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In Homeopathic Medicine, Is the Doctor the Treatment?
A recently published clinical trial raises a difficult question about a popular alternative medicine treatment modality. This study was designed to ask a critical question that has bothered...
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A Hard Lesson To Learn
One of the reasons that being a doctor is hard is that patients want to feel better RIGHT NOW. There is a natural temptation toward intervention vs conservative treatment, more medication vs less. But...
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A New Class of Antidepressants Looks Like an Old Dietary Supplement
An article scheduled for publication in the next issue of the Lancet looks at the efficacy of a new class of antidepressant. This medication class includes a number of new melatonin-like molecules,...
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Learning More About Niacin
A major clinical trial that added niacin to statin treatment for people with a history of heart disease was closed early due to lack of clinical benefit, according to a news release from the American...
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Pregnancy Stress Can Have Life-Long Effects on a Child
What happens during a woman’s pregnancy can have life-long (or potentially life-shortening) effects on her child. When 94 healthy young adults were tested, those whose mothers had experienced severe...
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