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PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening

By afshin | Published: April 18, 2012

Contrary to mainstream practice and thinking, prostate-specific antigen, or PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening is no longer recommended.  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, published their results in late 2011 which show: moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits!  They discourage use of the [...]

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Effective Cancer Treatment But Folks Aren’t Amused

By afshin | Published: June 26, 2011

Dr. Burzynski in Texas has for years now had a cancer treatment for the harshest cancers with amazing results, and no side-effects! So why haven’t you heard of this guy and his works?  Well, he has a patent on the chemicals he uses, and the FDA decided years ago they will not let a private [...]

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Acupuncture helped Mariah Carey with Infertility

By afshin | Published: November 23, 2010

Nick Cannon and Wife Mariah Carey announced that the couple are finally pregnant after many nights of crying themselves to sleep because of infertility issues.  Cannon told US Magazine that after trying IVF and progesterone, Mariah decided to try acupuncture – and it worked!

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Store-bought Chicken Unsafe

By afshin | Published: September 16, 2010

It has been well over ten years since news of harmful bacteria in store bought chicken became mainstream knowledge.  Earlier this year I wrote an article pointing out that Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria from chicken and other foods infect 3.4 million Americans, send 25500 to hospitals, and kill about 500; this information was from an [...]

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Newest Physical Evidence of Acupuncture Points

By afshin | Published: February 11, 2010

A group of researchers lead by Zhang Xinyi, at Fudan University, set out to “figure out the three-dimensional structure of the acupuncture points with the light resources.”  Using a new subatomic particle accelerator in Shanghai, they report detecting physical evidence of the acupuncture points.

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Germans study Acupuncture for Easing Eczema

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

Reuters reports that researchers at the Technical University of Munich found that acupuncture done shortly after allergen exposure, appeared to soothe subjective feelings of itchiness in cases of Atopic Eczema.  They also found that when exposed to an allergen after a session of acupuncture, there were less severe skin reactions.

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China Develops Herbal H1N1 Vaccine

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

It seems that the government of China is catching on that their traditional medicine is worth gold.  I could’ve told them that a long time ago!  The Beijing Daily announced on December 17th that they had gathered 120 medical specialists to conduct a 7 month study that proved the effectiveness of an herbal formula based [...]

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New Survey of Acupuncture Trials for Insomnia

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

I knew insomnia was widespread but I was dumbfounded when I read that a quarter of adolescents have symptoms! Recently too, in my office in San Mateo I’ve had a rush of people coming in with sleep problems.

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Cordyceps Mushroom Cancer Drug Research

By afshin | Published: January 28, 2010

A University of Nottingham team have re-discovered cordycepin, extracted from the Cordyceps mushroom commonly used in Chinese Medicine.  In a study to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the researchers explain their new insights help with understanding the range of cancers that cordycepin can treat, and how it can combine with other treatments.

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