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Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

Cognitive behavioral therapy shown to be effective for treating depression in older veterans

Apart from PTSD, there is another serious mental health condition affecting veterans that often goes unnoticed: clinical depression. In order to provide better options for people battling this condition, researchers at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have revealed that cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective treatment option for both younger and older veterans battling depression.

RESPIRATORY HEALTH October 28, 2015

Probiotics don't help fussy babies

Probiotics do not reduce the rate of colic in babies, a condition in which newborns cry for prolonged periods without a clear reason, a new study suggests

Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

New Jersey parents fight to get medical marijuana for young child

A New Jersey family is fighting for changes to the state's medical marijuana laws to make it easier for children to have access to the drug.

Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

Coffee: An effective weight loss tool

Can coffee play a role in helping people to lose weight and reduce the risk of adult-onset diabetes? That seems to be the case, according to a number of studies reported in medical journals

Breast Cancer October 28, 2015

Artificial sweetener may help treat aggressive cancers, study finds

For years, negative reports have surrounded artificial sweeteners, claiming evidence of everything from being a carcinogen to causing cardiovascular disease.

CANCER October 28, 2015

Charity offers to pay for 7-year-old's lifesaving treatment; drug maker still refuses

A pediatric cancer charity is offering to pay for 7-year-old cancer survivor Josh Hardy to receive lifesaving medication that could cure him of a potentially deadly virus. But Chimerix, the pharmaceutical company that produces the medication, is still refusing to give Josh the treatment he so desperately needs.

Hearing Loss October 28, 2015

Implants, signing let deaf kids be bilingual, experts say

Parents of deaf children face a critical responsibility to learn and use sign language, according to a majority of hearing experts quoted in the journal Pediatrics, although the question of whether or not to sign has grown increasingly controversial.

Medicine Hunter October 28, 2015

Mojo: There's an Herb for That

The Medicine Hunter traveled to Mount Haramoun in the Middle East to study zallouh, a plant that is said to increase sexual frequency and pleasure, as well as cure sexual dysfunction

Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

Weed: Good for the bones?

Got pot?

Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

Remote-controlled chip implant delivers bone drug

Scientists implanted microchips in seven women that delivered the medicine they needed by oozing out the right dose of a bone-strengthening drug once a day without them even noticing

Alternative Medicine October 28, 2015

Nature's Rx: Farmers markets cropping up at hospitals

After years of treating their clientele for the ravages of poor nutrition, some doctors finally are catching on to the idea that prescribing carrots instead of pharmaceutical drugs might be a better option