THE MEDICATED CHILD examines why more than 6 million American children are taking powerful psychiatric drugs.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS
Is Your Doctor Prescribing Placebos?
One of the most intriguing processes in medicine is the placebo effect: the healing power of a sham therapy, when it's offered to patients with the suggestion that it will help. Neuroscientists have even observed where and how the placebo effect may work in the brain. In one recent study by University of Michigan researchers, participants who were told they would receive painkillers showed increased production of endorphins - the brain's natural pain reliever - even though they got no analgesic at all. …click for more
QUIT SMOKING: Once you make up your mind to quit smoking an individualized homeopathic remedy make help break an addiction. Some report Arnica 30c taken in water daily helps
FIND A QUALIFIED HOMEOPATH: There are so many possible remedies to suit you. This can be confusing to personally select the right one out of so many choices, such as: Dahne indica, Plantago major, Cinchona officianallis, Lobelia inflata, Nux vomica, Staphysagria, Calcarea Phos, Caladium siguinum …
Video: Alternative Medicines and Methods to Quit Smoking
One correction to this video: Homeopathic medicine has been under FDA regulation since 1938. Homeopathic medicine is controlled, standardized, and approved.
Breaking the Habit: You may be surprised by some of the benefits from quitting smoking : and how fast they arrive. By Tom Valeo of WebMD
Almost 70% of adult smokers say they want to quit; the most common reason given is concern about their health.The concern is well justified. The four leading causes of death in the U.S. — cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and lung disease — are all strongly linked to cigarette smoke exposure. One out of every five deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to smoking. The dangers get worse with age. People still smoking in their 40s and 50s face a risk of death over the next 10 years three to four times greater than a nonsmoker's. But gaining extra years are not the only reward for quitting. Other benefits begin immediately, according to the American Cancer Society, and they just keep coming.
Alternative Medicine Online: Cold Season Homeopathy Care
New FDA Approved Drugs: Letairis [ambrisentan] is used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension - a condition causing continuous high blood pressure in the arteries that carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs. As the arteries narrow, the heart must pump harder, which weakens it with time. The disease affects about 100,000 people in the United States. Warnings include: may cause birth defects or liver damage. Patients taking the once-daily tablets must undergo monthly blood tests to check for injury to the liver.
