STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- September 2, 2010 -- Rivaroxaban is effective and safe for treating of patients with acute, symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT), researchers said here at the European Society of Cardiology ...

New treatments for pain and healing are emerging in alternative medicine. One is the use of low-level lasers to support and encourage patients. According to Alexandra K. Schnee, D.C., "Cold-Laser Therapy or Low Level ...

Fibromyalgia is a condition that can cause aches and pains all over the body from head to toe. It mainly causes pain in joints and bones, but it can also cause pain in the muscles. Fibromyalgia can effects ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil, and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year. The ...

Beyond drugs, beyond exercise, beyond simply getting better are other ways to control pain. Typically referred to as complementary alternative medicine, many people consider their use to be common sense ...

In meeting one of our most basic needs — hunger — we have opened a Pandora's box of complications. We successfully produce enough food to feed us all, but we have to treat our livestock with ...

Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year. The Food and Drug ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI, BNVID) announced today that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Small Business Technology Transfer Program, has approved and funded a grant to be shared by Bionovo and Dr. Dale Leitman from the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). The grant ...

Editor, So a student wants to take a so-called “alternative medicine” course (known as “Traditional Medicine Without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico”) through UNM, so he or she can learn how to keep the “evil eye” away from his or her child? Driving away evil is more rightly considered a religious, spiritual concern, not a medical concern.

Health regulators in the U.S. are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.

CHICAGO — "Adrenal fatigue" is the sort of diagnosis that might hit home during a late-night Internet search. Do you, for example, have trouble waking up in the morning without caffeine? Do you crave salty foods? Do people seem a lot more irritating than in the past?

Study finds reduced drug and health care costs may make surgery a cost-effective alternative for some

Cough medicine abuse sent 8,000 people to the emergency room in 2008 according to the FDA, which accounts for a 70% increase since 2004. Federal health regulators are discussing restrictions on popular cough medicines like Robitussin, NyQuil and other suppressants in an effort to curb these abuse cases. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday posted its review of dextromethorphan, an ...