugar this year, a trend nowhere more noticeable than during the holidays when home-baking picks up.

NERVOUS SYSTEM HEALTH December 24, 2015

Purified marijuana compound may reduce stubborn epileptic seizures

A purified compound derived from marijuana may help reduce seizures in children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that resist other treatments, a new study suggests.

Allergy December 24, 2015

The 7 best ways to fight off winter allergies

Pollen season is a distant memory, you’ve long since shut car windows in favor of cranking the heat, and you haven’t seen an allergy commercial in what, four months?

MENTAL HEALTH December 21, 2015

School-based mindfulness training may reduce stress, trauma

Middle-school students in urban areas may benefit from in-school mindfulness programs, a new study suggests.