April 1, 2013
Himalaya, India’s booming herbal healthcare company
Its raw materials are plants and it bases its products on texts dating back millennia, but don’t dare call India’s biggest herbal healthcare group a maker of “alternative medicine”…Jon Tilburt, an expert on modern Western and traditional medicine at the Mayo Clinic healthcare group in the United States, says he understands why Himalaya rejects the […]
Tags: alternative medicine, Dr. Jon Tilburt, herbal healthcare, India, raw materials, Yahoo! News
March 20, 2013
What’s more, the brain isn’t always particularly good at evaluating how serious a particular stressor is. Think of lighting a sparkler (or a candle or a match) inside a house, explains Amit Sood, M.D., associate director of Complementary and Integrative Medicine and chair of Mayo Mind Body Initiative at Mayo Clinic. Now imagine you can’t […]
Tags: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Dr. Amit Sood, Huffington Post, Mind Body Initiative, stress, stressor
March 13, 2013
Talk of the Nation – A Clinical Dilemma: Recommending Pot to Patients
Eighteen states have legalized the medical use of marijuana. As state laws change, physicians face new decisions about whether or not to recommend pot. Doctors have varying views on its therapeutic effects, as well as the ethical and legal ramifications. Guests include Dr. Michael Bostwick, professor of psychiatry, Mayo Medical School and Dr. Robert DuPont, […]
Tags: Dr. Michael Bostwick, Dr. Robert DuPont, medical marijuana, NPR, state law, therapeutic effects
March 1, 2013
Mayo Clinic Finds Steroids May Shorten Hospital Stay for Pneumonia Patients
Patients with pneumonia may spend fewer days in the hospital if they are given steroids along with antibiotics and supportive care. That’s the finding of a Mayo Clinic analysis of eight randomized-controlled clinical trials involving more than 1,100 patients. The results appear in the March issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Infection Control […]
Tags: clinical trials, Infection Control Today, Journal of Hospital Medicine, pneumonia, steroids
February 21, 2013
Medical Marijuana: Voodoo or Legitimate Therapeutic Choice?
Dr. J. Michael Bostwick wrote the “pro” argument for offering Marilyn marijuana. Bostwick, a professor in the department of psychiatry and psychology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, Minn., said he told the editors at the New England Journal of Medicine that he could have made the case for either side. He had a […]
Tags: Dr. J. Michael Bostwick, HealthDay, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, medical marijuana, New England Journal of Medicine
August 2, 2012
Asking Paul Kuhn: Is It Finally Time to Legalize Marijuana?
Kuhn: The health risks of marijuana are far less than those of alcohol and tobacco and more akin to those of caffeine. In fact, thousands of studies show marijuana has potential health benefits in fighting diseases like Alzheimer’s, Crohn’s, MS and even cancer. A recent Mayo Clinic report found marijuana offers “potentially head-to-toe therapeutic breakthroughs.” […]
Tags: marijuana, Paul Kuhn, potential health benefits, Washington Times
July 12, 2012
Judith Ritchie unlocked her office at the Sammons Cancer Center and gathered the instruments that would best serve her patients in the oncology unit. An American Indian flute. A plucked psaltery or lap harp… Brent Bauer, professor of medicine and director of the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program at the Mayo Clinic, says research is […]
June 28, 2012
Back pain. Eighty percent of us have it at some point, and it’s notoriously hard to treat because the source of the pain can involve the muscles, ligaments, joints or tendons…Yoga, acupuncture, massage, herbs and spinal manipulation can be effective, especially when used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan, experts say. “Everything works better […]
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Dr. Brent Bauer, massage, Yoga