Integrative Medicine Alert – May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
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Is a Grapefruit a Day Good or Bad for the Heart?
Grapefruit is a popular fruit worldwide because it is tasty, nutritious, and increasingly viewed as healthy. The original grapefruit was white and very seedy, but varieties have been selected to give seedless and more red cultivars.1 -
Walnut Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: The Importance of Associations
This large, prospective, cohort trial followed women for 10 years using validated food questionnaires to assess if the consumption of walnuts, other tree nuts, and peanuts was associated with the incidence of the development of type 2 diabetes. -
Qigong Reduces Depression in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy
Ninety-six women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy during a 5- to 6-week interval were randomized to either a qigong group or a wait-list control group. The results indicate that the women in the qigong group had clinically significantly less depressive symptoms and better quality of life than the control group. -
Milk Thistle ‘Hepato-neutral’ for People with Hepatitis C
In patients with hepatitis C, having already been treated (unsuccessfully) with interferon, three times daily silymarin in two doses (both supratherapeutic) did not change serum ALT after 24 weeks.