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This brief but important intervention trial was detailed recently in the pages of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The conclusion was that eating canned soup on a regular basis could rapidly increase the body load of BPA, high levels of which have been associated with a variety of illnesses.
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The first results of a 5-year study of the effects a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on medical complications and psychosocial outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes show prolonged reduction in psychological distress and depression compared to usual care.
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Both vitamin D deficiency and supplementation with vitamin D are significantly associated with several cardiovascular outcomes, including mortality.
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Yoga, a stretching program, and a self-care book on low back pain were compared in a three-armed randomized trial for patients with chronic low back pain. The findings showed that yoga was significantly more effective than was using the self-care book, whereas yoga and stretching classes were equally effective. The benefits lasted for at least 26 weeks.
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal infection causing significant gynecologic and obstetric morbidity.
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Evidence for the use of probiotics in a variety of medical conditions continues to accumulate.
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Through a small but exquisite study, the authors of this investigatory intervention trial provide a plausible subcellular explanation for massage therapy's purported benefits on injured muscle using muscle biopsy and subsequent gene profiling. The application of similar study techniques might be expected in future studies of other CAM therapies directed against pain.
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Insomnia is relatively common and experienced around the world. Estimates have identified prevalence rates ranging from 5-50%.
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On december 6, 2011, the food and drug administra- tion (FDA) announced that "HCG products marketed as weight loss aids are unproven and illegal."
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Behavioral therapy works as well as drug treatment for male overactive bladder.
