Integrative Medicine
RSSArticles
-
Licorice as an Agent in Helicobacter pylori Quadruple Therapy Regime
Individuals having peptic ulcer disease positive for Helicobacter pylori infection (diagnosed by endoscopy and biopsy with positive rapid urease test) were treated with either traditional quadruple therapy or quadruple therapy with licorice as a substitution for bismuth subsalicylate. After 4 weeks of treatment, eradication of H. pylori infection was comparable in both groups. -
Vitamin D Supplementation: What's the Verdict?
Large-scale observation data indicate an inverse association with circulating vitamin D levels and risk of death due to all causes, particularly cardiovascular and cancer-related death, while supplementation with vitamin D3 appears to reduce overall mortality among older adults. -
Probiotics and the Microbiome
Research about the human microbiome and the therapeutic effect of probiotics is changing fast. It can be difficult to know how to counsel our patients about this important topic. -
Run, Don't Walk: Benefits for Older Adults
This study compared the metabolic cost for walking three different speeds in 30 adults at least 65 years of age, and found that those who ran on a regular basis expended less energy walking than the group that walked exclusively. -
Integrative Medicine Alert - Full January 2015 Issue in PDF
-
Treating Diabetes May Impact Thyroid Status
In a longitudinal population-based study, metformin use was associated with an increased incidence of low thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in patients with treated hypothyroidism. -
Primary Care Reports - Full January 2015 Issue in PDF
-
Testosterone Therapy – Recommendations Resulting from Two Recent Clinical Trials
The prescription rate of testosterone therapy has increased dramatically in the last decade, and primary care practitioners are asked on a daily basis about testosterone supplementation. Ingenious marketing has led many patients — many of whom are older and have risk factors for heart disease — to question if testosterone therapy is right for them. -
Managing Stress to Improve GERD Symptoms
The researchers’ goal was to address the fact that therapies that are adjunctive to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been under studied. In this clinical trial, an education intervention was examined in adult patients with GERD recruited from rural general practices in England. -
Dietary Flavanols from Cocoa Improve Dentate Gyrus Function and Cognitive Performance in Aging Population
Decline in functional integrity of the dentate gyrus, a hippocampal region, has been observationally seen with aging.1 However, beyond these correlations, direct association between cognitive decline, dentate gyrus function, and the effects of non-pharmacological interventions has not been demonstrated.