Public Health

Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr syn. T. malabaricaMiers ex Hook. f.; T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook. f. is similar to T.cordifolia, an important drug plant of traditional medicine

Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr syn. T. malabaricaMiers ex Hook. f.; T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook. f. Menispermaceae family, and the stem is used as medicine. The plant grows wild in most parts of India, both in forests and plains. The plant is used almost i ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 13 2011 - 6:16pm

Melilotus officinalis Linn. and Psoralea corylifolia Linn. plants used in traditional medicine

Melilotus officinalis Linn.Vernacular Names:- Bengal: Baupiring; English: King’s Clover; Hindi: Aspurk. Family:- Papilionaceae. Distribution:- It is found throughout India. Morphology:- It is a perennial herb found in dry fields with the smooth, erect and ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 14 2011 - 6:14am

Acupuncture No Better Than Placebo And May Be Harmful

Acupuncture is advocated by some for pain control but there are doubts about its effectiveness and its safety.   Investigators from the Universities of Exeter&Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (Daejeon, South Korea) eva ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2011 - 8:40am

BPA, and a hidden cause of obesity?

    I’m not sure how come  Real Clear Science  came to replace  Live Science  on the board, but they do have a lot of jolly good stuff.  Today, following one of their links, I was heartened to read something  in favour  of plastics:      A Toxic Setback fo ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 20 2011 - 10:18am

Does Your Intestinal Bacteria Type Determine How Well Medicines Work?

A new study says that an individual’s intestinal bacteria flora organizes itself in certain clusters and they hypothesize this intestinal bacteria flora will have an influence on how we react to diet and medicine absorbed through the gastro-intestinal trac ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2011 - 3:51pm

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. jungle fire or flame of the forest(Dhak Palas,Tesu.) in flowering now has medicinal properties also

FLAME OF THE FOREST on the foot hills of Sariska, Alwar give an impression as forest is on fire due to its organge coloured flowers. The tree is passing through flowering season now. B. monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. Family Fabac ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 23 2011 - 6:29am

Can Gastric Bypass Cure Type 2 Diabetes?

Researchers say something about gastric bypass surgery changes the body’s metabolism that quickly improves Type 2 diabetes. But, before you call a surgeon, no one is going to be performing the surgery to treat diabetes anytime soon. ...

Blog Post - Ryan Luce - Apr 28 2011 - 4:30pm

Iron Deficiency: Obese Mothers Put Infants At Risk

Obese mothers are putting babies at risk for iron deficiency, which could affect infant brain development, according to research presented today at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Denver. In non-pregnant adults, obesity-related inflammat ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2011 - 12:02pm

Can Pythagoras Save Your Life?

I like to think I once led an eclectic, interesting life.  I have bribed police in the mid-East, outrun the Bulgarian mafia while driving to get my picture taken with Albanian rebels in Macedonia and searched for the spark true conviction in ancient monast ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 11 2011 - 10:23am

1% You (Didn't) Say?: EBCALA Press Conference On New Study On Autism And Vaccines

The “vaccine injury” community has been buzzing over the press conference and release of Holland et al’s supposedly earth shattering “study” published in the Pace Environmental Law Review. Some of them proclaim triumphantly that they have proof the governm ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 10 2011 - 5:38pm