Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2007 Aug 21 Chang RC, So KF. Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. Lycium barbarum (Gouqizi, Fructus Lycii, Wolfberry) is well known for nourishing the liver, and in turn, improving the eyesight. However, many people have forgotten…
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Pomegranate Juice May One Day be a Treatment or Preventative for Prostate Cancer?
Compounds in Pomegranate Juice May Help Curb Prostate Cancer, Lab Tests Show By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD (Corrections made by Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc are in Italics) Sept. 20, 2007 — Natural chemicals in pomegranate juice may slow the growth of prostate cancer, according to scientists at the University…
Coffee May Curb Liver Cancer
Posted on Author Dr. Marcus EttingerPosted in Cleansing & Detoxification, Dr. Ettinger's Thoughts, Herbal Formulas, In The News
Liver Cancer Appears to Be Rarer in Coffee Drinkers Than in People Who Don’t Drink Coffee Aug. 2, 2007 — Could a cup of coffee cut your risk of developing liver cancer? It just might, but as always we’ll wait for what the next study says. A new report, published in the August edition of…
Eating Right During Cancer Treatment
Cancer treatment can sap your appetite, but that’s when getting adequate nutrition is more important than ever. Here’s how to meet your needs. By Gina Shaw WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Here are two selected paragraphs from the article. “If you want to supplement the nutrition you get from your regular diet, we…
The Big Vitamin Scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion)
By Mike Adams The latest round in conventional medicine’s ongoing attempts to discredit (and ultimately outlaw) nutritional supplements is found in a highly questionable study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which claims that vitamins actually increase the risk of death. Want to read more? (Go Here)
Pharmaceutical Giant Merck Gets Busted By The I.R.S.
American pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. for years held offshore accounts in Bermuda to hold patents for two of its drugs, and then used the royalties from these patents as tax deductions in the United States. On Wednesday, the company agreed to pay $2.3 billion to the Internal Revenue Service, settling a three-year tax evasion…
The Good Sun
By Dan Ferber ScienceNOW Daily News 29 January 2007 A daily dose of sunlight may help the immune system guard against invading pathogens and sun-induced skin damage, according to a new study. The findings reveal how immune cells specialize to protect the skin and suggest that staying out of the sun could cause harm if…
Dietary Supplement Access Poll – 01/15/2007
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January 17, 2007 Dear California Academy of Health customer: Dietary Supplement Access Poll – 01/15/2007 results and my response to the CBS Nightly News piece on dietary supplements which aired in two parts, January 15th and 16th. On January 15th I alerted CAOH.COM customers to a CBS Nightly News piece bashing dietary supplements and I…
Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine Lycium barbarum against beta-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity.
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Experimental Gerontology. 2005 Aug-Sep;40(8-9):716-27 Yu MS, Leung SK, Lai SW, Che CM, Zee SY, So KF, Yuen WH, Chang RC Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. “As aged population dramatically increases in these decades, efforts should be made on the intervention for curing age-associated neurodegenerative diseases such…
Gut Bacteria Tied to Weight Gain, Study Finds
Gut Bacteria Tied to Weight Gain, Study Finds By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2006; 4:08 PM The guts of obese people are teeming with a distinctive mix of bacteria that seems to make them prone to gaining weight, a startling discovery that could lead to new ways to fight the…
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