Featured Topics: Brain Health
Saffron/Curcumin Combination May Help With Depression
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. All three doses of curcumin (high, low, and combined low dose/ saffron) significantly reduced depression and anxiety in the participating patients with major depressive disorder; however, adding saffron to low-dose curcumin did not...
Saffron Shows Promise for Depression
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Four weeks of crocin plus an antidepressive significantly improved symptoms of depression in the twenty participating subjects diagnosed with major depressive disorder. According to the American Psychiatric Association, one in fifteen...
Montmorency Tart Cherries Can Acutely Influence Vascular Function
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Sixty ml of Montmorency tart cherry juice significantly elevated total hemoglobin and oxygenated hemoglobin and significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in 27 participating healthy 40-60 year olds, but did not improve...
Acupuncture and Bee Venom Acupuncture for Parkinson’s Disease
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Of the 73 participating patients with Parkinson’s disease, those who received 12-weeks of bee venom acupuncture experienced significant improvement of symptoms that lasted for 20 weeks while the symptoms of the sham acupuncture...
Midday Bright Light Therapy Helpful for Bipolar Depression
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Four weeks of 15-minute daily sessions of 7000-lux white light significantly improved symptoms of depression in participating subjects with bipolar disorder. Despite advances in the understanding of mood disorders, bipolar...
Meditation Awareness Training Improves Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Eight weekly 2-hour workshops in meditation awareness training significantly improved fibromyalgia symptoms in the seventy-four participating subjects compared to the control group participants. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), more prevalent...
Magnesium Supplementation for Depression
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A 6-week supplementation with 248 mg of MgCl2 significantly reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression in the 126 participants with diagnosed depression. Depression affects 350 million people worldwide and by 2030 is predicted to be the...
Biomarkers of Mercury Exposure Predictive of Autism Severity in Children
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A 2016 observational case-control comparative study demonstrates that autistic Egyptian children, relative to healthy controls, have significantly increased levels of urinary porphyrins which may serve as useful biomarkers...
Combined Supplementation with Coenzyme Q10, Feverfew, and Magnesium May Help Alleviate Migraines
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A prospective observational study found that a three-month supplementation with a combination of feverfew, magnesium and coenzyme Q10 significantly decreased headache duration in the 68 participants with migraine...
Aromatherapy May Help Ease Agitated Behavior in Older Adults With Dementia
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. In a randomized cross-over trial, lavender inhalation aromatherapy significantly improved psychological and behavioral problems in the participating Chinese elderly suffering from dementia. While the core feature of...
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