Newswise Feature Channel: Alternative Medicine

Seeking Ozempic Alternatives? Prioritize Safety with These Expert Tips

Hackensack Meridian Health — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:05:30 EST

Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel

Newswise — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:05:09 EST

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

JMIR Medical Informatics Invites Submissions on AI Language Models in Health Care

JMIR Publications — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:45:22 EST

JMIR Publications is pleased to announce a new section titled, "AI Language Models in Health Care" in JMIR Medical Informatics.

Our winter of discontent: Get the latest news on the flu in the Influenza channel

Newswise — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:05:57 EST

The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

79% of Canadians support the therapeutic use of psilocybin for people at the end of life

Universite Laval — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:05:11 EST

Nearly 4 out of 5 Canadians believe that the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, is an acceptable medical approach to treat existential distress in patients suffering from a serious and incurable disease.

Don't wait for an emergency to get the latest emergency medicine news

Newswise — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:05:25 EST

Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

Starting a family with the help of science: The latest research in Fertility

Newswise — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:00:54 EST

Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

Mediterranean diet 'a straightforward approach' among many nutritional options for improving the chance of success in IVF

Reproductive Biomedicine Online — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:05:32 EST

Adjuvant therapies to help infertile women conceive by IVF - especially those whose treatments have been unsuccessful in the past - are now a common feature both before and during the treatment cycle. Now, a new analysis of the evidence for many nutritional supplements and diets thought to improve outcome in IVF has concluded that adopting a Mediterranean diet during treatment would offer a single 'straightforward approach' with good evidence of benefit in contrast to that of a Western diet.

Psychedelic psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in adults with cancer and depression

Wiley — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:05:08 EST

Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate that psilocybin, a hallucinogenic chemical found in certain mushrooms of the genus Psiloybe, may benefit individuals with cancer and major depression.

Traditional Chinese medicine reduces risk after heart attack

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:05:20 EST

A traditional Chinese medicine whose name means "to open the network of the heart" reduced the risk of heart attacks, deaths, and other major cardiovascular complications for at least a year after a first heart attack, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings, published in JAMA, reveal the promise of this compound, one of the first traditional Chinese medicines tested in a large-scale, Western-style clinical trial.

Rutgers Expert Available to Comment on CDC's Proposal of Doxycycline as Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Tool

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:05:54 EST

Stay informed on women's health issues in the Women's Health channel

Newswise — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:50:00 EST

Below are some of the latest headlines in the Women's Health channel on Newswise.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 and often-overlooked symptoms

Baylor Scott and White Health — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:05:58 EST

Arkansas Author Pens Book Detailing Her Survival From Cancer

University of Arkansas at Little Rock — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:05:43 EST

Angie Choi, a 2015 graduate of UA Little Rock, has written a book detailing how she survived her battle with ovarian cancer using a combination of conventional and alternative medicine.

Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska, MD, Receives AANEM's 2023 Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Award

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:15:00 EST

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) proudly announces Dr. Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska as the 2023 Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Award recipient for her unwavering dedication to education in the fields of neuromuscular (NM) and electrodiagnostic (EDX) medicine.

Brain and Spine Surgeons To Share Leading-Edge Advances

Cedars-Sinai — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:20:49 EST

Cedars-Sinai Neurosurgery experts who treat the most aggressive form of brain cancer and specialize in leading-edge spine surgery techniques will present research and discuss pioneering therapies at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting Sept. 9-13 in Washington, D.C.

Family Medicine Physicians Offer Acupuncture to Treat Patients with Chronic

Loyola Medicine — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:05:50 EST

When Catherine Harvey mentioned her chronic pain to a friend, they recommended she go to Kit Lee, MD, a family medicine physician at Loyola Medicine.

Student doctors travel to Cambodia, gain new perspective on rural medicine

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:45:50 EST

This summer seven student doctors from PCOM South Georgia traveled to rural areas of Cambodia. The experience gave them a new appreciation for medicine in the US and great respect for the determination and resourcefulness of the physicians and other healthcare workers they met.

Chulalongkorn's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Presents Plant-Based Biopharmaceutical Research to Combat Cancer Cells in Lab Animals

Chulalongkorn University — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:55:14 EST

For the first time in Thailand, lecturers at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences have successfully developed antibody from tobacco plants with inhibitory effects on the growth of cancer cells in laboratory animals. This signals hope for access to effective cancer medication and treatment at a lower cost.

3D Metallic Rib Implants From Spain Give Teenage Cancer Patient a Second Chance

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:05:58 EST

Her ribs needed to be removed. Her care team searched far and wide and found the best possible treatment.