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. (more…)
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. (more…)
Written by James C. Morton Jr, Staff Writer. Twelve weeks of supplementation with Pakistani and American almonds significantly decreased the uric acid serum levels of coronary artery disease patients compared to the control group. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study demonstrates how dietary coconut significantly decreased colonization of Candida albicans by altering the metabolic gene expression of the C. albicans cells. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Aromatherapy with rose geranium essential oil significantly reduced anxiety and diastolic blood pressure in the forty-nine participating nulliparous women in labor. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. The one hundred children with autism spectrum disorder had significant higher hair levels of mercury, lead, and aluminum compared with the 100 healthy children. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Two weeks of intervention with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®) and Bifidobacterium (BB-12®) significantly reduced H. pylori infection and symptoms in the participating subjects compared to placebo. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Four weeks of treatment with a combination of 4 probiotics significantly reduced the severity and number of days of diarrhea in participating subjects who were suffering from an initial infection with Clostridium difficile. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Study participants who practiced yoga both moderately and strenuously had a significant reduction in inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α compared to those who did not practice yoga. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. After four weeks of topical application, olive oil significantly improved the healing of foot ulcers in the sixteen participating Iranian type 2 diabetics compared to the fourteen subjects who received a control oil. (more…)
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. Assessed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005- 2010) of 14,386 survey participants demonstrated an association between tree nut consumption and dietary adequacy. (more…)
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Study participants with rheumatoid arthritis had significant improvement in clinical and biochemical parameters for bone health after three months of MK-7 supplementation. (more…)
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Supplementation with 800 mg of curcumin with added piperine and phosphatidylserine significantly improved weight loss and reduced waist size and hip circumference in participating subjects compared to control. (more…)
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Patients who supplemented with N-acetyl cysteine maintained their level of lung function longer than 6 months compared to the placebo group that experienced a 4% loss of FEV1 over the same 6 month period.
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Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Thirty-two elderly women, who supplemented with beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyric acid (HMP) and participated in aerobic resistance exercises for 8 weeks, had a significant 1.5% improvement in a 6-minute walking test, a 31.3% hand grip endurance test and a 10.9% leg extension and strength test when compared to the placebo group.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Of the participating 66 Japanese and 106 caucasion women, those who supplemented with a collagen peptide for 8 weeks, experienced a significant improvement in hydration, collagen density and collagen network fragmentation when compared to the two placebo groups of women.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. A combination of music vibration and acupuncture stimulation significantly reduced fibromyalgia scores and quality of life scores in participating subjects compared to placebo.
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Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Fifty three women, who supplemented with 2.5 grams of bioactive collagen peptides for 6 months, experienced a significant 7% improvement in skin waviness and a 10.9% increase in skin density compared to the control group.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Two weeks of supplementation with VISCODERM, a commercial product containing collagen, pycnogenol, and CoQ10, significantly improved skin photoaging in healthy participating subjects in several measures of skin health including, tone, hydration, sebum, and hyaluronic acid.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS . Study participants with Parkinson’s disease, who had intramuscular injections of thiamine twice per week, experienced a 49% improvement in overall function and a 55.5% decrease in fatigue. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Of the 154 women with reoccurring bacterial vaginosis and aerobic vaginitis, those who took a probiotic supplement in addition to their antibiotic, metrodiazinole, had a 54.3% longer time between reoccurring infections compared to the placebo group. (more…)